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Enjoy a Florida nature vacation with a Certified Nature Based Outfitter. These experts will provide a Florida nature tour that teaches about our wildlife, eco-systems and even historic elements of our environment that provide a rich and rewarding outdoor experience. Interpretive tours are offered whether hiking, biking, kayaking or sailing. Walking tours provide outdoor enthusiasts with the opportunity to explore natural habitats and identify plants and trees indigenous to the area.

A Beaches of South Walton Certified Nature Based Outfitter has obtained Nature Based certification through education in a Master Naturalist Program that teaches how to implement environmentally sound practices that contribute to the conservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources.

Brenda Rees
Shaping Florida
Location: Eastern Shore of Eastern Lake at 323 Lakeview Dr.
ShapingFlorida@aol.com or call (850) 231-4994
Offers: A presentation on the land and people of Florida and Walton County, and a view of a Coastal Dune Lake, Gulf, wildlife, and native plants.
Reservations Required: Limit is three persons. Larger groups accommodated at an alternate location provided by client. Business groups welcome.

Kent Mundy
Wetland Wilderness Adventures
537 Wicker Ave
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
850-534-0107 or cell (850) 865-0333
Offers: Choctawhatchee and Intercoastal interpretive tours and fishing and floundering trips. Can accommodate 6-9 people.

Truett Senterfit
Choctawhatchee Delta Tours
710 Black Creek Rd
Freeport, FL 32439
(850) 585-0445 or (850) 835-2541
Offers: Choctawhatchee and Intercoastal tours. Can accommodate 6-12 people. Next summer will take tours from the 331 Bridge.

Glendale Memorial Preserve
John Wilkerson
297 Railroad Ave
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
Phone: (850) 859-2141
Offers: Hayride tours of the Nature Preserve, Bamboo grove tours, turpentine collecting demonstration, old-fashioned circle sawmill demonstration and Green Burial Cemetery in portion of preserve. Coming soon: off-road bike trails through the preserve.

Peggy Sheehan
Big Daddy's Bike and Beach
2217 E County Hwy 30-A
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
(850) 622-1165
Offers: Eco bike tours along 30-A and through state forest

Marilyn MacCollum, CMP, DMCP
Certified Florida Master Naturalist
DESTINation Management LC
(850) 269-2242
info@destinationmanagementfl.com
http://www.destinationmanagementfl.com/
Offers: Packaged Group Tours (20 people or more)
Biking, Hiking, Birding, Fishing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Swamp Stomps, River Tours, Air boat Tours, Jet Ski Tours, Dolphin Tours, Coastal Ecology Tours, Agri-Tourism Tours and Cavern Tours.

Kerry Jones
Not a Dog Charters
4808 Hwy. 98 W.
(850) 267-2514
Offers: Fishing
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1420
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

Karl Renelt
Into the Wild – Eco Diversions
(850) 974-2258
bottomslime@earthlink.net
Offers: Interpretive nature tours and programs utilizing several platforms to access nature including biking, hiking, kayaking and sailing.

Snookie Parrish
Go Native Tours with Snookie
(850) 685-0228
gonative@knology.net
Offers: Interpretive hiking, biking and walking tours of Walton County State Parks and forests.

Sean Coppedge
Emerald Coast Outdoor Adventures
(850) 685-2219
coppedgesean@yahoo.com
Offers: Specializes in bird watching and interpretive tours while kayaking, hiking or biking. A certified scuba instructor.