The ACF (Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint) Water Wars involve the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. At stake is the amount of water allotted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to flow into Florida to sustain the Apalachicola River and Bay. Georgia Ackerman, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, tells Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, why the river and bay ecosystem is worth saving.
Picturesque Mentone, Alabama, is located on the west brow of Lookout Mountain, and its centerpiece is the Mentone Arts and Cultural Center. Board Chairman Ben Shurett sits down with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson to talk about the qualities that attract artists and visitors to the Mentone area, for our Towns and Byways series.
The Southern Longleaf Pine is the State Tree of Alabama. Jon Kressuk, a graduate student researcher in forestry science at the University of Arkansas, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the Montane Longleaf Pines found on Flagg Mountain in the Weogufka State Forest, which is administered by the Alabama Forestry Commission. Several of the pines date back to the 1600s and 1700s.
This week when Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson, Reapportionment tops the agenda for the next Special Session of the Alabama Legislature.
On this week’s Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about the Special Session of the Alabama Legislature that dealt with prisons. And the wildcard is about a scooter team’s world record!