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For the first time, teen trekkers embarked on a Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition. The Spring to Shore Expedition covered 50 miles on a 4 day filmed trek starting on paddleboards from Rainbow Springs State Park ending with an ocean debris cleanup by boat in Homosassa Bay. The trek crossed an important yet unprotected bottleneck linking the Nature Coast to the Ocala National Forest and the eastern trunk of the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

Trekkers waded through the land to water connection vital to Florida’s wildlife, wildlands, and humans alike. They were joined by original trekkers, Mallory, Carlton and Joe for the final segments of the journey. Previous expedition films have received national attention and multiple film awards. With the recent passing of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act into law, the vision of a connected, protected, and restored statewide Corridor is more possible than ever before.

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Directed by Jenny Adler & Ian Segebarth

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About the Expedition: 2021 Spring to Shore

The 2021 Spring to Shore Expedition was a 50-mile, four-day filmed trek that marked the first time "teen trekkers" led a Florida Wildlife Corridor expedition. The trek was designed to highlight the vital connection between Florida’s inland freshwater springs and the coastal marine ecosystems. By following the water's path, the team aimed to showcase how the health of the Florida Wildlife Corridor directly impacts wildlife, local economies, and human communities.
Expedition Name
2021 Spring to Shore
Expedition Goal
Raise awareness about the critical link in the Florida Wildlife Corridor and marine debris.

Expedition Maps

Expedition Route Map
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Start & End
Rainbow River headspring to Homosassa
Expedition Team
Marin Best Trekker
Mallori Grey Trekker
Ava Moody Trekker
Expedition Route: 2021 Spring to Shore

The Importance of Home Waters

Why the Expedition?

Along the journey, youth trekkers paddled past an important bottleneck in the corridor that connects nearly two million acres – almost all of the Big Bend and Nature Coast critical linkages. A bottleneck is a narrow segment of a wildlife corridor whose width is less than 1 mile. Areas like this one represent the best and often only remaining threads holding our treasured parks and refuges together. Protecting critical bottlenecks is a Florida Wildlife Corridor priority.

Protecting Critical Bottlenecks

There are many gaps in protection along the corridor including the thin bottleneck just North of Dunnellon that is only a half mile wide which narrowly connects the corridor across HWY 41. Each corridor gap is an opportunity for a community to invest in connectivity through creative planning that preserves the ecological function of the corridor as the community grows.

Land-to-Water Connections

Nature Coast towns like Dunnellon, Yankeetown, Crystal River and Homosassa, rely on the health of the geographic Florida Wildlife Corridor. Those communities’ economies rely on visitors snorkeling, swimming and paddling the springs and rivers, manatee viewing, hiking and biking the trails, eating in local restaurants and staying in local hotels. Land protection within the corridor helps to sustain the wildlife and habitat that supports these economies.
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