Bill Mahan
Franklin/UF-IFAS
Extension Program
66 4th Street
Apalachicola, FL 32320
(850) 653-9337
FAX: (850) 653-9447

bmahan@ufl.edu

Apalachicola Bay is world-famous for its oysters and provides 10 percent of the nation's oyster supply. Franklin County and surrounding counties are known as Florida's Forgotten Coast. Franklin County is known for the fact that it has the World's Smallest Police Station (a phone booth in Carrabelle) and that it only has one traffic light in the whole county (a blinking light in Apalachicola).

Outreach Programs

County Major Programs focus on marine industry issues, and youth and adult environmental education.

Specialization

*    Marine Ecology
*    Environmental Education
*    Seafood processing residue composting
*    General Aquaculture

Educational Background

MS, Natural Resources (Specialty - Fisheries Biology) from Humboldt State      University, Arcata,California, 1988
BS, Marine Biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teneck, New Jersey,      1978