NEW EMERALD COAST WILDLIFE REFUGE

The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge plans to move more than 100 animals from its current location at an old fire station on Okaloosa Island to its new location in a wooded sanctuary in Navarre.  Stormy Andersen, the refuge’s executive director, said the move will take place on Sunday, November 10th, with escorts by deputies in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties. The new refuge is on a 2.5-acre plot of wooded waterfront land on State Road 87 in Navarre. Refuge leaders still have to raise about $225,000 of the new facility’s $850,000 cost, but a grand opening is planned for December 7^th.