Ten intrepid volunteers picked up 50 lbs of trash in 2 x 13 and 1 x 33 USG trash bags at Naval Live Oaks. Web master was still in bed
Nov 28th Andy is at it again
Another 142 lbs picked up at Hobo Beach. The total for November was 1,678 lbs of trash taken off our beaches!
Nov 24th at Park West to walk off Turkey Day...
One volunteer took 3,378 steps over the hour cleanup. Thanks to the volunteers from the “Gulf Coast Citizenry Diplomacy Council” for helping out - collected 92 lbs by 31 people.
After editing excel spreadsheet Ocean Hour FL has collected 15,314 lbs of debris!
Nov 19th Andy strikes again!
Four days after picking up 143 lbs at Hobo Beach, Andy picked up another 82 lbs.
November is the 10th out of 11 months so far this year of 1,000+lbs of trash collected!
Nov 18th "Leave No Trace" Training at....
Gulf Is. Nat’l Seashore at Ft. Pickens was attended by two members of OceanHour. Visitors to our National Parks will recognize the phrase “Leave No Trace”. For more info on the organization - www.lnt.org/about
Nov 17th Finally, a cooler day to be outside on a Saturday morning ....
607 lbs was collected by a total of 44 volunteers in ONE Hour at Pensacola Visitor Center/Graffiti Bridge and Bartram Park. Thanks to several UWF and Escambia HS students for pitching in
This trash was picked out of the hedge at the entrance to Bartram Park by one volunteer (thanks Kathleen)! Some was very old evidenced by faded beer can labels
Nov 15th The intrepid Andy strikes again!
Andy collected 143 lbs of potential marine debris at Hobo Beach
Nov 10th at Three cleanup sites....
Woodlawn Middle School students did a cleanup at Quietwater Beach (16 #’s). This added to the lbs collected at Chimney & Bay Bluffs Parks by 42 volunteers to 369 lbs.
Water Bottle Fill Stations are also in combination with water fountains. Have you seen any in our area?
Oct 27th at Park West and East on Pensacola Beach
The tourists are gone - only 109 lbs picked up by 41 volunteers. 2,002 lbs of trash picked up in October - most ever in a month for OceanHour!
Thanks to Sarah Velazquez, an intern at UWF for continuing to update the Public Water Bottle Stations map of her design. Updated map on the water bottle page
Oct 20th saw 648 lbs of trash picked up at......
Pensacola Visitor Center/Graffiti Bridge and Bartram Park. Thanks to Cub Pack 632 and NOSC from NAS Saufley Field.
Andy and Sharon picked up more trash (77 lbs)when investigating the east side of the train trestle bridge opposite Graffiti Bridge
