News
John has removed 26,400 pieces of litter from a small stretch of a river in Pennsylvania. For the whole story. The article can be hard to follow due to a lot of advertisements!
Hats off to the dedicated Ocean Hour volunteers that come out weekly to clean our area waterways!
Today, 374 lbs of trash removed from three area beaches!
This one ended up at Naval Live Oaks.
Thirty seven volunteers picked up 202 lbs of litter at NLO and the sout end of Bob Sikes bridge today
Hawkshaw Park - Missing Children Memorial. Refer to OceanHour “News” on April 15th
Page 2 & 3 are in the Gallery (“Photos Aug 2022 to”)
Also a cleanup behind the schools in Gulf Breeze and Hwy 90/Scenic across the bay on the 7th.
The day started with cleanups at Dog Park East and Ft. Walton Beach Landing Park collecting 222 lbs of litter by 32 volunteers. Some of us then moved onto the city’s Earth Day celebration at Bayview Park. OceanHour had a tent. Introduced a new wire sculpture of a dolphin for collecting “squished” aluminum cans.
Out of 87 guesses on how many one use plastic bottle caps, Qiao came within 28 caps of the 1880 in the aquarium!
In the future we should be easy to find with our bright yellow banner.
Ziro Supply & Navy Federal joined Ocean Hour at Graffit Bridge/Wayside Park for a cleanup today!
Thirty-one volunteers picked up 393 lbs of trash
Across Bayfront Pkwy from Veterans Park is Hawkshaw Lagoon City Park/Nat’l Memorial to Missing Children. Even though the sign is difficult to read driving by, the pier offers a great view of Three Mile Bridge. Unfortunately there is ALOT of trash/litter not only below the bay viewing area but along the spit leading back to Bayfront. OceanHour partially cleaned up around viewing platform - 494 lbs. There is plenty of trash left - to see go to our Photos
Thanks to visitors from Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council (Uganda, Mozambique, and Malawi) for 100 lbs at Wayside Park and Tammy & Andy for 211 lbs at Graffiti Bridge.
On the 16th at the beach 5 volunteers picked up 102 lbs!
74 aluminum cans in a pond in GB - ~ 3 pounds
261 lbs was collected at Bob Sikes Bridge and NLO. Volunteers observed less trash compared to past cleanups.
Thanks to GFWC Santa Rosa Woman’s Club and Krewe of Wreck’s for your monetary donations. It will be put to good use.
Ocean Hour gave a heads up on a wood dock washed up on the rocks near the Gulf Breeze side of 3 Mile Bridge.
Within 3 days, Skanska removed it! Than you
