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Seven of the 18 volunteers were from OceanHour with two collecting 61 of the ~400 lbs. The cleanup was promoted by Pensacola & Period Bay Estuary Program
Earlier in the morning, four volunteers picked up 65 lbs of litter along Hwy 90 across Escambia River
Three sites today - Mahogany for 157 lbs by 9 people, 280 lbs at Wayside by 21 volunteers and 152 lbs by 2 guys at Hobo Beach.
Do you know of any not on the list? These are NOT water fountains! Most common brand is ELKAY. Please send location to volunteer@oceanhourfl.com or comment on FaceBook
Five locations to report on: Payne Bridge - 11 vols & 108 lbs, NLO - 12 vols & 327 lbs, GB proper @ NLO Northside - 10 vols & 42 lbs, Mryna - 40 lbs and Hwy 90 12 lbs. Thanks to the person collecting litter along Scenic Hwy around Hyde Park Rd.
There were two cleanups by 13 volunteers for 101 lbs in January - Thank You! Okaloosa Facebook page
Park East on Pensacola Beach saw 22 volunteers collect 218 lbs of litter. A lot of bottle caps at the tide line
Trail Life continued cleanup at Naval Live Oaks - 75 lbs
Please comment on new maps under “Cleanup Sites by using the “Sign up for an Event” button on the Home page. One more to be added for the west part of Pensacola Beach
Mryna once again had a good month of picking up litter - 410 lbs
Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy ambassadors from Brazil, Pensacola Kappa League and GB High School School science club were at Wayside Park. Ocean Hour continues to attempt to keep Hobo Beach/Graffiti Bridge clean.
Thanks to the homeless putting 130 lbs of debris in 8 large trash bags at Hawkshaw Lagoon Park on Bayfront Pkwy.
The third site was at the landing for 3 Mile Bridge on Gulf Breeze side (16 volunteers - 512 lbs)
Thanks to Larry (a fisherman) for helping Andy & I move this off Hobo Beach. OceanHour removed 3,502 lbs of litter since early December from the beach and two homeless sites.
On the same day 6 volunteers at Bartram Park removed 102 lbs of litter
Over 40 people collected 3,134 lbs at Naval Live Oaks, Chimney & Bay Bluffs Park. Thanks to the crew of US Coast Guard cutter Diligence and members of West FL HS Nat’l Honor Society
OceanHour worked with Nat’l Park rangers to collect ~3,000 lbs of lumber off the beach on the north side of the Naval Live Oaks
From the beauty of a fly agaric mushroom at Naval Live Oaks to the litter along Hwy 90 on the way to Pace
45 volunteers collected 368 lbs at three sites with Bob Sikes bridge included.
One in front of Park Place Apartments. The second at the junction of Wimbledon Drive and Scenic. Your action was noticed and appreciated
