The Florida Panhandle, a prime summer vacation destination for thousands of southeast Louisiana residents, is home to six of the Sunshine State s beaches that most often test positive for fecal coliform bacteria, according to a new report from the Environment America Research and Policy Center.
In the Pensacola area, both Bayou Texar and Bayou Chico empty into Pensacola Bay but neither in the immediate vicinity of a public beach promoted by Visit Pensacola, a nonprofit that promotes tourism. Due to the known conditions of these two areas, permanent signage has been installed warning of the water conditions, said Darien Schaefer, the organization s president and CEO.
PENSACOLA, Fla., June 30, 2021 /CSRwire/ - The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners announce the start of construction on the Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project to boost oyster populations in East and Blackwater Bays. The project is the largest scale estuarine habitat restoration undertaken by TNC in Florida 33 oyster reefs will be placed along approximately 6.5 miles of Santa Rosa County shoreline, to return oysters to a region where they thrived historically but have since declined.
The restoration project is funded by a $15 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF GEBF) through funding from the criminal settlement of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The reefs will help to restore oysters to the bays and in doing so benefit the oyster fishery, wildlife, water quality, and nearshore habitats. The project aligns with the new regional oyster fisheries and habitat management plan, created to improve the
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Perhaps no issue is more important to Santa Rosa County’s quality of life and sustainable prosperity than our environment. From the wooded banks of Coldwater Creek, through the rivers that feed into our bays, to Santa Rosa Sound and the emerald waters of Navarre Beach – our natural resources draw tourists, new residents and expanding businesses. Santa Rosa County understands the importance of protecting these resources for future generations and treasuring our environment is a key part of our vision. We’ve structured ourselves to better address environmental needs and now created departments that share the goal of continually improving our ecosystem.