Surfrider Foundation Oil Study -Reports Available For Download!

Use these links to download the report: (2 page) Media Quick Summary (21 page) Narrative Report, (200 page) Full Report. The Emerald Coast Chapter is proud to release the findings of our “State of the Beach” long term research study (linked above). For the past two years, we have been diligently monitoring our beaches and assessing the [...]

Blackbells New Release: “Deep Blue” Itunes download benefit our research!

Surfrider / Blackbells -Deep Blue (music video) from Michael Sturdivant on Vimeo. The Emerald Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation continues to conduct independent research following the BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Members of the band Blackbells recently performed on Pensacola Beach, FL. While on the beach, the band met with Surfrider [...]

Surfrider Press Conference to Announce Research Findings -Monday April, 16th 7pm

Please Join us  Monday April, 16th for a press conference at Ed Walline Park, 7pm, in Santa Rosa Beach, FL.  The Emerald Coast Chapter will be releasing the findings of our “State of the Beach” long term research study. For the past two years, we have been diligently monitoring our beaches and assessing the impact [...]

April Chapter Meeting -Wednesday April 11th

Join us for our April chapter meeting this Wednesday at 7:30 pm. We will meet at Amore Pizza in Gulf Place. We are taking nominations for new board members and discussing plans for Earth Day, International Surfing Day, beach clean-ups, school programs and lots of other great projects. Join us and have fun while protecting [...]

March Chapter Meeting Thursday Evening (note time change!)

Date:Thursday March 15th Place:Ed Walline Park Time: Sunset (7:15pm) We will meet and watch the sunset at Ed Walline Park followed by walking across the street for a meeting at Amore Pizza in Gulf Place to begin at approximately 7:15 pm. Agenda nominations for new executive committee (see below) establish our next beach clean-up Create [...]

Known Unknowns in the BP Oil Disaster Trial

Known Unknowns in the BP Oil Disaster Trial Tuesday 28 February 2012 by: Brentin Mock, Bridge the Gulf | Report If the case doesn’t go to trial, the public won’t know what we don’t know, which to be fair could be a trivial amount of information or the worst of conspiracists’ suspicions. I’m told that [...]

You can help the Gulf Coast! Support the Restore Act :

You can help the Gulf Coast!   Be heard today.   The Senate needs to know that the Restore Act is important to people of the Gulf Coast! Without specific legislation, fines from BP may not even be used to support the Gulf Coast. Don’t let this happen. Support the Restore Act and tell the [...]

Washington DC Trip to Speak on OIl Spill Impacts

On February 7 and 8, representatives from the Emerald Coast Chapter traveled to DC to meeting with Gulf and Florida Legislators regarding the RESTORE ACT (legislation that will give 80% of the Clan Water Act Fines from BP back to the states that were impacted) as well as give testimony at the last Natural Resources [...]

New Oil/Tar ball Reporting App

We are pleased to announce that a new smartphone application has been developed to help us in the panhandle area to continue to mark where were are still seeing oil come to shore. If you are in this area and see tar ball or if you are offshore and see an oil slick your assistance [...]

CORE TRAINING CANCELLED!

The CORE training for this weekend is CANCELLED due to the lack of RSVPs for the event. We will send another survey out at the end of the month to try to reschedule this for February instead. Hope more folks can attend next month.