September 15, 2018 from 8:00AM - 10:00AM
Free to volunteers while supplies last: T-shirt, Soda, Snacks. Volunteers: Please wear closed shoes, gloves, cap and sunscreen.
The Tourist Development Department organizes a spring and fall beach cleanup each year and maintains an Adopt-A-County Road and Adopt-A-Dune litter control program.
Since 1994, Council volunteers have donated their time and effort to Okaloosa Aqualab in the monthly sampling of water quality at 19 sites on Choctawhatchee Bay and the Destin Harbor; with analysis by FDEP. Coastal Cleanup efforts are sponsored by the Tourist Development Council and Okaloosa County Commission.
Join us at the following beach cleanup location:
Okaloosa Island - Wayside Park (The Boardwalk)
Questions? Email: afogg@co.okaloosa.fl.us or phone 850-651-7131.
Waterways – Become a Clean Boater, it's the law! In 1992 Congress passed the CVA to help reduce pollution from vessel sewage discharges. In 1998, Congress appropriated $50 million to continue the pumpout grant program. The funding support was to expand the program to more areas throughout the United States and to make pumpouts more accessible to the public. Greater accessibility to pumpout and dump stations translates to less pollution in our waters. Pumpout funding continues to be awarded yearly to states through the Clean Vessel Act. Click here for a list of pump out stations. Pledge today to be a Clean Boater at (link to http://www.dep.state.fl.us/cleanmarina/cva/default.htm)
Clean Vessel Act: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/cleanmarina/CVA/about.htm
Pumpout Facilities: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/pitchin-pumpout/facilitieslisting.htm
How to use: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/pitchin-pumpout/howtouseapumpout.htm
For more information contact:
Alex Fogg
Tourist Development Department
1540 Miracle Strip Parkway S.E.
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Phone: (850) 651-7131,
E-mail
302 N. Wilson St. - Suite 302
Crestview, FL 32536
1250 N. Eglin Parkway, Suite 100
Shalimar, FL 32579
Call 689-5050 for all departments.