Surfrider Foundation Emerald Coast Chapter

08/22/2024

We say NO to a Resort Style Hotel in Topsail Hill Preserve!
Come out Tuesday, August 27th 3pm to the Lakehouse at the Watercolor Inn to help stop this planed destruction our parks for golf courses, gaming courts, hotels and more. These things belong not in state park public land.
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06/25/2024

URGENT!
HB165 Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces is on the Governor's desk awaiting signature. He has until July 2 to veto or sign this critical clean water and public health legislation into law and we need your voices to ensure everyone is safe and informed when they head out to enjoy Florida's beaches.
Please email the Governor at [email protected] or call (850)717-9337 to urge him to sign HB165!

05/17/2024

Help Keep Our Emerald Coast Chapter Alive!

Spanning from Pensacola to Cape San Blas, the Emerald Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is in desperate need of leadership volunteers to continue our mission of protecting our ocean, waves, and beaches.

Please join us for a virtual meeting (Thursday, June 13th) where we will go over the history of Surfrider, how our chapters work, and what it takes to get involved.

RSVP: https://x.gldn.io/e/XPgnCSH2CJb

02/02/2024

ACTION ALERT! Stop the bad bill!
https://act.newmode.net/action/surfrider-foundation/stop-plastic-preemption-expansion-florida #
In case you didn’t think the existing state preemption on plastic policy was bad enough, the Florida legislature is trying to make it worse.
the legislature is attempting to take away any chance of meaningful policy change to address plastic pollution and waste management in Florida.
We need you to make your voice heard on why more preemption is bad for Florida’s ocean, waves, and beaches. Floridians want meaningful policy change to reduce plastic pollution, not more preemption.

01/12/2024

Urgent Action Alert: Stop SB1126 Regulation of Auxiliary Containers

Bad bill alert! In case you didn’t think the existing state preemption on plastic policy was bad enough, the Florida legislature is trying to make it worse.

In 2008, the Florida legislature passed a state law preempting the regulation of single use plastic auxiliary containers and wrappings from local governments to the state. Now, the state legislature is taking the existing preemption to a whole new level: SB1126 would take away local government’s home rule and ability to regulate any single use or reusable cup, bottle, bag, or other packaging designed for transporting, consuming, or protecting merchandise, food, or beverages from a retail or food establishment.

After more than a decade of inaction on the plastic waste problem drowning Florida’s coasts and ocean, and costing Florida communities millions of dollars, the legislature is attempting to take away any chance of meaningful policy change to address plastic pollution and waste management in Florida.

We need you to make your voice heard on why more preemption is bad for Florida’s ocean, waves, and beaches. This bill is being heard this Tuesday 1/16 at 1:30pm in the Senate Commerce and Tourism Subcommittee. Call and email members of the committee today and ask them to vote NO on SB1126 Regulation of Auxiliary Containers. Floridians want meaningful policy change to reduce plastic pollution, not more preemption.

Chair: Senator Jay Trumball
(850)487-5002 [email protected]
Vice-Chair: Senator Tom Wright
(850)487-5008 [email protected]
Senator Joe Gruters
(850)487-5022 [email protected]
Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez
(850)487-5040 [email protected]
Senator Linda Stewart
(850)487-5017 [email protected]
Senator Victor Torres
(850)487-5025 [email protected]

08/09/2023

VIRTUAL CHAPTER MEETING
Join us online Thursday, Aug 22nd online 6:30 pm (ct) for our public chapter meeting.
As our core leaders are moving out of state, we are looking for new chapter leaders to further our mission of protecting our ocean, waves and beaches for all people.

RSVP https://x.gldn.io/e/J9ufIsz47Bb

08/09/2023

VIRTUAL CHAPTER MEETING
Join us online Thursday, Aug 22nd online 6:30 pm (ct) for our public chapter meeting.
As our core leaders are moving out of state, we are looking for new chapter leaders to further our mission of protecting our ocean, waves and beaches for all people.
(RSVP link in bio)

04/20/2023

🌊ACTION ALERT🌊
Help fund Beach water quality monitoring in the state of Florida. Our current program has major testing gaps due to a lack of funding, putting millions of residents and visitors at risk from dirty water.
Sign, share, and help us !
https://act.newmode.net/action/surfrider-foundation/fund-beach-water-quality-monitoring-florida

03/18/2023

Epic day at Red Bull Foam Wreckers with the Surfrider Emerald Coast crew!

Thanks to & for putting on such an amazing event for the second year in a row!

03/05/2023

Come out & join us for the second annual Red Bull Foam Wreckers Pensacola Beach!🤙

Check out the link in the flyer to sign up for the anti-surf surf contest, or just come & enjoy a day on the beach with us!

01/10/2023

Sick From The Beach? We want to hear from you!
Surfrider is collecting stories from beachgoers and ocean users in Florida about your experiences getting sick due to polluted water at a beach or coastal waterway. These stories and testimony will support Surfrider's priority clean water campaigns in Florida.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdkwmwO_-yCEj76SJgRxSdEyeUxK-I-rurX0A47HQ2a48qjA/viewform?usp=sf_link

10/23/2022

From tarpon and manatees to sea turtles and birds like the ibis, the Florida Keys Sanctuary is home to some of our most amazing wildlife. But without additional protections, the Keys’ most important habitats will remain at risk. , .

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a national treasure - and it needs our help. We need you to help and provide public comment online at floridakeys.noaa.gov/blueprint .

Online comment period ends October 26, 2022.

[ Or , Sign The Call To Action]
https://act.newmode.net/action/surfrider-foundation/strengthen-protections-florida-keys-national-marine-sanctuary?utm_campaign=Action%20Alerts&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=225134872&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--XiU-QKqo-WSoCptJSN1JFPgYVFGFhSHgecmZLKD8a_2E8HrZBBkQXdZcwYUIdVddEqKv9bcaQnygNncojK3CpIyD2Xg&utm_content=225134872&utm_source=hs_email

Strengthen Protections for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 1570 Goal: 2500 Help strengthen protections for part of North America’s only barrier reef, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The federal government is proposing to expand the sanctuary boundary and increase protections...