Items on the beach overnight

...from your mouth to God's (and WC's ears)...(I know there is a joke there :roll: ). Although they pick up the chairs and umbrellas everyday in my beach hood, I pick up at least 50 rubber bands from the umbrellas, daily when I am there. Not to mention the straws, plastic toys and trash. I must not give away too much of my mission when I arrive, or y'all will be having to feed Molly and get me out of the pokey.

Can't keep this Kitty down. I have sent an email to TDC and will report back if and when I hear from them. One question I asked is if they would accept volunteers to tag items left on the beach. If so, I expect to see local hands go up.

I have sent an email to TDC and will report back if and when I hear from them. One question I asked is if they would accept volunteers to tag items left on the beach. If so, I expect to see local hands go up.

I made a video about the first week of tagging in zone 7. The bigger ones are on my website. The smaller one is on youtube. Here are the URLS:
youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr6oVfpuSBw

or wholeo.net
http://tinyurl.com/2ee8xw

which is a shortcut for the long line:

http://wholeo.net/Trips/Travel/Florida/southWalton/removeOrLose/removeOrLose.htm

I'm not sure if youtube detects Flash version or not, but for my movies you need the latest versions of either Adobe Flash or Apple QuickTime. Both are free plugins. Also, if they download looking and sounding jerky, sometimes when they play a second time, they are smooth.

I hope you like this attempt to introduce what is going on. It's not a documentary of each and every item caught or missed. I'm thinking about how that could be done. In any case, I have lots more footage from each of four days walks and possibly that might be of value as a historical record.

Can't keep this Kitty down. I have sent an email to TDC and will report back if and when I hear from them. One question I asked is if they would accept volunteers to tag items left on the beach. If so, I expect to see local hands go up.

Good video and you were right that last thing is not plastic or a string, it is an egg case.

Thank you and others for a positive response. That's nice to hear. About that last thing, you say it is an "egg case". Could you elaborate on that? What species? One egg or many? I'm not getting the picture.

I know many don't see the Beach Breeze/Defuniak Herald so I thought I would post this article from July 12th that I found interesting. It looks like we will have more fireworks in addition to handcuffs on the beach. By the way, note that this will affect private individuals and vendors so let the funn begin..

Items left on beach to be removed

By DOTTY NIST

"Remove it or lose it," is now the rule in the evening on Walton County beaches.
To alleviate what has been identified as "a severe problem," Walton County has initiated a coordinated approach to have beaches clear of clutter in the evenings. The clutter of chairs, awnings, umbrellas, and other items on the beach has long been a complaint of South Walton Turtle Watch volunteers.
Federally-protected native sea turtles come onto the beach during their spring and fall nesting season, and their reproduction can be hampered by obstacles left on the beach in the evening. Human beachgoers can also run into or trip over these obstacles as they walk on the beach at night.
On June 28, Pat Blackshear, county planning and development services director, announced a cooperative effort between the county, the tourism council, and the sheriff's office to address the problem.
Blackshear explained that items left on the beach would be tagged and then removed after 24 hours if not taken off the beach by their owners. The policy applies both to private individuals and beach vendors, who are being notified by mail.
Walton County Sheriff's Office and Walton County Code Enforcement personnel will share patrol and tagging duties. South Walton Tourist Development Council (TDC) personnel will pick up tagged items once the 24-hour period has elapsed, and owners will forfeit items that are picked up.
TDC Executive Director Kriss Titus commented that, while Walton County's beaches have been honored by the Clean Beaches Council, she believes that the TDC has not been getting the message out about the importance of an uncluttered beach.
She said the TDC plans a "remove it or lose it" marketing campaign and will post information on its web page urging visitors to comply.

The BMB webcam pic looks beautiful this morning!

Kitty,

I decided to take my walk on the beach this morning at BMB. My intent was to enjoy the morning with the clouds starting to roll in from the Gulf and relax. Instead, I just got more irritated as I walked! All the private NO< NO>NO> trespassing signs from the Retreat, Blue Mountain Inn, Adagio, etc.....Ugh.... And what was even more irritating, was the plastic shovels, trash, firework left-overs(heard them last p.m.) and broken pieces of chairs only found in the PRIVATE PROPERTY AREAS! All three claim to have rent-a-piggies now.....why can't they CLEAN UP their backyards and do something useful other than ***** out people who happen to be 2 inches on "their" piece of sand.....

Kudo's to the rest of the citizens between BMB and the BMB public access for keeping the rest of God's beach clean.....except for a couple of sand pit turtle traps.....oh well.....Life's a Beach...and then ya die!

Thanks for the report. I feel your pain...my advice is to always take a bag on your walks and pickup what you see. The first few times you'll probably be madder than a hornet's nest, but after awhile it becomes a feel good mission.

What is a rent-a-piggie?

Thanks for the report. I feel your pain...my advice is to always take a bag on your walks and pickup what you see. The first few times you'll probably be madder than a hornet's nest, but after awhile it becomes a feel good mission.

What is a rent-a-piggie?

It is Sunday morning and the beach looks wonderful except for all the "rent-a-piggies"infront of Adagio. Miss Kittyl, I think a "rent-a-piggie" is the chair and umbrella supplied by vendors. Adagio has them strung from the West end of their property clear into White Cliffs property and placed about 2 to 3 feet from the water's edge. About 1/10th of them are used. Well, you know if it makes the tourist's happy... By the way, I had Sea Cliffs and Blue Mt. Villas switched. Sorry 'bout that!

Why is Seaside allowed to keep their wooden lounge chairs on the beach overnight, all year round?

You're playing with fire buster.;-)

Why is Seaside allowed to keep their wooden lounge chairs on the beach overnight, all year round?

I can live with the chair and umbrella vendors, as long as they pull them up at the end of the day. Where would I sit at WC without them?