Beach Bonfires soon to be BANNED?

Can anyone tell me where you purchase the barrels from for the bonfire?

According to the lame ordinance you can not buy them. The county has to issue you one, which they no longer issue. So now what?

Where did you get your figures from?

The original ordinance provided for a fire container to be provided with the permit issued. Never done - nadda, zero. There have been over 400 permits issued this year raising approx. 20,000. Folks understand this - it is simply a revenue stream for the county.

They have never enforced any portion of the ordinance, but they rake in the money.

I guess the turtles bump into the fire remnants people leave on the beach - no enforcement no cleanup.

So be it - the Green Wave has hit and before long I will not even be able to sit on property and watch the sunset.

We have to have the habitat preservation plan because we allow sea walls.

From someone named Sandra in code enforcement where the permits are issued.

According to the lame ordinance you can not buy them. The county has to issue you one, which they no longer issue. So now what?

Someone wanted to provide an example of a catch 22.

wrobert, isn't that like California allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana, but if a doctor writes a prescription for it, they lose their license?

Just crazy non-sense.

I think you should be able to have them, but you should have to have a pemit. I come to the beach 3 times a year and my family and I always get a permit and have bonfires. I think it should be fine with a apermit and if they clean up the trash from the fire.

I think you should be able to have them, but you should have to have a pemit. I come to the beach 3 times a year and my family and I always get a permit and have bonfires. I think it should be fine with a apermit and if they clean up the trash from the fire.

Think all you want. We have to save the turtle first, so they are soon to be a thing of the past. I imagine driving on the beach is right behind it.

wrobert, isn't that like California allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana, but if a doctor writes a prescription for it, they lose their license?

Just crazy non-sense.

Learn something new every day.

How do permitted (and properly cleaned up) bonfires NOT during turtle season hurt the turtles?

How do permitted (and properly cleaned up) bonfires NOT during turtle season hurt the turtles?

No idea. Ask Turtle Watch. We give them the 80K a year to edumacate us.

Beach bonfires in seagrove have been a tradition in my family for more than 50 years.Anyone who has taken part in it knows that it is magical.

Beach bonfires in seagrove have been a tradition in my family for more than 50 years.Anyone who has taken part in it knows that it is magical.

You are right and if bonfires are properly done there is no reason to ban them. I wonder if the turtle watch hierarchy realizes how badly they are tarnishing their image with some of the things they seem to be demanding lately?

Is it the turtle watch folks responsible? I thought it was fallout dealing with the "illegal" seawalls.

Most turtle folk I know enjoy a good bonfire in the non-nesting season.

Is it the turtle watch folks responsible? I thought it was fallout dealing with the "illegal" seawalls.

Most turtle folk I know enjoy a good bonfire in the non-nesting season.

I think the seawalls is what started it, not the turtle watch folk. But it will be another rule nonetheless.

Okay some of you environmentalists here should be able to enlighten the rest of us on this. But I was told this evening that Billy McKee is currently finishing up the Habitat Protection Plan soon to be adopted by Walton County that will make beach bonfires totally illegal.

Not going to be long before there is going to be any reason to go to the beach if they keep this up.

Well, before this happens, wouldn't it be a great idea to gather up all the tents and stuff left on the beach overnight and have a real bonfire? We could make a fire pit using one of the big holes left by the mondo shovel and there would be plenty of fuel! And the good news is that we'd have an above ground kiddie pool in case the fire gets out of control.
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Okay, sarcasm off now.

Wow, this is all very disappointing....I'm pretty sure that the turtles won't mind...most people enjoying the beach do not disturb the turts anyhow, whether you're enjoying a bonfire or splashing around.

Bonfires were not regulated when Native Americans roamed these beaches. Then came the Spanish who said they needed permits or else they would tear down the Mounds. Rather than have their sacred burial grounds ruined, the Natives moved on and then the Spanish had to find someone else to nag. Thus the beginning of government regulations that make no sense and serve no purpose but to banish those who were simply minding their own business and having a good life.