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Tell Congress to protect clean water!

July 21, 2010 1 Comment

Dirty water at the beach is a bummer, and stormwater runoff causes a majority of the closures and swimming advisories issued at our beaches.   Congress is now considering a bill that will promote green solutions to stormwater runoff.

Join Surfrider in telling your Congressional leaders to support the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act.   Just click here.

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Hands Across the Capitol July 20th

July 16, 2010 Leave a Comment

Rally in Tally!

Get on the Bus to Save Our Coasts

Tuesday Trip to Tallahassee for the Special Legislative Session to Ban Oil Drilling Off Our Florida Beaches

Next week will be the most important ever in the battle to keep oil drilling rigs far from our beaches. Get on the bus Tuesday morning for Hands Around the Capitol!

Who: Everyone who wants to show their legislators that they support a joint resolution that will place the question of drilling in state waters on the ballot this November.

What: Hands Around the Capitol rally on the capitol steps; participation in Legislative Lobby Day – tell your legislators personally how you feel: Let the People Decide If We Should Ban Drilling!

Tuesday, July 20 – Itinerary

  • 5:30 a.m. Depart mid-Pinellas. Cracker Barrel at 4011 Ulmerton Road, in the St. Pete- Clearwater Airport to Feather Sound & Carillon area. Park in the northern-most parking lot.
  • 6:00 a.m. Depart Tampa, Westshore area: Sports Authority, 4900 West Shore Blvd. Directions: Turn south off of Kennedy Blvd. onto S. Occident Street (between Sports Authority and the InterContinental Hotel, across from Westshore Mall. Park in SW corner of the Sports Authority parking lot, bus will be on Occident).
  • 10:30 am: Arrive at Capitol. 1st of 2 Citizen Lobby Prep @ Cabinet Meeting room, Lower Level of the Capitol.
  • 11:30 a.m. Hands Around the Capitol Rally
  • 12:00 pm Session begins, fill the chambers to watch the opening of session, Chambers
  • 12:30 pm (Approx) Lunch on own (we will attempt to ensure Lower Level cafeteria is open)
  • 1:00 pm Second Citizen Lobby Prep (for those unable to make first) Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower Level, Capitol
  • Afternoon: Lobby Day – Visit your legislators.
  • 4:30 p.m. Depart Tallahassee.
  • 9:30 p.m. (Approx.) Tampa drop off.
  • 10:00 p.m. (Approx.) St. Pete/Clearwater drop off

Cost: $20 (includes $2.50 gratuity for driver.) Please have exact cash when boarding. Cost made affordable through generous contributions from Tradewinds Resort and Sierra Club Florida.

How: Commit to the trip by emailing cathy_bam@earthlink.net Final details & updates will be emailed on Monday to all who RSVP. Questions: Phil Compton, Sierra Club, 813-841-3601.

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Register to be notified of emergency beach clean ups prior to oil hitting the beach.

May 26, 2010 Leave a Comment

Keep Pinellas Beautiful will be coordinating beach litter and marine debris clean ups if and when oil/tar are about to hit Pinellas county beaches.  We all know by now that if a beach is cleaned prior to oil hitting it is much easier to clean up the oil/tar.   Please register here to take part in these emergency cleans up that will take place within 72 hours of oil/tar landing on the beaches in Pinellas county.

If anyone knows of other volunteer opportunities such as this please pass along the info here.

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What You Can Do Before Oil Impacts Your Beach!

May 21, 2010 Leave a Comment
1. Help us urge the Obama administration to demand more of a response at the spill site, and ask him to reconsider opening more coastal areas up for these types of catastrophes. Over 10000 people have already sent comments…

2.The Not the Answer campaign has partnered with Skytruth to create an online tool for tracking and reporting oil as it comes ashore. The Gulf Oil Spill Tracker allows people in communities throughout the region to assist in the monitoring and cleanup of this horrible catastrophe.
Simply visit www.surfrider.org/spilltracker to upload pictures of the mess or link to your local news stories.

3. BP has hired PEC Premier to organize training throughout Florida. Check out the number of locations for this weekend and next at http://pecpremier.com/

4. To report oiled wildlife, please call 1-866-557-1401 and leave a message.
To discuss spill related damage, please call 1-800-440-0858.
To report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information, please call 1-866-448-5816.

5. Make sure you check out State of the Spill #4 for a comprehensive summary and sign up for the Oil Email Blast with latest updates since we will not be posting them in these blasts.
Tell Florida Legislators You Want a Special Session
Recent news continues to show Florida State Legislators holding back Governor Crist from calling a Special Session. The goal of the Special Session would vote to put a ballot item on the 2010 elections to add an amendment to the Florida Constitution not allow drilling within Florida state waters.

Take action to tell your House and Senate leadership that you want to see this Session happen sooner than later.

Click Here to see the letter Surfrider Foundation signed to encourage this effort.

SAVE THE DATE: HANDS ACROSS THE SAND RETURNS
Hands Across the Sand is going Nationwide on June 26th at noon….the site will go LIVE next week.
Register NOW: Florida Coastal and Ocean Conference June 18
Surfrider Foundation is on the Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, a group of organizations working together to conserve, protect and restore Florida’s coastal and marine environment. The Coalition is hosting a one day Florida Coastal and Ocean Conference, on Friday June 18, 2010 in Tallahassee at the Hotel Duval.

The goal of the conference is to explore solutions to key issues facing Florida’s coasts and oceans, including: marine spatial planning, water quality, future of Florida’s coast, and marine ecosystems and fisheries. This will include oil drilling and speakers include Secretary of DEP and FWC.

Click Here to learn more and register.
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