Coastal Cleanup
Destin, FL -Citizen Okaloosa Environmental Council members organize a spring and fall beach cleanup each year. The Council also maintains an Adopt-A-County Road and Adopt-A-Dune litter control program. Since 1994, Council volunteers donate their time and efforts to Okaloosa Aqualab in monthly sampling of the water quality at 22-sites along Choctawhatchee Bay, with analysis by FDEP. A volunteer Okaloosa Offshore Red Tide water monitoring program tests offshore Gulf waters at the request and direction of the Florida Marine Research Institute. The Council's Coastal Cleanup efforts are sponsored by the Tourist Development Council and Okaloosa County Commission.
September’s Florida Coastal Cleanup
is part of an international event sponsored by The Ocean Conservancy.
Over 500,000 international volunteers from Argentina to Vietnam and
in 70 nations participated in the 2005 International Coastal Cleanup.
Questions? Email: nhussong@co.okaloosa.fl.us or phone 850-651-7131. 
For the most recent info on this event and others,
check our Destin Special Event Calendar.
