Gulf Oil Spill Report

Please see the link below for the latest report on the Gulf Oil Spill
http://www.americaswetland.com/photos/article/092810GCRPv10.pdf

America Recycles Day

Okaloosa County in conjunction with Eglin Air Force Base, the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Green Task Force, McDonald’s, and the Santa Rosa Mall will host an America Recycles Day (http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ard_homepage) event at Santa Rosa Mall in Mary Esther, Florida on November 20 from 10 am to 4 pm. 

The ARD theme will be recycling, conservation, and sustainability. 

Vendors/Organizations wishing to participate inside the Mall should contact Betsy Whitehurst at 850-244-2172 x 204 or email at betsy.whitehurst@am.jll.com 

Fees are as follows: $30 for non-profits and $40 for others.

Ronald McDonald will be collecting Aluminum cans to support Ronald McDonald House, and Eco Troubadour Stan Slaughter from Tall Oaks Productions in Missouri will be on hand to provide ECO entertainment throughout the day, http://www.stanslaughter.com/ ”

Florida Program Encourages Plastic Bag Recycling

Florida's State Program on Plastic Bag Recycling Home Page:
A Bag's Life

Article encourages Floridians to change habits concerning Plastic Bag Recycling
Plastic Bag Recycling

Environmental Book Club

Information about a new environmental book club starting in October in Pensacola.

Please click link below for schedule and information

Environmental Book Club

Green Lodging News

Florida's Green Lodging program grows to 650 members

http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/email.html?id=1283957382

Pensacola event for Children

Where Does Your Garbage Go?

Date:  Saturday, September 18, 2010

Time:  10:00AM

Location:  Natural Food Co-op in Pensacola (Everman on Garden Street)

For kids ages 5 to 14 years old. Ever wonder where your garbage goes after you put it in the can? How about recycling? From a slide show presentation in the community room, we will discover how we dispose of garbage, and how we protect the environment while doing so. We also look how recycling is separated and baled. At the end of this presentation, we will have a recycling relay race. Free for members; $2 for non-members.

Reverse Vending Machine at Northwest Florida State College

Hands-On Tool to Promote Recycling at NWFSC

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/nwf-32574-college-popular.html

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Translocation Project-Volunteer Opportunities 2010

Volunteers Needed for Woodpecker Translocation Project

•Volunteers needed to help to assist in the roosting and capture of endangered RCWs for the purpose of translocation to support species recovery.
•Volunteers will accompany myselfor other trained personnel to specified RCW clusters. Their main function will be to help determinewhich trees juvenile RCWs are roosting in.This could mean something as simple as standing near a specified tree and determining whether or not ANY RCW is roosting in the cavityto something as detailed as IDingthe target bird’s color band combination and following it to itsroost tree.The level of assistance isbased on experience and ability.
•Roosting will begin in September and continueuntil the final capture event which should take place no later than midOctober.
•Captures take place at sunset but roosting can be conducted at either sunrise or sunset.These events take approximately 2 hours.
•Volunteers are invited to participate for as many morning and/or evenings as they are available forroost checks.
•Non-Eglin employed volunteers will be escorted by trained biologist/field technicians.
•Trained, experienced Eglin and VT employees that can conduct work unescorted will have the opportunity to earn cash for their time.
•I will hold an orientation on Wednesday September 1stat Eglin’s Jackson Guard Natural Resource office in Niceville to discuss the project activities and needs and to provide maps, data and safety information. A second meeting will be held at a private residence on Sun Sept 12that 6:30pm for anyone not able to attend the 1stmeeting.
•Non Eglin-employed volunteers and volunteers not registered with Jackson Guard’s volunteer coordinator will be required to obtain a recreation permit from Eglin’s Jackson Guard office for $12. Contact Eglin’s Jackson Guard permit sales desk at 850-882-4166 or register as a volunteer with Erica Laine, erica.laine.ctr@eglin.af.mil
•Let me know as soon as possible if you are interested and what your availability may be so that I can begin coordinating a schedule

Kristina Witter, Wildlife Biologist

Witter Wildlife Consulting, LLC

850.723.4014

kristina.witter@yahoo.com

Florida Coastal Beach Clean-Up

Help Clean Up our Beautiful Beaches
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 8AM--11AM

Please Join Us At The Following Locations:
1. Beasley Park (Hwy 98 East of Brooks Bridge, Okaloosa Island)
2. Beach Park East of Surfdweller (Santa Rosa Blvd., Okaloosa Island)
3. Henderson Beach State Park (Hwy 98 East of Destin)
4. Niceville High School “Breezeway” (John Sims Pkwy)

FREE TO VOLUNTEERS:
EVENT T-SHIRT,
BOTTLED WATER

DATACARDS TRACK TRASH COLLECTED

Okaloosa Environmental Council
850-651-7131 or
emeraldcoast@co.okaloosa.fl.us
Do the right thing and help
preserve your environment.
VOLUNTEERS OF ALL
AGES WELCOME!