Thank you for supporting journalism at your local newspaper. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at Santa Rosa Press Gazette.
News, Uncategorized
Pond Creek eyesore helps pinpoint pollution sources
Sometimes, progress isn’t pretty.
The Pensacola Perdido Bays Estuary Program installed “litter booms” across Pond Creek in October 2021 to stop debris from flowing into the Blackwater River and, eventually, Blackwater and East bays and the Gulf of Mexico. Volunteers collect and catalog the debris each month, but the volume of litter and natural debris that builds up at the booms creates an unsightly mess.
Josie Bosworth paddles into position to remove debris trapped by a litter boom in Pond Creek.
The remainder of this article is available only for our website subscribers, who help fund our mission of keeping you updated on news you want and need to know. You can become a subscriber for as little as $5.67 a month.
