Bayou Bash: Get Out The Trash!

Press release: Members of The Bream Fishermen Association, Clean and Green, Emerald Coastkeeper, Escambia County Solid Waste, Pensacola NAS at Corry Field and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry invite you to join us in cleaning an urban creek and bayou.

Volunteers will be working Saturday, May 21st from 7:30am until 11am to clean up Bayou Chico and Jackson Branch. Those interested in cleaning by water please check in at the Island Cove Marina, 806 Lakewood Road, 850.455.4552. Those interested in cleaning by land please check in at the Corry Field Station main gate, Chiefs Way and Prieto Drive (northeast corner of Corry Station).

Garbage and recycling bags and gloves will be provided. Bring your own canoe, kayak or boat, or simply your willingness to work. Don’t forget your water, sunscreen and close toed shoes if working by land.

For more information contact Chasidy Hobbs, chasidy@emeraldcoastkeeper.org.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”