A nice follow-up to Jeremy Morrison’s Watershed plan article: The City of Pensacola hasannounces a $5.95 million RESTORE funding award for the Bayou Texar Outfalls Project, which will help improve Bayou Texar…
Category: Environment
Watershed Management Plan blueprints restoration efforts
by Jeremy Morrison Years in the making, the Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan is almost finished. “A lot of time and energy have gone into this,” said Pensacola Mayor…
Carpenter Creek Watershed town hall, 11/15
The public is invited to learn about the future of the Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan during an open house event Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. the Bayview…
City reaches agreement on heritage oak
The City of Pensacola has reached an agreement with property owners at 605 N. Spring St. to preserve a heritage live oak tree that the city has sought to protect since 2019….
IP awards $20K for UWF Community Garden
The International Paper Pensacola Mill has awarded the University of West Florida a $20,000 capital grant from the International Paper Foundation. The grant funding will be used to support the UWF Community…
A Celebration of the Season of Creation on Saturday, Oct. 29
Join Earth Ethics at Bayview Park Pavilions as they celebrate our connection and responsibility to the earth with music, speakers, and poetry. Lunch (sandwiches) will be provided by Apple Market for participants….
Podcast: ‘We have a real issue here’
Gloria Horning lives on DeVilliers Street and has been tracking the sewage issue for eight years. I had her on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning to discuss ECUA’s latest discovery…
Presser Notes: Airport Aspirations & Revealing Roadwork
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last week, city of Pensacola officials met with a visiting team from the Florida Department of Transportation. It was a productive meeting, Mayor Grover Robinson said during his…
Official statement on Poop leak
ECUA/City/FDEP Team Discovers a Source of Contamination In the course of investigative work for the Downtown/Bruce Beach “Sleuthing” project, debris was discovered in the storm drain at Garden and Spring Streets. This…
Breaking: Possible source of poop at Bruce Beach found
On WCOA this morning, Mayor Grover Robinson said ECUA may have found the source of sewage entering the city’s stormwater system that flows into Pensacola Bay near Bruce Beach when they did…
Paddling Trail Study stinks [updated]
Testing Indicates Environmental Issues Along Waterfront by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After testing last year revealed the presence of human waste in the waters along downtown Pensacola’s Bruce Beach, city officials expanded testing…
ECUA finds Mystery E.Coli Hotspots
Downtown Lateral Line Letters Unrelated to Bruce Beach Mission by Jeremy Morrison Some downtown Pensacola property owners have received letters from the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority informing them that they must make…
‘Bright Light’ killed in cycling accident
Jessica Bibza ‘Instrumental’ in Estuary Program’s Formation: By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola’s environmental advocacy community is mourning the loss of a fellow advocate with local ties that died after being struck by a…
Green money doled out
Estuary Program Awards New Round of Grants By Jeremy Morrison Local environmental efforts focused on the local watershed have received a fresh infusion of funding, with the Pensacola and Perdido Bay Estuary…
Dive Into National Estuary Week
by Jeremy Morrison Hugging the shoreline of East Bay, a group of kayakers spent their Sunday learning about the local environment as part of a guided tour hosted by the Pensacola and…
Protecting Florida’s Coast
Protecting Florida’s Coast is an evening of documentary films and discussion about the latest plans for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the threat to Florida’s coast and beaches. The…
Milton receives $9.7 million FEMA grant [podcast]
On Wednesday, August 24, the City of Milton was advised by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), Mitigation Bureau that the City has been awarded a competitive Hazard Mitigation Grant (HMGP)…
IMPACT 100 names finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, is pleased to announce the fifteen grant finalists selected for 2022. Eleven of the fifteen nonprofit finalists will each receive a grant of $103,820…
ECUA recycling facility set to open week of Sept. 26
Press Release: ECUA received an update from the supplier providing the two conveyor belts needed to operate the processing lines. They have again delayed the shipping date to today, Sept 2. Based…
Sea Turtle hatchlings outpace recent seasons
Local Leatherback Nest a Success -by Jeremy Morrison Since May, sea turtles have been nesting on beaches throughout Florida, burying their eggs in the sand and hoping the hatchlings find their way…
