From Green Right Now Reports The Surfrider Foundation, which supports beach and ocean conservation projects, is concerned by the budget proposed by the Obama Administration this week. The proposed FY 2013 EPA budget would axe $9.9 million from the federal Beach Grant Program, which Surfrider says would cut or curtail coastal water quality monitoring by [...]
Tags: · Beach front clean ups, Beach Grant Program, beaches, Oceans, Surfrider Foundation
If ever there were a year that Americans had beaches on their minds, it would be this one, with the BP oil spill reminding us daily to not take our natural resources for granted.
But it’s not just the gulf coast that needs sprucing up.
Unfortunately, most of America’s beaches, coastal and inland, require a pick-me-up every year. This ongoing need inspired Barefoot Wine to partner with the Surfrider Foundation in 2007 to form the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project.
Tags: · Barefoot Wine, beach clean ups, Lady Bird Lake, North Miami Beach, Rockaway Beach, Surfrider Foundation, Willamette River
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