The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center is offering new programs. Snow Birds & Sea Turtles will be held the first and last Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. This program is for visitors to the area for the winter months to enjoy refreshments while learning about Northwest Florida sea turtles and the Navarre Beach 2013 nesting season. Cost is $5 per person.
The temperatures have cooled, the water is now smooth, and the beach seems almost deserted. With very few visitors dotting the beach, Sunday marked the end of the 2013 lifeguard season.
The artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico at Navarre Beach Park might soon be twice as nice, as money could likely be available to double the number of reef structures.
The Santa Rosa County Commission is currently considering incentives requested by developers planning to rebuild a nationally affiliated hotel on the site of the former Navarre Beach Holiday Inn. One of the requests, to forgive roughly $2.9 million in property taxes owed on the parcel, has been called unfair by some local residents. Ultimately, however, that request might not even be allowable.
The Navarre Beach Marine Science Station is used to having plenty of guests – human and marine life – each day. However, last week was a little different when the NBMSS and Northwest Florida Marine Education and Discovery of Gulf Ecosystems, Inc. (EDGE) teamed up with the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council to host a group of Russian visitors , who came to the U.S. as part of the Department of State’s International Ecotourism and Environmental Outreach program.
Retired Navy veteran Michael Schwartz and his brother Steve pedaled through Navarre Monday on their mission to raise money for wounded veterans and their families through the nonprofit Cycling for Warriors organization.
Armed with their imagination and the sugar-white sand of Navarre Beach as their canvas, international master sand sculptors crafted masterpieces while thousands upon thousands of visitors gazed in amazement last weekend.
Just as the temperatures might start dropping in October, the fishing in the Gulf of Mexico could start heating up as red snapper recreational harvest season will begin on Tuesday, October 1 in state and federal waters of the Gulf.
Although Santa Rosa County authorized consultant Coastal Tech to seek permitting for Navarre Beach restoration at the beginning of 2013, it remains unclear how commissioners will actually pay for the projected $10-12 million project, which could start next year.
