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.
Navarre residents Stephanie and Chris Kadletz are using their experience in marine and zoological sciences to help bring their clients’ aquarium ideas to life.
Navarre Beach was the host site of a homecoming of sorts last week. Aaliyah, a juvenile green turtle, was released into the Santa Rosa Sound near Opal Beach after spending the last few weeks at the Gulfarium recovering from injuries.
Walkers who are as slow as loggerhead turtles and runners as fast as spotted eagle rays are sought for the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary’s “Run for the Reef,” a 5K for adults and 1 mile fun run for kids. Organizers hope the October 13 event will raise more than $6,000 for the group’s artificial snorkeling and diving reefs and related improvements at Navarre Beach Park.“
With several complaints about anglers spearfishing near the reefs on Navarre Beach recently, residents and visitors are being reminded that spearfishing is prohibited in that area, per Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rules.
It is widely known that famed Apache warrior Geronimo was imprisoned with other male members of his tribe at Fort Pickens. Many people, however, are unaware that opportunistic residents of Pensacola successfully petitioned to keep the group, which was originally headed to St. Augustine, at Fort Pickens. That change forced the Apache men into a painful separation from their families, who were transported as planned to Fort Marion, where they were held with hundreds of other Apaches as prisoners of war.
