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Navarre local helping save turtles beyond Navarre

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 14, 2023. Posted in Beach.

Navarre Beach Fishing Pier is the number one pier in Florida for successful sea turtle stranding efforts.

According to the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC), they have saved 45 from the pier in 2023 alone. In 2022, they saved 50 sea turtles at the pier.

A look at water quality at Navarre Park and Beach

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 7, 2023. Posted in News.

According to Environment America, a nonprofit environmental research and policy center, roughly one-half of America’s beaches had potentially unsafe contamination levels in 2022.

Out of 3,192 beaches, 1,761 experienced at least one day on which fecal contamination reached potentially unsafe levels.

Nonprofit helps turtles move across country

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on July 24, 2023. Posted in Beach.

The Emerald Coast is no stranger to sea turtles in need of help. Sea turtles get caught at fishing piers, are injured by boats and find themselves entrapped by plastic and other items that find their way into the ocean.

Enter at your own risk

Written by Staff Reporters on July 18, 2023. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

“Who is going to protect the swimmers?” asked a woman during the public forum portion of the Santa Rosa County board of commissioners meeting.

Fishermen showed up to speak against proposed measures to ban shark fishing west of the pier. The question of protecting swimmers was posed.

Chamber Foundation matches donations to Navarre Chamber mortgage

Written by Staff Reporters on July 14, 2023. Posted in Community.

Navarre Chamber Foundation President Mike Sandler presents a $6,842 check on behalf of the foundation at the Navarre Chamber networking breakfast June 30.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on January 11, 2023. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

Congratulations to the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce as we celebrate 50 years of service to the business community.

We are so proud of all they have accomplished in their history and look forward to the next 50 years.

Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center successfully releases two rehabilitated sea turtles

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 14, 2022. Posted in Beach.

The Gulfarium’s C.A.R.E. Center successfully released two rehabilitated sea turtles on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at Topsail Hill State Park, Florida.

Each of the turtles were rescued from Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach within the past year.

Tourist development council highlights tourism advertising efforts

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 10, 2022. Posted in News.

The Tourist Development Office, which is responsible for promoting tourism throughout Santa Rosa County, gave an overview of their campaign to bring more tourists from the Nashville area of Tennessee to Northwest Florida at the Nov. 3 Tourist Development Council meeting.

In July, Julie White, the tourist development director for Santa Rosa County, and her team went to a Nashville event to introduce Navarre Beach to a new audience. They had a special vacation giveaway in which people could enter to win a trip to the beach.

Beach to Woodlands tour returns for 19th year

Written by Staff Reporters on September 1, 2022. Posted in News.

The Beaches to Woodlands Tour, a series of family-friendly fall festivities in Santa Rosa County, is back for its 19th year.

It begins in September and runs through November.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on August 31, 2022. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

We are excited for the fun of the Beaches to Woodlands tour to begin as they celebrate their 19th anniversary of connecting north and south Santa Rosa County with events.

We hope you will take part in the fun and venture up to the north end of the county for some adventure there as well. There is an outline of events with dates in this issue.