ENVIRONMENTAL DIASTER CAUSED BY MAN!

I shot these photos on October 23, 2006, December 7, 2007, December 8, 2007 and January 17, 2008 of brown sand placed between the Sugar Beach condos and the 3.6 mile dune of Navarre Beach, Florida. It is a federal and state violation to place an off color sand at a Florida coastal beach. I reported this violation within 10 minutes after I shot my last photo on December 7, 2007 to Terry Wallace, the assistant Santa Rosa County Engineer at Navarre Beach. I then called Reginald Bradley with Permit Enforcement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Florida DEP). And I then called Peter Ravella, the County’s consultant for the Navarre Beach Restoration Project. Peter said that the sand fill requires a permit approval from the Florida DEP and that the sand fill must comply with the Permit. He said that it is illegal to add brown sand or any off color sand to the adjoining beach area.

As of January 20, 2008 most of the brown sand has not been removed.