John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider News & Events: August 2010 Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter By John Hearin surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com http://www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach On June 26, the Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation helped organize the local “Hands Across the Sand” event to protest the Gulf Oil Spill and efforts by some Florida lawmakers to allow drilling near Florida’s beaches. Over 500 volunteers turned out at Lori Wilson Park to show their support and to call for... [Read more...]
John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter • John Hearin • surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach/ On May 24, the Cocoa Beach Surfrider Foundation and Keep Brevard Beautiful played host to the Trinity Prep graduating class of 2010. Over 90 students and faculty from Trinity Prep, located in Winter Park, participated in a beach cleanup from the Pier south to Minutemen Causeway. The students were very enthusiastic and learned a lot about beach maintenance during the experience.... [Read more...]
John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider News & Events: June ‘10 Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter • John Hearin • surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach The Gulf oil spill has reached the loop current and we may suffer impacts to the beaches of Brevard County. The Cocoa Beach Chapter of Surfrider Foundation is partnering with Keep Brevard Beautiful to help organize a beach monitoring and response plan. Due to sensitive habitats, individual response/cleaning efforts are strongly discouraged... [Read more...]
John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter By John Hearin surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation participated in a Banana River Lagoon cleanup on April 17, 2010. Twenty volunteers joined with Keep Brevard Beautiful on a trash bash tour of the Thousand Islands. Kayaks and guidance were provided by Fin Expeditions of Cocoa Beach. Check out our video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cp5vGN0zmI On April 25 we conducted a... [Read more...]
John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter By John Hearin www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is actively engaged in a Dune Protection and Beach Maintenance Campaign and we need more volunteers to help us protect and preserve our beach. We are seeking stakeholders for all the public beach accesses between Port Canaveral and 2nd Light. Stakeholders perform regular maintenance on their favorite beach access to keep it clean... [Read more...]
By: John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
March 2010 – Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter By John Hearin surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation participated in the “Hands Across the Sand” event on Saturday, February 13, at Lori Wilson Park. Approximately 400 people braved the 40-degree wind chill factor to demonstrate their opposition to oil drilling off Florida’s coastline. We are part of a statewide coalition of political, business,... [Read more...]
By: John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter By John Hearin surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach/ The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has joined a statewide coalition of political, business, and environmental organizations to oppose oil drilling off the Florida Coast. We feel that the risk to our beaches and waters does not justify the benefits claimed by the oil lobby and that the money and effort would be better spent developing clean, sustainable energy sources... [Read more...]
By: John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has joined a statewide coalition of political, business, and environmental organizations to oppose oil drilling off the Florida Coast. We feel that the risk to our beaches and waters does not justify the benefits claimed by the oil lobby and that the money and effort would be better spent developing clean, sustainable energy sources for our state. Our coalition convinced the Space Coast League of Cities to adopt a resolution in opposition to oil... [Read more...]
By: John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation conducted a beach cleanup at Minutemen Causeway in conjunction with the Slater Brothers’ Surf Contest on November 7. Surfrider members and other volunteers collected numerous bags of trash, with a particular focus on removing cigarette butts. Our younger volunteers collected 13 water bottles full of butts from the area immediately in front of Coconuts. For their efforts, each volunteer was given one free raffle ticket that gave them a chance... [Read more...]
By: John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
The Cocoa Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has joined a statewide coalition of political, business, and environmental organizations to oppose oil drilling off the Florida Coast. We feel that the risk to our beaches and waters does not justify the benefits claimed by the oil lobby and that the money and effort would be better spent developing clean, sustainable energy sources for our state. The following information was compiled by Tony Sasso, who is leading our campaign to oppose offshore... [Read more...]
