Beach patrol By Fred Mays
Surfriders dedicated to keeping Brevard coastal waters clean and healthy
All along the Brevard coast you can find surfers
enjoying a day at the beach and on the waves
year round. But for members of the Space Coast
chapter of the national Surfriders Foundation,
there is much more than that.
When they’re not surfing, members of the local
chapter are busy with community improvement
projects like monthly beach cleanups and cleaning up the berms
of their adopted section of highway A1A at Sebastian Inlet.
But there’s more than just picking up litter.
According to Alec Buchness, a former chairman, the chapter is
active with the Florida Blue Water Task Force. Twice a month
Surfrider volunteers collect data from water monitoring sites
along the beaches and the Indian River Lagoon. They measure
bacteria levels in the water. The work is done in partnership
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The Surfriders are dedicated
to keeping the water and
beaches of Brevard County
clean and safe for surfers
and swimmers.
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Member Alec
Buchness explains
that the chapter
is active with the
Florida Blue Water
Task Force where
volunteers collect
data from water
monitoring sites
along the beaches
and the Indian
River Lagoon.
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