Black Oil Sand Dollars

On June 7th, the Pensacola News Journal reported that a large number of sand dollars were washing up from the sound side at Ft. Pikens. On June 18th, we went out to investigate further and found hundreds of BLACK and broken sand dollars. Sand dollars are suppose to dry out white. These were long dead and had been sitting in the sun for quite a while, but they were black. I believe this phenomena supports Marine Biologist, Heather Reeds statement earlier this year, on May 7th, when she told the League of Women Voters that there were toxic pockets of curde oil in the Pensacola Pass as well as in the bay/sound areas.

Links to this story include:
All These Sand Dollars Don't Add Up - PNJ
Black Oil Sand Dollars on Pensacola Beach

Riki Ott Speaks to the League of Women Voters