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What is the best way to Leave Only Footprints when you visit Alabama beaches? Pick up your trash. It’s as easy as putting the trash in the cans conveniently located on the beaches in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Did you know it will take an apple core thrown in the Gulf of Mexico two months to disappear? That’s the same amount of time it takes a cardboard box to disintegrate. Even a paper towel can take two weeks to [...]

Making sure sea turtles have a clear path to and from the Gulf of Mexico can be as simple as picking up sand buckets, filling in holes, dumping trash and removing beach canopies. All of these items make a day spent at the beach a fun time for your family. A blocked path, however, could negatively impact mama turtles coming ashore to lay eggs or hatchlings on their way to the sea. Share the Beach, Alabama’s sea turtle patrol, helps [...]