In this era of virtue-signaling boycotts, often companies doing genuine, roll-up-the-sleeves, put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is giving somehow simply don’t get the press that they should.
Here’s a great example – Hell’s Bay Boatworks has joined Captains for Clean Water as a Legacy Partner; from the press release:
For Immediate Release
South Florida Water Crisis; reason Hell’s Bay Boatworks Joins Captains For Clean Water as a Legacy Partner
FT. MYERS, Fla. — Toxic algae blooms, polluted water, declining fisheries on Florida’s East and West Coasts; all are a result of massive, unnatural discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers. Meanwhile, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys have been plagued with seagrass die-offs and algae blooms as a result of decreased freshwater flows through the Everglades. Solutions exist to fix these problems by creating filter marshes south of Lake Okeechobee and restoring the natural flow to the Everglades.
That’s why Hell’s Bay Boatworks, a Titusville based skiff manufacturer, has furthered its commitment to protecting Florida’s waters and America’s Everglades by joining Captains For Clean Water as a Legacy Partner.
“Anglers have been heavily impacted by South Florida’s water crisis for a long time, but have been largely absent in the fight to save the Everglades,” said Chris Peterson, owner of Hell’s Bay Boatworks. “As environmentalist organizations have battled for decades to push for funding for Everglades restoration, Florida’s estuaries have continued to deteriorate.”
“A drought in 2015 caused a 40,000 acre seagrass die-off in Florida Bay, and was followed by heavy rainfall events in early 2016 which resulted in record-setting discharges to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers,” added Chris Wittman, Program Director CFCW. “This caused a massive uproar in the fishing community. Anglers demanded solutions, and Captains for Clean Water was founded to support science-based solutions to these problems. In 2017, CFCF worked to help pass Florida Senate Bill 10, which provides $800 million of funding for a critical Everglades restoration project.”
“As a Legacy Partner, Hell’s Bay and Captains will stand together on the issues and promote the cause and commitment of each brand, furthering the reach of science-based solutions to one day solve this crisis.”Chris Wittman, Program Director, Captains For Clean Water…
Read more here. And attaboy, Hell’s Bay.
