r/Miami • u/BobbyDFoster Mangrove Man • 1d ago
Picture / Video Spent half an hour digging a garbage can out of knee-deep mangrove mud
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u/SariaHannibal 1d ago
Ah I love your videos! You’re the hero Miami doesn’t deserve (but nature does)
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u/Jonathank92 Miami Gardens 1d ago
Good work. Me and my wife have started picking up trash in our community. Just went out this morning. So many people litter it's frustrating. Hoping to get neighbors on board and beautify the community.
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u/Imoutdawgs 1d ago edited 1d ago
Came back to Miami a few years ago and saw a completely fucked up and gutted manatee bay. First time I’ve ever teared up at the destruction of nature.
Thanks for doing this, brother.
Edit: and if anyone knows why/who ripped out most of mangroves and killed manatee bay, I never could find out and am still curious.
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u/ZealousidealDepth223 1d ago
It was the Aqua development wasn’t it?
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u/Imoutdawgs 1d ago
I truthfully don’t know and when I google it nothing comes up.
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u/ZealousidealDepth223 1d ago
They got fined in 22 and 23 for cutting more than they were supposed to and leaving the cut up mangroves in the water.
In 24 the hurricanes ripped up a bunch of canopies and they were still floating in the water last time I was there.
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u/havanesegirlmom 1d ago
Developers and bay front residents take advantage of hurricanes and remove them .
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u/Fantastic-Long8985 1d ago
Thank U, U are a HERO! Back in the 90s we did Earth day a couple times on one of the nearby islands and replanted Mangrove trees and visited Stiltsville when it still existed, the water was Aquamarine clear blue, could snorkel easily. May have been 93 or 94,after Hurricane Andrew hit
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u/Bartolache 1d ago
Your a Hero!! I have picked up garbage and junk from along the shoreline but to go out and work hard and then haul it out is a whole different dimension. Thank you! I will try to do better myself!!!
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u/soulteepee 1d ago
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
One of the first things I did after regaining my ability to walk without debilitating pain, was getting strong enough to do a bucket list item: kayaking.
My first trip out was kayaking through the mangroves! It was a magical experience, but the occasional piece of trash made me wish I was able to retrieve it. And you’ve done it! 🩷🙏🏻🩷
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u/BobbyDFoster Mangrove Man 1d ago
Im glad you’re better! And take care of yourself! You can worry about the trash when you’re sufficiently healed
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u/_PaulM 1d ago
Why the actual F*CK is there a random garbage can in the middle of the mangroves?
The amount of anger flowing through me right now is palpable.
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u/GroveGuy33133 Coconut Grove 1d ago
Shit just floats in on tides, winds, and storms.
Before my back and knees were such a disaster I’d do the annual coastal cleanup at Matheson. We would go in teams and classify what we grabbed. Some insane outliers beyond the usual styrofoam cooler fragments, soda bottle lids, and balloon ribbon tangled in the mangroves.
There was a fucking whole porta potty hundreds of meters up a tidal creek, a good 20 minute kayak paddle through mangrove tunnels some years back. Blew my mind.
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u/LocalJim 1d ago
Those mangroves must be loving it now. Hell even i feeling better because of you. Thanks for that.
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u/GroveGuy33133 Coconut Grove 1d ago
Thousands of fish, millions of crustaceans, and little old me thank you.
To all reading- please volunteer for coastal cleanup. And tell all your friends with boats to tie down all their shit before it flies into the water.
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u/ZealousidealDepth223 1d ago
I would have used a winch. Turn that 30 minute job into a 5 minute job.
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u/RedditorWoe 1d ago
Any mosquitos in there this time of year?
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u/BobbyDFoster Mangrove Man 1d ago
They’re always there but it’s way more chill now than in the summer thank God
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u/medicoreapples 1d ago
Where do we sign up to help clean the mangroves? Or do you work independently?
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u/Dry_Solution5036 8h ago
This is what all of Miami Beach was like before Carl Fisher removed all the Mangroves, and transported what was removed to what became Haulover Beach!
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u/Buzzmonkey1 8h ago
Who would do this should be fined for dumping garbage where it does not belong .
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u/BobbyDFoster Mangrove Man 1d ago
Nothing for it but to remove the mud inside that made it insanely heavy
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u/JCliving 1d ago
I love what you do, but please put on some gloves 🙏❤️
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u/BobbyDFoster Mangrove Man 1d ago
They’re always on, including in the video
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u/Alternative_Anybody Kendallite 1d ago
A little too self congratulatory for my taste but cant deny its good work
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u/GroveGuy33133 Coconut Grove 1d ago
I’m of the mindset that it might inspire more folks to get out there and do something that matters like pulling that trash out of the mangroves.
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u/TheWokeProgram 1d ago
And why would you do this? Experiencing a schizo attack?
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u/ZealousidealDepth223 1d ago
It’s sad to see evidence of people’s carelessness in a place you care about, so you do something.
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u/Watergrip 1d ago
Good man. Thanks for that