Franklin County’s coastline is a lot cleaner today thanks to a hundreds of volunteers and a lot of work.
The annual Coastal Cleanup was held Saturday removing nearly three and a half tons of trash and debris from the local waterfront.
In total 315 volunteers took part in the one-day cleanup and picked up 3.4 tons of trash.
The trash was primarily the type of trash you would expect to see including cans, bottles, cigarette butts, plastic, Styrofoam, fishing gear and rope.
But every year volunteers find a few interesting items too.
This year they found the jawbone of a cow and the carcass of a hog.
They found a syringe, a bag of pot, a crack pipe and a condom.
They even found a valid credit card which was turned over to police, a bed backboard, earbuds, a foam toilet seat and 5 pairs of boxer shorts.
Volunteers also rescued an injured juvenile green heron on St. George Island and took it to the Florida Wildlife Commission for rehabilitation.
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