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Just FYI this is illegal in many areas.
by omio 2y ago
Just FYI this is illegal in many areas.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoIt's illegal to fill a bucket with sand?!
- phinnaeus 2y agoAnd remove it from the beach, yes.
- sofixa 2y agoSand is not an infinite resource. It's crucial for both protection (if you remove all the sand from the beach, there will be nothing to cushion the waves and currents and etc. and it will result in more erosion, which can be deadly for any constructions nearby) and construction. As such, it's completely normal that you can't just take sand or stones from many beaches. The very famous Étretat town in France with its accompanying beach and rocks, have a very strict "don't take souvenirs from the beach because you'd be actively destroying it" policy.
- Moru 2y agoSometimes someone has paid money to place the sand at the beach because it wasn't a sand beach from the start. So no, you can't go fill your sacks with sand anywhere you like, not even in Sweden were we can pick berries in the forest for free. Stones, trees and sand is not allowed without permission.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoDefinitely a euro thing then.
- gnabgib 2y agoNot particularly, it's prohibited in US National Parks, National Historic Sites, National Memorials, National Wildernesses, National Seashores & Lakeshores[0], US National Wildlife Refuges [1], Most US State parks. Canadian National Parks[2] and most Provincial/Territorial Parks. [0]: https://www.nps.gov/articles/recreational-collection-of-rocks-and-minerals-legal-instruments.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/recreational-collection-of-rock... [1]: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-27/subpart-F https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-I/subchapter-C... [2]: https://parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/regles-rules#objects https://parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/regles-rules#objects
- forgetfreeman 2y agoSo like less than a tenth of one percent of the US coastline. Literally so uncommon in the US I'd have to go well out of my way to find a section of beach where this is applicable.
- OJFord 2y agoNo, to walk away from the beach still holding that full bucket.
- jajko 2y agoYou would be surprised how many things its illegal to take from beaches or country (sand, corals, some shells, of course anything old enough etc)
- forgetfreeman 2y agoLiterally none of that is illegal at any of the beaches I've been to (east coast US). Not only does nobody care, there's frequently nobody around to even notice in the first place.