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Document & prevent
Map outfalls, collect dated observations, review permits and inspections, and report active sediment discharges.
- Public records request
- Construction runoff reporting
- Independent depth/sediment assessment
Palm Harbor
Palm Harbor
Neighbors are coming together to document sediment buildup, stop new runoff, and secure a fair plan to restore our canal.
A nonpartisan, neighbor-led effort. We follow the evidence.
sediment buildup
Our canal is worth restoring.
One shared plan
We need to stop the source and restore the canal.
Dredging is only a lasting solution when new sediment is controlled. Our work moves on two tracks at once.
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Restore & protect
Press for a scoped, permitted, and funded restoration plan with responsibility assigned based on the facts.
- County staff briefing
- Public agency roundtable
- Dredging and long-term maintenance plan
What public records show
This waterway already has a public history.
County and state records show years of work in the Klosterman Bayou system. They establish context and questions to answer—not responsibility for today’s sediment.
Use every relevant name in records requests:
Baywood Village Canal · Westwinds Canal · Crosswinds Canal · Klosterman Bayou watershed
2008–10
County nutrient-source evaluation
Pinellas County commissioned a study of Klosterman Bayou and Joe’s Creek. It monitored the Innisbrook Canal/weir and described a history of elevated nutrients in the central watershed.
Read the County report2021–25
County watershed-management plan
Public Works commissioned a Klosterman Bayou Watershed Management Plan, contract 190-0353-NC. Ask what it concluded for Baywood Village’s finger canals and which recommendations were adopted.
See the County planning process2020–24
County work at nearby canal crossings
Pinellas replaced bridges over the named Westwinds and Crosswinds canals. Project 000700A/000702A gives the group a precise starting point for construction and compliance records.
View bridge project detailsOngoing
State water-quality review
FDEP has addressed bacteria and nutrient conditions in the larger Klosterman Bayou Run system. These records do not assess sediment buildup, but they support a need for coordinated water-quality attention.
Read the FDEP TMDLThe unanswered question
No public dredging or sediment study found—yet.
Our search did not locate a public bathymetric survey, sediment-removal project, or enforcement action specifically for this canal. That is why the next step is a targeted records request.
Build the visual record
See the canal change over time.
Historical imagery can show visible changes and help identify questions for inspection. It cannot, by itself, establish a sediment source or responsibility.
Start here
Pinellas County aerial imagery
Use the County’s AIRS viewer for current and historic high-detail aerials. The PAIRS archive provides downloadable historic imagery dating back to 1926.
Open County imagery ↗ Flexible timelineGoogle Earth Pro
Search the canal, then use the historical-imagery clock to move through available dates. Coverage is helpful but not guaranteed every year.
Get Google Earth Pro ↗ Watershed contextUSGS EarthExplorer
Use Landsat for longer-term changes across the watershed and upstream development—not detailed proof in a narrow canal.
Explore USGS imagery ↗Save each image carefully: record the source, imagery capture date, exact view, and only what is visibly observable. Note weather, cloud cover, and tide when known.
Take action today
Every neighbor has a useful role.
Most important
Join the neighborhood list
Add your support and choose a way you can help. We’ll send only essential updates and meeting notices.
Sign up nowWhen you see runoff
Document it safely
From public property only, take wide and close photos/video. Note date, time, weather, location, and where water enters the canal.
Make your voice count
Send a focused request
Ask the County for ownership, drainage, permit, inspection, sediment-assessment, and restoration-plan information.
Build momentum
Bring one neighbor
Forward this site to someone who lives along the canal or uses it. A broad, factual group carries more weight.
The right doors
We coordinate with the agencies that can act.
County operationsPinellas County Public WorksReport sediment/runoff issues · [email protected] · (727) 464-8900
County leadershipCommissioner Dave Eggers, District 4[email protected] · (727) 464-3276
Water permitsSouthwest Florida Water Management DistrictEnvironmental Resource Permit questions and regulatory inquiries
Environmental complianceFlorida DEP, Southwest DistrictCitizen concerns · (813) 470-5700
For an active spill or environmental emergency, call the State Watch Office at 1-800-320-0519. This group does not make findings of fault; agencies and records do.
Open by design
What we are tracking.
Now
Organize neighbors
Collect supporters, establish the evidence log, and choose a small steering team.
Next
Request records & inspections
Identify ownership, drainage connections, permits, and prior maintenance plans.
Then
Public agency meeting
Seek a written assessment, corrective-action schedule, and funding path.
Add your voice
The canal needs a neighborhood behind it.
Sign up to receive campaign updates, meeting invitations, and specific ways to help. Your information stays with this local effort.
Use our shared sign-up form to receive updates and choose how you would like to help. Responses are available to the organizers of this local effort.
Open the sign-up formThe form opens in a new tab and is managed by Baywood Canal Restoration organizers.