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The Florida Panhandle, a prime summer vacation destination for thousands of southeast Louisiana residents, is home to six of the Sunshine State s beaches that most often test positive for fecal coliform bacteria, according to a new report from the Environment America Research and Policy Center.
In the Pensacola area, both Bayou Texar and Bayou Chico empty into Pensacola Bay but neither in the immediate vicinity of a public beach promoted by Visit Pensacola, a nonprofit that promotes tourism. Due to the known conditions of these two areas, permanent signage has been installed warning of the water conditions, said Darien Schaefer, the organization s president and CEO.