Baynanza

The Baynanza 2025 art contests, including the new photo contest, are now open.

The 43^rd Biscayne Bay Cleanup Day will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 9 a.m. to noon. Bringing the community together to celebrate our incredible marine resources and enhance our Biscayne Bay Watershed through environmental stewardship, Baynanza 2025 will take place at over 30 locations across Miami-Dade County. Registered volunteers at all official cleanup sites will receive a free commemorative T-shirt. Community service hours are also available to participating students. Check back soon to view our Baynanza Calendar of Events and to register as a volunteer for the Biscayne Bay Cleanup Day.

Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) and Vizcaya Museum and Gardens invite all Miami-Dade County elementary, middle, and high school students to participate in the design contests for Baynanza 2025 by creating an original design that portrays Biscayne Bay and its unique natural environment. During Baynanza, a yearly tradition that celebrates our Biscayne Bay, thousands of commemorative stickers, posters, and t-shirts are distributed for free to the participating volunteers and partner organizations.

In addition, we invite Amateur Photographers and nature enthusiasts of all ages to put their skills on display as part of the Baynanza photography contest. Show us the beauty of Biscayne Bay through your lens! The winning photo will be featured in the Baynanza Calendar of Events.

Three winners will be selected for each contest, and the first-place winner will have the honor of seeing his/her design featured as part of Baynanza 2025. Click on the links below to learn more:

Baynanza 2024 Sites

View Baynanza site map

SITE	ADDRESS
Snake Creek Trail	NW 202 Terrace & NW 7 Avenue
East Greynolds Park	16700 Biscayne Blvd.
John C. Farina Mangrove Preserve	NE 163 ST & East of Biscayne Blvd.
FIU Biscayne Bay Campus	3000 NE 151 Street
Oleta River State Park	3400 NE 163 Street
Haulover Beach Park	10800 Collins Avenue
Town of Surfside, Community Center	9301 Collins Avenue
Amelia Earhart Park	401 E 65 Street
Little River Park	10525 NW 24 Avenue
Pelican Harbor Marina	1275 NE 79 Street
Morningside Park	750 NE 55 Terrace
Julia Tuttle Causeway	Eastbound lanes of 1-95
Maurice Gibb Memorial Park	18 St & Purdy Avenue
E.G. Sewell Park	1815 NW South River Drive
Virginia Key Beach North Point Park	3801 Rickenbacker Causeway
Hobie Island South	Rickenbacker Causeway
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens	3251 South Miami Avenue
Virginia Key South	Rickenbacker Causeway
Historic Virginia Key Beach Park (VIP)	4020 Virginia Beach Drive
David T. Kennedy Park	2400 S Bayshore Drive
Shake-A-Leg Miami	2620 S Bayshore Drive
Crandon Park	6767 Crandon Blvd.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	1200 Crandon Blvd.
A.D. Barnes Park	3401 SW 72 Avenue
Tropical Park	7900 SW 40 Steet
Matheson Hammock Park	9610 Old Cutler Road
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve at Bella Vista Point	Bella Vista Avenue & Mar Street
Chapman Field Park	13601 Deering Bay Drive
Deering North Addition	SW 67 Court & Royal Palm Drive
Deering Point	17350 Old Cutler Road
Black Point Park & Marina	24775 SW 87 Avenue
Biscayne National Park	9700 SW 328 Street
Homestead Bayfront Park	9698 SW 328 Street

Remember to wear closed-toe shoes (tennis-type shoes) and bring gloves, water, trash bags and snacks for you and any volunteers in your party.

We suggest you bring the following items with you when you participate in a clean up:
- Extra water
- Sunscreen
- Mosquito repellent
- Hat or visor
- Sunglasses
- Grabber
The early 1980s marked the beginning of a monumental effort by Miami-Dade County to save Biscayne Bay, and that effort grows today with public and private partnerships committed to the protection of our natural resources. Baynanza, created as part of a larger effort to save the bay, is a celebration of Biscayne Bay and its significance as one of our most important ecological systems in South Florida. But this ecological treasure continues to suffer from pollution and degraded water quality due to hydrological changes, aging infrastructure, nutrient contamination and chronic on and offshore littering.

While the environmental concerns that affect Biscayne Bay have reached alarming levels, events like Baynanza raise critical awareness for these concerns and can make an immediate and positive impact on our environment.
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