Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies CoastWalk
September-October
Sign up at CACS, Smokey Bay Way
Or call 235-667
Started:
November 1984
Beaches first walked:
Anchor Point to Diamond Creek gulch; McKeon Spit, China Poot Bay; Fritz Creek shore area
Beaches walked today:
32 sections from Port Graham to Anchor Point
Top 10 marine debris items,
1984-2001:
Beverage cans, plastic beverage bottles, car parts, buoys, rope, glass beverage bottles, construction materials, fish nets, clothing and cloth, bags and wrappers, caps and lids.
Top 10 items,
2002-2003:
Beverage cans, fast-food containers, plastic beverage bottles, construction materials, caps and lids, bags and wrappers, rope, cups and plates, cigarettes and filters.
Top 10 items,
2004-2013:
Pieces of foam, cigarettes and filters, scrap boards, treated lumber, beverage cans, food wrappers and containers, building materials, glass beverage bottles, plastic beverage bottles, grocery bags.
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