Welcome Wilson!

Welcome Wilson!

My name is Wilson Haims and I am the 2024 Joanna Toole Intern at the Center for Coastal Studies through the Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative. I look forward to spending the next three months working with the CCS Marine Debris Program to recover lost or...
CCS Debris Spring Lookback

CCS Debris Spring Lookback

By Laura Ludwig, Manager, CCS Marine Debris and Plastics Program.    I don’t really remember when I first cleaned a shoreline, but these days I do it so frequently that I sometimes forget to reflect on where I just went, how beautiful it was on location, and how...
My Year with the Marine Debris Program

My Year with the Marine Debris Program

By Kathryn Brooks I came to CCS in January to be the new “Marine Debris & Plastics Research and Outreach Assistant” for Laura and her program. My position was funded by multiple grants and would end in December. Well, somehow the year has flown by and it is now...
A Love of Eating Breakfast Out Inspires “Early Bird” Beach Clean Ups

A Love of Eating Breakfast Out Inspires “Early Bird” Beach Clean Ups

By Kathryn Brooks CCS Marine Debris Program Assistant Perseverance and determination. If at first you don’t succeed, take a look at what you did, get feedback from others, and make adjustments. My first week of the “Early Bird” cleanups was unsuccessful. I was at...
Adventures with Egg Mud and Scaling The Harbor Breakwater: Fiona Skeggs on the 2022 Ghost Gear Recovery Program

Adventures with Egg Mud and Scaling The Harbor Breakwater: Fiona Skeggs on the 2022 Ghost Gear Recovery Program

Photo caption: Fiona aboard the F/V Miss Lilly on the first day of the CCS 2022 Ghost Gear Recovery Project out of Provincetown, MA. (Annie Lewandowski)   May 11, 2022. Fiona Skeggs is a graduate student in the health, science and environmental journalism program...
Center for Coastal Studies and Cape Cod National Seashore Announce Marine Debris Opportunity for Artists

Center for Coastal Studies and Cape Cod National Seashore Announce Marine Debris Opportunity for Artists

PROVINCETOWN, Mass— The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) and the National Park Service/Cape Cod National Seashore (NPS) invite artist proposals for an outdoor art exhibition to feature marine debris and be installed in the National Seashore. Funding for this...