Sep 25, 2025 | Marine Debris, PRESS
Blog post by Tony LaCasse From September 14 -17, 2025, twenty-eight members of the Center for Coastal Studies Beach Brigade collaborated with the Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation on an “adventure cleanup” of Peddocks Island in Boston...
Jun 2, 2025 | Marine Debris, PRESS
A blog post by Fritz McGirr, Marine Debris Operations Assistant Each spring, the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales enter Cape Cod Bay to feed before their journey further north for the summer. At this time from February 1st to mid-May, the...
Nov 5, 2024 | Marine Debris, PRESS
A blog post by Fritz McGirr, Marine Debris Operations Assistant Situated between seven and nine miles out into the harbor from Boston’s city center lie five of the 34 islands making up the Boston Harbor Islands. These five outer islands take the brunt of the wind and...
Jul 25, 2024 | Marine Debris
The Rozalia Project is a non-profit organization based in Burlington, Vermont, and active throughout the Gulf of Maine via their research vessel the S/V American Promise. Built for Dodge Morgan in 1985 for his record-setting solo sail around the world, the vessel is a...
May 31, 2024 | Marine Debris, PRESS
Last week, 13 of the CCS Beach Brigade’s most adventurous volunteers joined the Marine Debris and Plastics Program on Cuttyhunk Island in Buzzards Bay to remove thousands of pounds of debris from the shores of the island. While the mission primarily centered on...
Apr 12, 2024 | Marine Debris, PRESS
Each month the Marine Debris and Plastics Program forms a “beach brigade” of local volunteers to help mitigate marine debris and collect data. This March, 16 volunteers joined us at High Head in Truro, with buckets, wheelbarrows and sleds to haul out the trash. We...
