Center for Coastal Studies Announces September Slate of Shoreline Cleanups
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) is planning a number of cleanups on Outer Cape beaches during the month of September. Volunteers are invited to join the cleanups and the “trash tallies” which follow, where all debris items are inventoried. Last year,...
Art Exhibits Feature Ghost Gear Collected from Cuttyhunk Beaches
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Debris & Plastics Program was awarded one of eleven SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants this year to locate, remove and properly dispose of lost fishing gear and other debris from the shores of Cuttyhunk Island. During...
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...