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South Shore Estuary Beach Cleanup 2005
On September 17th, more than 55 volunteers, including Boy and Girl Scouts from Massapequa, joined South Shore Estuary Reserve Office and Town of Oyster Bay staff on the bayside of Tobay Beach in Oyster Bay to participate in the 20th Annual International Coastal Cleanup. The international cleanup is coordinate by the American Littoral Society and the Ocean Conservancy. South Shore Estuary Reserve Office Estuary Stewards Clare O'Reilly and Maude Baldwin organized the successful Tobay Beach Cleanup, with support from the Town of Oyster Bay.
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Volunteers collect debris that has accumulated in the salt marsh along the bay side of Tobay Beach in Oyster Bay.
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South Shore Estuary Reserve Office Estuary Stewards Clare O'Reilly (left) and Maude Baldwin (right) with Nancy Kearney, Town of Oyster Bay, display collected debris.
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Volunteers removed approximately 270 pounds of floatable debris from the beach and salt marsh areas on the South Oyster Bay side of Tobay Beach. They did an outstanding job collecting marine debris and carefully recorded items that were found. Commonly found debris included many types of plastic debris, glass, cigarette filters, and food packaging. Volunteers observed that much of the debris that ends up on the marsh could be the result of stormwater runoff.
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| The South Shore Estuary Reserve Office thanks all those who helped make this year's cleanup our most successful yet and looks forward to next year's event. |
Members of Girl Scout Troop 2323 with the many bags of debris they worked hard to collect. |
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South Shore Estuary Reserve Office
300 Woodcleft Avenue • Freeport, New York 11520 • Phone: (516) 470-BAYS • Fax: (516) 378-2879 • sser@dos.state.ny.us |
