Oct 16, 2022
Rachael Mayou, SUNY senior and Diane Clark, Greystone Nature Preserve Director, as they get ready to sort and count beach litter.
Christina Dahlin of Stockton recently participated in the Great Lakes Beach Sweep. The section of beach she patrolled was a half-mile at Barcelona Harbor. Christina picked up all the litter from the beach including cigarette butts and bits of debris.
It was not until she entered the woods next to the beach that she discovered the “motherload” of litter left behind by picnickers. These people had deliberately selected beautiful sites in which to enjoy their time at the beach, but many of them left behind discarded remains of their day of relaxation. These are not only unsightly, but also dangerous to wildlife.
As Dahlin filled her bags with litter, some children watched her, and by the time she left that area, they had gotten their own bags to help. Maybe helping nature is contagious!
These two young people are the very ones who will be most affected by the disregard some adults have had for the Earth.
Dahlin was also helped by Bill Moran and Diane Clark of the Greystone Nature Preserve. Beannie, the mascot dog of Greystone, considered herself the Westfield greeter-dog to everyone who was enjoying the beach that day.
Bill Moran, Beannie, Christina Dahlin.
The Great Lakes Beach sweep is sponsored by the Center for Marine Conservation, the nation’s leading non-profit organization dedicated solely to protecting ocean environments and marine life.
Through science based advocacy, research and public education CMC informs, inspires, and empowers people to speak and act for the oceans. All the litter collected during a Great Lakes Beach Sweep is recorded and sent to the CMC for analysis. Polluters are tracked and confronted.
The public is made aware of how much litter is going into the oceans. Rachael Mayou, a senior in environmental science helped sort the beach litter and was “surprised by all the little things people don’t think about and leave on the beach”.
The Greystone Nature Preserve is a not-for-profit environmental education facility that offers experiential environmental education to community members of all ages and ability levels. For more information, please contact Diane Clark at Greystone.
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