Washington Coast Cleanup returns to clear Pacifi c shores
BY LISSA BREWER
Washington Coast Cleanup
Saturday, April 23, at low tide
Cleanup events will take place at Cape
Disappointment State Park; Seaview Ap-
proach in Seaview; Sid Snyder Approach,
Bolstad Beach Approach and Cranber-
ry Approach in Long Beach; Klipsan
Approach, Oysterville Approach and Bay
Avenue in Ocean Park; Twin Harbors in
Westport; Chance a La Mer Ocean Beach
Approach in Ocean Shores; Ocean City
Ocean Beach Approach in Ocean City; Sea-
book Beach in Seabook; Pacifi c Beach-Co-
palis and Moclips Beach in Pacifi c Beach.
Register now to volunteer
www.coastsavers.org
Each turn of the tide brings forth new, drifting logs and
stones on the remote shores of Washington state. Wind
gusts reshape long stretches of sand while seabirds search
the shore, swooping in to fi nd abundant coves of fi sh. But
along this wild and beautiful coast, scattered bits of plas-
tic and other marine debris also fi nd a place to rest.
Traces left behind by wandering visitors cause only
part of this pollution, which harms wildlife and vegeta-
tion as well as the economies of coastal communities.
Much of the trash found along Pacifi c shores washes in
from the open ocean. Discarded fi shing gear, plastic bot-
tles, styrofoam pieces and other solid waste can be found
in vast ocean patches, including the 600,000 square mile
Great Pacifi c Garbage Patch. To combat debris at a com-
munity level, thousands of local volunteers remove several
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LEFT: A
young
boy helps
out at a
Washington
Coast
Cleanup.
BELOW: The
Washington
Clean Coast
Alliance
hosts
multiple
events
each year
to remove
marine
debris from
the shores.
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