BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Shoreline Cleanup DESCRIPTION:Plastic pollution in the marine environment is a problem.\n\nThe San Antonio Bay Guadalupe Estuary system is of national significance given that it is the winter home of the endangered Whooping crane. While a relatively undeveloped segment of the Texas Coast\, it too is subject to plastic pollution.\n\nLast year we mobilized to address this problem: 183 people in 33 teams left 54 miles of shoreline cleaner by removing 4 tons of garbage. Much of the trash was also counted and entered NOAA Marine Debris Tracker: 11\, 883 items in total\, including 2276 plastic drink bottles and 907 plastic bags.\n\nMark your calendar for Clean-up #4. Recruit your team! \n\n\n Tuesday Sept 26 in Seadrift\n Saturday Sept 30 in Port O'Connor\n\n\nPlanning is underway. Volunteers and boats are needed for a systematic and comprehensive approach to cleaning these shorelines all of which are accessible only by boat. \n\nWe will be back in touch later with the details! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Plastic pollution in the marine environment is a problem.

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The San Antonio Bay &ndash\; Guadalupe Estuary system is of national significance given that it is the winter home of the endangered Whooping crane. While a relatively undeveloped segment of the Texas Coast\, it too is subject to plastic pollution.

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Last year we mobilized to address this problem: \; 183 people in 33 teams left 54 miles of shoreline cleaner by removing 4 tons of garbage. Much of the trash was also counted and entered NOAA Marine Debris Tracker: \; 11\, 883 items in total\, including 2276 plastic drink bottles and 907 plastic bags.

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Mark your calendar for Clean-up #4. Recruit your team! \;

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Planning is underway. \;Volunteers and boats \;are needed for a systematic and comprehensive approach to cleaning these shorelines&mdash\;all of which are accessible only by boat. \;

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We will be back in touch later with the details!

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