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:20230926T130000Z DTEND:20230926T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE 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\n \n\nTo sign up:\n\nSend the following to AllanRBerger@outlook.com :\n\nEmail Subject: Shorelines Cleanup\n\nContact name:\n\nEmail:\n\nPhone:\n\nDate to pick up trash:\n\nTeam participants (#):\n\nHave Boat to transport team to assigned Area? yes or no\n\nNeed Crew? yes or no\n\nPreferred Area to clean: (if none\, Allan will assign)\n\nList any Questions \n\n \n\nWe need Boats & Volunteers to cover 150 miles of Shoreline\n\nWe will celebrate our success afterward! 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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To sign up:

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Send the following to \;AllanRBerger@outlook.com \;:

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Email Subject: Shorelines Cleanup

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Contact name:

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Email:

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Phone:

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Date to pick up trash:

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Team participants (#):

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Have Boat to transport team to assigned Area? \; \; \; yes \; or \; no

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Need Crew? \; yes or no

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Preferred Area to clean: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; (if none\, Allan will assign)

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List any Questions \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;

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We need Boats &\; Volunteers to cover 150 miles of Shoreline

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We will celebrate our success afterward!

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