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2009 Beach Sweeps Report.Pdf 2009 Participating Towns & Parks Aberdeen Allenhurst Allentown Asbury Park 2009 Annual Report Atlantic Highlands ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Atlantic City Avalon Sweeping Toward a Clean Ocean Ingestion occurs when organisms mistake debris Avon-By-the-Sea for natural food items. Ingested items can block or Barnegat Clean Ocean Action (COA) is a coalition of damage the digestive system leading to infection or Bay Head 125 organizations working to improve and protect Bayshore starvation. A stomach full of garbage can make an the waters off the New Jersey and New York coasts. Waterfront Park animal feel full, causing them to stop eating. In 1985, COA launched the region’s first Beach Beachwood The success of the Beach Sweeps program Belmar Sweeps program to rid beaches of unsightly and illustrates the public’s support for a clean ocean. Berkeley Twp. harmful debris. The program is one of the longest Bradley Beach Ultimately, the goal of the Beach Sweeps is to help running cleanups of its kind in the United States Brick Twp. reduce and eliminate sources of litter. Working and has grown from 75 people at one site to 5,556 Brielle toward that goal, this program builds community Brigantine volunteers at over 60 sites for each Sweep in 2009. support for solutions, raises awareness about the Cape May The 24th Annual Spring and Fall Beach Sweeps Corbin City negative impacts of litter on wildlife and the ocean, were held at over 60 NJ locations from Raritan to Deal and teaches citizens about the types and quantities Delaware Bays and along the ocean. Participants Elberon of debris found. Forsythe Wildlife collected and recorded valuable data about debris, A Legacy for Action Refuge which is presented in this report and is used Glen Ridge Each Beach Sweeper is instructed to record Ideal Beach to advance federal, state, and local programs to Island Beach reduce litter. each piece of debris found during the event on COA’s State Park “tried and true” data card. The data collected during Keansburg the Beach Sweeps turns a one-day event into a Keyport legacy of information to combat litter and other Lakewood Lavallette sources of pollution by identifying and monitoring Leonardo trends. The information helps find solutions to keep Loch Arbour beaches clean and healthy for citizens and marine Long Branch life. Indeed, the data has been used to help create Longport Lower Twp. federal, state, and local programs and laws to reduce Manasquan litter in the environment. Mantoloking Finally, the data from COA’s Fall Beach Sweeps Margate is submitted to the Ocean Conservancy in Middletown Twp. Washington, DC, as part of its international database Monmouth Beach Litter is Harmful, North Wildwood on marine debris and global campaigns against Ocean City Unsightly, & Costly ocean pollution. Ocean Gate Marine debris is people generated litter that is Ocean Grove discarded on land or at sea that can end up on our Port Monmouth 2010 ~ Beach Sweeps 25! Pt. Pleasant beaches and in the ocean and waterways. Plastic Pt. Pleasant Beach is the most abundant material at about 80%, which 2010 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the Raritan Bay is most damaging to marine life. Plastic doesn’t Beach Sweeps program. As a tribute, COA hosted Waterfront Park bio-degrade; it photo-degrades, meaning that it a Beach Sweeps Symposium and published a Sandy Hook Journal of Citizen Action Against Beach Litter. Sea Bright slowly breaks into smaller pieces. Sea Girt Litter is not only ugly to look at and detrimental The Journal highlights data and Sea Isle City to the coastal economy, but importantly it is harmful trends in ocean pollution and Seaside Heights and lethal to marine wildlife due to entanglement educates the public on ways to Seaside Park reduce ocean pollution. Please South Amboy and ingestion. Entanglement occurs when an animal South Seaside Park accidentally becomes ensnared in marine debris. contact the COA office for a Spring Lake Mortality can occur quickly through drowning or complimentary copy of the Stone Harbor predation or it can be a long agonizing death from Journal. Toms River Union Beach starvation, infection or gradual strangulation. Upper Twp. Ventnor City 2009 Spring & Fall Beach Sweep Totals Wildwood Wildwood Crest 5,556 volunteers at 132 sites 301,564 items collected 4,173 bags of trash removed 59,270 pounds of debris removed 2009 List of Participating Schools To Right: Texas Avenue Elementary volunteers pose with Rainforest Cafe’s mascot “Cha Cha”. Local Lavallette students rescue a sand shark entangled in fishing line. Grade Schools::: Armstrong Elementary, Asbury Park Middle School, Atlantic Highlands Elementary, Bay Head Elementary, Belmar Elementary, Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School, Bolger Middle School, Bradley Beach Elementary, Calvary Academy, Central Elementary, Chelsea Heights School, Churchill Junior High, Deal School, Eisenhower Middle School, Forrestdale Elementary, G. Harold Antrim Elementary, Glen Ridge, Hazlet Middle School, Holy Cross School, Howell Middle School South, Keyport Central Elementary, LaSalle Academy, Lavallette Elementary, Lillian Drive Elementary, Maple Place Elementary, Monmouth Beach, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary, Oak Knoll Elementary, Point Pleasant Borough Middle School, Ranney School, Rumson Country Day, Ocean City High School volunteers take a Saint Anne, Saint Benedict's Catholic, Saint Catherine, Saint break from Sweeping the Beach. Catherine, Saint Joseph Elementary, Saint Mary Elementary, Saint Peter, Shrewsbury Borough, Sovereign Avenue Elementary, Texas Avenue Elementary, Thorne Middle School, Tinton Falls Elementary, Trinity Academy, Ventnor Middle School, Village Elementary, West Belmar Elementary. High Schools: Academy of Allied Health and Sciences, Atlantic City, Bound Brook, Brick Memorial, Brick Township, Calvary Academy, Cape May Technical, Carteret, Communications, Edison, Freehold Township, Hamilton East- Steinert, Hightstown, Hillsborough, Holy Spirit, Jackson, Keansburg, Lawrence, Long Branch, Lower Cape May Regional, Mainland Regional, Manasquan, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Matawan, Mater Dei, Memorial, Middletown South, Monmouth Regional, Monsignor Donovan, Morristown, Motivation, Ocean City, Old Bridge, Point Pleasant Beach, Point Pleasant Borough, Ranney, Red Bank Regional, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional, South Brunswick, Saint Rose, Upper Darby, Wall, Wildwood Carteret High School volunteers travel to Catholic, Wildwood, Winslow Twp. Sandy Hook to show their support for a clean ocean! Left: Colleges and Universities: Atlantic Volunteers Cape Community College, Brookdale Community from The College of New College, Cornell University, Delaware Valley Jersey, as well College, Kean University, Middlesex County as St. Rose, College, Monmouth University, New Jersey Communications, Institute of Technology, Ocean County College, Wall, and Steinert High Penn State University, Princeton University, Schools relax Ramapo College, Richard Stockton College of after a New Jersey, Rutgers University, Seton Hall productive day University, The College of New Jersey, “down the shore.” Widener University. 2..............................................................................................................................2009 Beach Sweeps Annual Report 2009 List of Volunteer Groups & Business Teams Environmental Organizations: Bayshore Regional Watershed Association, Colts Neck Green Club, Eco-Maniacs, Greenpeace, Long Acre Expedition, Max's Mission, Middlesex County Conservation, Operation Green, Paddleout.org, SAVE, Surfers Environmental Alliance, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation Jersey Shore Chapter, Surfrider Foundation South Jersey Chapter, The Nature Conservancy. Civic Groups: AWorthyCause-nj.org, Brigantine Sons of Italy, Brigantine Knights of Columbus, buildON, Calvary Troop, Cape-Atlantic Marine Corp.League, Capoeira Sol Nascente, Caring Kids Club, Citizens' Right to Access Beaches, Coastal Jersey Parrothead Club, Cornell Club of Monmouth & Ocean Counties, East Brunswick Youth Council, Fine Feathered Friends 4-H Club, Green Party of Monmouth County, Horse Cents Club 4-H Club, Jersey Shore Parrot Heads, Lavallette Republican Club, Lit Chicks, Monmouth County Board of Realtors, New Jersey Beach Buggy Association, Noah's Ark Pet Pals 4-H Club, Notre Dame Club of Jersey Shore, Ocean City Beach Buggy Association, Ocean City Community Association, Ocean City Gardens Civic Assoc., ONE- USA, Pine Valley Rod & Gun Club, Rainbow of Hope, Raritan Goes Green, Rotary Interact, Rumson Garden Club, Shore Points Roller Derby, South Monmouth Board of Realtors, Toms River North Walking Club, We are the Bayshore. Girl & Boy Scouts of America: Daisy Troops: 218, 543 “We are the Bayshore” Brownie Troops: 173, 287, 1301, 1303, 1501 volunteer Peter Donnelly Girl Scout Troops: 71, 87, 147, 174, 384, 466, 617, takes a stand against 698, 738, 1079, 1176, 1249, 1303, 1404, 1501, beach litter. 1612, 1618, 1667, 1795, 1887,13935, 23165, 45360 Cub Scout Troops: 36, 69, 70, 76, 117, 142, 209, 242, 331, 389 Boy Scout Troops: 3, 22, 36, 76, 77, 95, 97, 126, 230, 634, 6292, 13065 Faith-based Groups: All Saints Church, Aston Presbyterian, Holy Cross Church, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Kings of Kings Lutheran Church, Latter Day Saints Church, Rumson Presbyterian, Sacred Heart Church, Saint Leo Church, Saint Mark Church, Waterspirit. Business Teams: Adventure Aquarium, Aegis Arma LLC, AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc., Atlantic City
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