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Coastal Cleanup is Coastweek's main event, offering Mainers an opportunity to protect our valuable coastline. The largest single volunteer event in the state, Coastal Cleanup involves people of all ages and backgrounds. Volunteers meet at a specified site, pick up trash, and record the type and amount of debris found. Not only does the coast get tidied up, but the data reported helps experts to pinpoint the sources of marine debris and devise solutions.
View a slideshow of Coastal Cleanup highlights from years past.
See the Ocean Conservancy's 2009 report, A Rising Tide of Ocean Debris and What We Can Do About It -- a report summarizing the 2008 international coastal cleanup, the impact of marine debrise, and the OC's key findings and recommendations (PDF 3.6M - low resolution).
We all know how irritating it can be to visit a beach and find it covered in trash and other debris, which can also foul boat propellers and clog engines.
The debris that winds up on our shores comes from many sources. Cigarette butts continue to be number one on our dirty dozen list. Some of these and other pieces of debris are the result of careless beach goers, boaters, fishing vessels, and ships. But another portion of it is washed from roads, yards, and parking lots into storm drains, streams, and rivers which then flow to the sea. The Ocean Conservancy uses our data to help identify the sources of marine debris and to find solutions for this ugly and dangerous garbage. Results from 1996-2000 are available in PDF format:
Here are some suggestions to help reduce coastal debris:
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| Belfast shoreline Biddeford, Biddeford Pool Biddeford, Fortunes Rocks Beach Biddeford, Hills Beach Blue Hill, Blue Hill Neck Boothbay Harbor shoreline Bar Harbor sea wall Bristol, Pemaquid Beach Brooksville, Holbrook Island Sanctuary Brooksville, Orrs Cove/Orrs Hill Brooksville, Smith Cove Brunswick, Thomas Bay/Thomas Point Beach Camden, Camden Hills State Park Cape Elizabeth, Crescent Beach State Park Cape Elizabeth, Two Lights State Park Cushing shoreline Cutler, Holmes Bay Dennysville, Cobscook Bay State Park Eastport, Shackford Head State Park Falmouth, Bayshore Road to Martins Point Freeport, Wolfe's Neck Farm Freeport, Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park Friendship shoreline Harpswell, Bailey Island Harpswell, Stover's Point Islesboro, Warren Island State Park Kennebunk, Gooch's Beach section of Kennebunk Beach Kennebunk, Middle Beach section of Kennebunk Beach Kennebunk, Mother's Beach section of Kennebunk Beach Kennebunkport, Arundel Beach Kennebunkport, Cleaves Cove Beach Kennebunkport, Colony Beach Kittery, Fort Foster Park Kittery town wharf Lamoine, Lamoine State Park Lubec, Quoddy Head State Park Ogunquit, Ogunquit Beach Ogunquit, Foot Bridge Beach Ogunquit, Moody Beach Owls Head, Holiday Park Penobscot, Bagaduce River shoreline Penobscot, Northern Bay Portland, Back Cove Portland, Payson Park Richmond, Peacock Beach State Park Rockland breakwater Rockland Harbor shoreline Rockport, Marine Park Rockport, Kramer Park Roque Bluffs, Roque Bluffs State Park Scarborough, Higgins Beach Searsport, Mosman Park Sedgwick, Eggemoggin Reach South Berwick, Vaughan Woods State Park South Freeport, Winslow Memorial Park South Portland, Bug Light Park South Portland, Green Belt Park South Portland, Willard Beach South Portland, Spring Point Beach Southport, Hendrick's Head Beach Southwest Harbor, Seawall Point Stockton Springs, Fort Point ( Fort Pownall ) State Park Stockton Springs, Sandy Point Beach Surry Swans Island Topsham, Androscoggin River shoreline Waldoboro shoreline Wells, Drakes Island Beach Wells, Wells Beach Winter Harbor, Schoodic Point Yarmouth, Cousins Island Beach Yarmouth, Royal River shoreline Yarmouth, Town Landing York, Cape Neddick Beach York, Harbor Beach York, Short Sands Beach York, Long Sands Beach *noninclusive |
Bar Harbor, Grant Park Beals, Cranberry Cove Boothbay peninsula, Barretts Park Boothbay peninsula, Ocean Point Boothbay peninsula, Knickercane Brooksville beaches Camden, Laite Beach Camden, Harbor & Library Park Cape Elizabeth, beaches and coves Cumberland, town landing East Machias, East Machias River shoreline Falmouth, Shoreline Drive Falmouth Foreside, Mackworth Island Georgetown island shoreline Georgetown, Reid State Park Harpswell, Orr's Island Kennebunkport, Goose Rocks Beach Kittery, Crescent Beach Kittery, Eagles Point Kittery, Rogers Park Kittery, Seapoint Beach Lincolnville Beach Lubec coastline Old Orchard Beach Owls Head, Birch Point Beach Pemaquid peninsula Phippsburg, Hermit Island Phippsburg, Popham Beach State Park Portland, East End Beach Portland, Peaks Island - Centennial Beach Portland, Peaks Island - Landing Beach Portland, Peaks Island - Sandy Beach Prospect, Fort Knox State Historic Site Rockland, Glen Cove Rockport, Aldemere Farm Rockport, Walker Park Saco, Ferry Beach State Park Saco, Camp Ellis beach Saco, Bayview Beach Scarborough, Ferry Beach Scarborough, Pine Point Beach Scarborough, Scarborough Beach State Park Searsport, Moose Point State Park Southwest Harbor - Town Dock, Head of Harbor Vinalhaven Vinalhaven, Lane Island Wells, Parsons Beach |
For additional information, please contact Theresa Torrent-Ellis, e-mail: Theresa.Torrent-Ellis@maine.gov.
Lubec coastline
North Haven Community School local beaches
Last updated on September 14, 2012