Coastal Cleanup 2007

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Here are some stats from the 2006 clean up. I hope to make this one, but I think Jr. has his first Flag football game. The annual clean up will be Sat. week Sept. 15th.
I have done this a couple of times and you can actually find some pretty interesting stuff if you look close enough. I like collecting all of the crab pot markers. I can usually find 6-12 of em' if I am just out explorin'. The article is in the SunHerald (http://www.sunherald.com/business/story/135594.html).

You all know by now I hate people who litter. As I have said before they are scum. I rank em' right up there with wife beaters. So, if you ain't got nothin' to do, go to the coast and pick up some trash off of our beaches. If you got a boat go clean up around my favorite fishin' hole out at Round Island.:smt023
Thanks a million,
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2006 Coastal Cleanup
Volunteers:

Hancock County225Harrison County1,455Jackson County1,215Barrier islands335Total Volunteers3,230Total collected - 31.5 tons of marine debrisUnusual items found - Princess Diana Royal Wedding coin, Tennessee Williams novel, breast implant, bundle of foreign mail, two riding lawn mowers, two cars, boxer shorts

[Honey]

You know litter bugs drive me crazy. I always toot my horn at them. Hubby thinks I might get dead doing that one too many times. But I have often wandered if there is a number to call and report their tag numbers. My town is not their ashtray or their garbage can.

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To volunteer
Visit www.masgc.org/cleanup (http://www.masgc.org/cleanup). Click on Online Registration. Fill out and fax the form. Large groups should also call. Signed liability-release forms are required for Mississippi residents under age 21.



If you read the article you may miss the website you need to go to so you can register. It's at the bottom of the page so I added it here in the quote.
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[dream member]

Littering is lazy! I would be there, but this working 7 days a week thing is killing me. I can't bare to throw an aluminum can or plastic bottle in the garbage...I keep them all day till I get home, then recycle! :)

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Coastal Cleanup
In Jackson County, 1,411 volunteers collected 1,340 bags of trash at 23 sites.
Bluff Creek, 7 volunteers and 10 bags
Pollock Ferry Landing, 2 volunteers and 2 bags
Belle Fontaine Beach, 212 volunteers and 60 bags
Davis Bayou (GINS), 70 volunteers and 15 bags
East Beach, 85 volunteers and 95 bags
Fort Bayou Boat Launch , 15 volunteers and 14 bags
Front Beach, 232 volunteers and 230 bags
Graveline Bayou Pier & Boat Launch, 17 volunteers and 40 bags
Gulf Park Estates Public Pier, 104 volunteers and 82 bags
Gautier City Park, 29 volunteers and 10 bags
Graveline Road/Shepard State Park, 58 volunteers and 46 bags
Pine Island (West Pascagoula River), 3 volunteers and 10 bags
Indian Point/Sioux Bayou, 29 volunteers and 10 bags
West Pascagoula River Bridge, 32 volunteers and 35 bags
Hwy 63 Boat Ramp, 72 volunteers and 105 bags
I-10 Boat Launch, 42 volunteers and 70 bags
The Riverfront (Moss Point), 73 volunteers and 70 bags
I.G. Levy Park, 4 volunteers and 5 bags
Old Spanish Fort, 4 volunteers and 5 bags
Pascagoula Beach, 280 volunteers and 300 bags
The River Park,33 volunteers and 70 bags
Round Island, 4 volunteers and 20 bags
Grand Bay NERR (Bayou Heron), 25 volunteers and 40 bags


Here are the numbers from this years clean up in Jackson County. Man I woulda' love to participate:cry:. Maybe next time. Link to article (http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/1190024133223490.xml)