In the fall of 2020, San Antonio Bay Partnership began organizing a Shorelines Cleanup around the Port O’Connor area. Much like the Abandoned Crab Trap Cleanup efforts, volunteers head out in boats & kayaks to small island shorelines throughout Matagorda Bay, Epiritu Santo Bay and San Antonio Bay. Volunteers are provided gloves and bags then walk or paddle picking up trash. Trash is often hidden in the cord grass and mangroves, it can be a difficult task. But our volunteers know they make an impact. We ask volunteers to log items of trash they removed.  In the  years since we’ve started this event, plastic bottles are by far the most common item (NINE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED, and THIRTY EIGHT!)  followed by plastic pieces, aluminum cans and plastic bags. 

Fifth Annual Bay Shorelines Cleanup

Saturday, September 28, 2024 

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Volunteers and Boats are needed to Remove Awful Trash from our Bay Shorelines. Opportunities available throughout the week of Sept 23-27. Targeted Shorelines include San Antonio & Espiritu Santo Bays, Lavaca Bay, Aransas Bay, & Matagorda Bay, and the Guadalupe River, Victoria. Teams are asked to log items on a data sheet. Prizes will be awarded for the most number of bags of trash, most plastic bottles and most unusual item.

We’ll celebrate our success on Saturday Sept 28 at the Port O’Connor Community Center with a delicious shrimp dinner provided by Cathy’s Seafood Restaurant (Port O’Connor), and wines by Gulf Breeze Winery (Victoria). The evening will include an informative presentation by Jace Tunnell, Director of Community Engagement at Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, & entertainment by Texas Legendary singer/song writers Jack Motley and Fletcher Clark.

Click here for the 2024 Shorelines Cleanup PLAN

Contact Allan with questions:  AllanRBerger@outlook.com

Thank you Shorelines Cleanup Partners!

Read our previous year’s cleanup summaries:   2020     2021     2022    2023

 

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