During the week of March 21st, Orcas and Lopez Beach Watchers will again gather on several island beaches with buckets and sieves to determine the quantity and types of small plastics that are mingled with the sand along our shorelines. The sifted and sorted samples will be forwarded as usual to the The Port Townsend Marine Science Center for analysis and data entry – but this will be the last time. Grants which have funded this project for several years are coming to an end. If you’ve taken part in this project previously, your help is still needed, and if you’re volunteering for the first time, it’s easy and interesting. (Jen Kingfisher, Project Director in Port Townsend, has pledged ongoing help with sample sorting from Eastsound’s plastic-laden beaches!)
Lopez sampling will take place Wed. Mar 23 at 10 am at Odlin Park, and Fri. Mar 25 at 1 pm at Otis Perkins. On Orcas, contact Kim Secunda: kimsecunda21@yahoo.com for times and locations.
For more information about the project, check the Marine Science Center’s website at: http://www.ptmsc.org/plastics.html.
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