Welcome teachers to the 2012 Marine Debris Teacher Workshop! We had participants from all over Mississippi and Louisiana, and after meeting all the teachers for this years program, I know this year's going to be a good one!
The workshop took place on July 5th and 6th, 2012. On July 6th we hit the water and headed out to Deer Island for the clean up portion of the workshop. Boy did we hit the ground running!
We cleaned up two sites, site # 1 on the North side of the island and site # 4 on the South side. We ran into the dreaded landscape of left over tent frames, fireworks and party supplies!
When we came upon something too large to move or a significant pile of debris, we used the GPS to mark a way point. These way points are logged in the spreadsheets and used to map the areas on the island with large and unusual debris deposits to help identify the source later on in the project.
These ladies... and one gentlemen... really put the pedal to the metal and swept everything but the sand up from Deer Island! Great job everyone!
We pushed through the heat and after a long day, it was finally time to load the boat up and enjoy the boat ride back!
After all was said and done, we collected a total of 648.80 lbs of debris!
Thank you all so very much for your hard work and perseverance! I cannot wait to work with you and your groups later on this year and into the spring of 2013! The new year is looking brighter every day thanks to your efforts =)
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