The first group to take on Deer Island for the 2012-2013 debris removal season was the home-school group from Keesler Air Force Base. This group contained a variety of grade levels and proved to be great environmental stewards and a truly hard working group of people!
We set out to clean up site # 2 on the North side of Deer Island and filled up our first round of bags right from the get-go!
The popular camping site was full of plastic bottles, caps and rings and the all time champion of debris, cigarette butts and lighters.
We collected so much debris in the beginning that we had to leave a pile for the boat to pick up later! We found large plastic storage containers, plastic buckets, a large tarp and a fence that washed up from a local beach.
This trip was the first trip for the 2012-2013 marine debris clean up year, but also the first trip after Hurricane Isaac. We were prepared for pretty much anything a storm can throw at you, but the tarp in the picture below was a bit more than we had bargained for. Thank you for going the extra mile and successfully removing such a large hazard from our coastal waters!
This group collected a total of 393.65 lbs of debris from Deer Island! Congratulations to you all and thank you so much for being a great group! The future looks a lot brighter and cleaner due to all your hard work and dedication to being a part of the pollution solution =)
