Through the National Marine debris Monitoring Program, debris is monitored monthly at 180 coastal sites in nine regions across the United States. The five year study is designed to answer two crucial questions. Click for the online data collection form . This fall, school kids, scouts, parents, community members and tourists will pitch in again to clean up our ocean beaches, ponds and soundside. The Big Sweep Class Trip and Enrichment Activity, the day before the statewide effort, is always a big success.
All ages collect data and trash.
Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troops help out on Saturday up and down Hatteras Island. We had a total 80 volunteers and 63 bags of trash .