Woods Hole Group to host COASTSWEEP Clean-Up at Town Neck Beach

Woods Hole Group will host a COASTWEEP beach clean-up at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich on Saturday, October 13 from 1-3 PM.  Volunteers and community groups are invited to participate in the event.

The clean-up is part of the COASTWEEP program, the Commonwealth’s annual coastal cleanup program organized by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Urban Harbors Institute of the University of Massachusetts Boston. For more than twenty years, Massachusetts volunteers have scoured beaches, river banks, marshes, and the seafloor to pick up trash and record information about the types of trash being collected. Each year, more than 2,000 COASTSWEEP volunteers collected several tons of trash from beaches, marshes, rivers, ponds, and the seafloor. 

“The coastline is such an important and fragile resource to the Cape Cod community and COASTSWEEP has done a remarkable job of mobilizing communities to take action,” said Bob Hamilton, Vice President of Business Development at Woods Hole Group. “Shoreline protection and habitat restoration are core competencies of Woods Hole Group and a passion among our staff. We’re thrilled to participate in COASTSWEEP 2012 and hope to see many residents join us.”

Anyone interested in participating should register by emailing Cathy Morey at cmorey@whgrp.com or Marci Tyldesley at mtyldesley@regancomm.com. Trash bags will be supplied, but volunteers are urged to bring gardening gloves and reusable water bottles.  The rain date is Sunday, October 14th.  In the event of rain, volunteers should check the Woods Hole Group Facebook page at www.facebook.com/woodsholegroup for an update or call Marci Tyldesley at 508-317-4345.

Based in Falmouth, Woods Hole Group is a world leader in environmental sciences and engineering with significant experience and interest in beach nourishment and protection.

You can learn more about the COASTSWEEP program by visiting the COASTSWEEP website: www.coastsweep.umb.edu or by calling the Urban Harbors Institute at 617-287-5570. For more information on Woods Hole Group, visit www.woodsholegroup.com.