FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 18, 2015
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ON
INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY
~Help keep Florida's coast trash free~
 Volunteers remove trash from Florida's coastline on International Coastal Cleanup Day.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection invites
residents and visitors across the state to take part in International Coastal
Cleanup Day on Sept. 19. The department is partnering with organizations
statewide to host cleanups along Florida’s vast coastline.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of International Coastal Cleanup Day, the world’s largest
volunteer effort to help protect oceans, lakes and rivers. In 2014, 561,895 volunteers across the globe picked up almost 9,000 tons of trash along nearly 13,360
miles of coastline.
In Florida, DEP’s Florida Coastal Office and Florida Park
Service will host numerous events on Saturday. Volunteer opportunities include:
Northwest District
Apalachicola – Apalachicola National Estuarine Research
Reserve, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Panama City Beach – St. Andrews State Park, 8:30 a.m.-noon
Franklin County - Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island
State Park, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Wakulla Springs – Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park, 9
a.m.-noon
Northeast District
Ponte Vedra Beach – GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve, 8-11 a.m.
Southeast District
Hollywood – John U. Lloyd Beach State Park, 1-4 p.m.
Miami – Biscayne
Bay Aquatic Preserves, 9 a.m.-noon
Miami – Oleta River State Park, 8:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
North Palm Beach – John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, 8
a.m.-noon
Southwest District
Lithia – Alafia River State Park, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
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