Maine Coastal Cleanup Day

Georges River Land Trust is jointly sponsoring this Coastal Cleanup Day with the Rockland Harbor Trail Committee to tidy up the Rockland harbor shore.
Sunday Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Meet at Snow Marine Park
10 a.m.-noon: Coastal clean up along the south end of Rockland Harbor Trail
Noon-1 p.m.: Barbeque lunch offered for those who participated in the clean up, displays and educational materials about marine debris
1 p.m.: Opening of the Southern end of the Rockland Harbor Trail and reception for the Art Installation prepared by Resisting Entropy, a group of local artists creating pieces from “found” materials. Resisting Entropy will be working on assembling their art installation during the day on Saturday and the public is welcome to come watch the artists create. On Sunday there will the chance to meet the artists.

Coastal Cleanup is Maine’s largest single volunteer event. Coastal Cleanup includes volunteers of all ages and backgrounds who clean our coastal shoreline and associated waterways of trash. Each year over a thousand participants clear hundreds of miles of thousands of pounds of trash. What is collected is recorded and this data then becomes part of the international ocean trash index which is compiled by Ocean Conservancy. Your efforts continue to ensure that our coastal waters and habitats remain healthy and trash free. Maine Coastweek is part of the International Coastal Cleanup which is a one day global event.