Longshore is a beautiful park.
It’s well-cared-for, lovingly maintained — almost spotless.
Yet you’d be surprised what you’d find there.
Or rather, what the Assumption Church youth group and Staples High School AP Environmental Sciences classes found yesterday.
Over 100 teenagers gathered nearly 370 pounds of trash and debris. Their haul included plastic, golf balls (a huge maritime hazard), part of a car windshield (!), and what appeared to be a rusted piece of a large boat engine.
That last piece of junk was too heavy to carry. So 2 boys borrowed a cart from the E.R. Strait Marina, and added it to the items they disposed of.
The event was part of Save the Sound‘s Coastal Clean-Up Day.
Marine life, golfers, and everyone else in and around Longshore thanks all who helped!
A large tire was one small part of yesterday’s Longshore trash haul.
(Hat tip: Michele Harding)
