Haines Youth Beach Cleanup

Haines Youth Beach Cleanup

Community Watershed Stewardship
Takshanuk Watershed Council organized a Youth Beach Cleanup effort this past August to improve water quality and bring awareness to the effects of improper waste disposal.     Many of the beaches in this area, especially those with a southern exposure, collect a lot of debris during winter storm events. Bringing youth to these beaches to see the amount of trash that accumulates even where no one lives shows them the effects of improper trash disposal.   On August 16, 2012 five youths and three adults spent 6 hours picking up debris along the outer beach of Taiyasanka Harbor.  A total of 660 pounds was collected and hauled to the ACME transfer station.  The cost of the disposal of this trash was $195.  A majority of the debris consisted of…
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