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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This fall thousands of </span></font>Massachusetts residents will remove
debris along the state’s shoreline, riverbanks, and seafloor as part of
the COASTSWEEP program. Sponsored by the Office of Coastal Zone
Management, and coordinated by the Urban Harbors Institute at UMASS Boston,
COASTSWEEP encourages volunteers to remove debris and track of the numbers and
types of items they collect. This information is sent to the Ocean
Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) program. The ICC
gathers information from around the world, analyzes the data, and uses the
results to develop programs and policies to reduce marine debris.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Marine debris is a global problem -- but by cleaning beaches and
riverbanks in </span></font>Massachusetts, we not only remove debris from our
state’s land and oceans, we also prevent it from entering the ocean
currents and affecting marine life in other parts of the world.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If you’d like to be a part of the cleanup effort taking place
this September and October, visit www.coastsweep.umb.edu, call 617-287-5570, or
email coastsweep@umb.edu.</span></font></p>
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