[SEMCO] Plastic Pollution: What can you do to help Tackle the Trash?

[Grace Simpkins]


Community Presentation


Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

 
Tackle the Trash

 
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

6:30PM - 8:00PM



Please join us to learn more about this pilot project and what you can do to help "tackle the trash" on our beaches!



Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center

131 Waquoit Highway, Waquoit
 

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Plastic pollution is an emergent global problem that is causing severe harm to ocean ecosystems and marine life. Join us to learn more about the plastic problem and ongoing research on Cape Cod, as well as how you can be a part of the solution by participating in a new “Tackle the Trash” pilot project being launched by Grace Vachon, AmeriCorps Cape Cod, Nicole Vandale, Ph.D. candidate, Northeastern University and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve this summer.




Walk-ins Welcome or register below.

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Meet our Presenters



Grace Vachon is Waquoit Bay Reserve's Year 25 AmeriCorps Cape Cod member. As an AmeriCorps member, she has participated in a variety of individual and group service projects related to natural resource management, disaster preparedness and response, community outreach, and environmental education. At her placement with the Reserve and the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, she has designed educational programming, taught programs, and written outreach materials such as newsletter articles. Grace graduated from the University of New Hampshire last May with a degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation. She is interested in science communication and public outreach and was instrumental in developing the Tackle the Trash pilot project in coordination with WBNERR staff.



[Nicole Vandale]


Nicole Vandale is a PhD student in Northeastern University's Marine and Environmental Sciences department. She graduated from Eckerd College in 2022 with a B.S. in Marine Science and specialized in research on microplastics in Tampa Bay. As a NOAA Holling's Scholar, Nicole interned at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Homer, Alaska. At Northeastern, Nicole was awarded the Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship, and her research focuses on microplastics, plastic pollution, and plastic policy. She is collaborating with WBNERR on outreach, science communication, and mentoring, and provided valuable input to help shape the Tackle the Trash initiative.

 

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To learn more about this project or
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