Marine Debris Survey Webinar

Marine debris survey sorting exercise, led by Fawn Custer, CoastWatch's citizen science trainer.\Photo by Dennis White.

On Wednesday, May 6, the subject of our CoastWatch webinar will be marine debris.  CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones will be joined by Andrew Mason, Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Program (MDMAP). Andrew will discuss marine debris surveys, why they are important and how the information collected is used by NOAA. A number of CoastWatch volunteers participate in this citizen science initiative that engages volunteers across the nation in completing shoreline marine debris surveys.  More volunteers are needed.

The webinar takes place 6-7 p.m.  Everyone is welcome to join and learn about marine debris monitoring.  To register, contact Jesse Jones at jesse@oregonshores.org.  You will be sent an invitation to join the webinar via Zoom.  You don’t need to have a Zoom account of your own.

For more information, contact Jesse at (504) 989-7244, jesse@oregonshores.org.