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As the summer comes to a close, my mind has gone to the beach. To recognize this, and to continue to allow our producers and hosts a chance to work on special projects and series, this week we'll bring you a rebroadcast of our show about beachcombing.
You can read Emily's original post about collecting 100 whole sand dollars at the beach here. You can find updated information about SOLV's Great Oregon Fall Beach Cleanup (which is referenced in the show) here. You can post new comments about what you've found at the beach below. Or, like me, you can let your mind go to the coast: pull up a deck chair, sit back, relax, and listen as Bonnie Henderson, th author of Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris, takes us on a trip along her favorite mile of the ocean.
And don't forget to tune in on Friday when we'll find out what happens at the coast when all the tourists prepare to leave!
GUESTS:
- Bonnie Henderson: Journalist, author of Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris
- Julia Parrish: Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, founder of COASST, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team
- John Verberkmoes: Former captain of the fishing boat Sanak
- Charles Moore: Founder, Algalita Marine Research Foundation
Tagged as: beach · coast · ocean
Photo credit: Evanlane / Creative Commons
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This is Phillip Johnson, director of the CoastWatch program, through which Bonnie Henderson adopted Mile 157. Two quick notes. One is that Curtis Ebbesmeyer, the oceanographer she mentioned who studies rubber duckies and other debris, is speaking tonight, Aug. 26, in Astoria, 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Second, I want to make sure listeners who love the shoreline know that CoastWatch has all miles of the shoreline up for adoption--any number of people can adopt a mile--and that many miles need more active coverage. There is plenty of room for more coast-lovers to help us monitor and protect our coast. Go to oregonshores.org, and then to the CoastWatch section, for more information, or e-mail orshores@teleport.com
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We really need to do something about plastic debris. Please catch this show if you get a chance: Message in the Waves
http://www.messageinthewaves.com/gallery.php?i=25
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Here is the most recent report and photos from the research vessel that departed from California on August 5, 2009 for the Pacific gyre of trash last month: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inmarin/detail?&entry_id=46186
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I moved to Salem from North Carolina. I was both fascinated and outraged by today’s show. NC’s coast is called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.” Visitors can buy charts that show the approximate locations of shipwrecks dating back to 17th Century, including German U-Boats, which were common during WWII. However, beware the man with a metal detector who walks up and down the beaches coming up with buttons, bayonets and belt buckles with the initials “C. S. A.” (Confederate States of America) molded into the objects. He would act as though he didn’t know what they were. Inevitably, someone would offer him an impressive amount of money for the found object. At night, he would sneak back home to mold more objects, and chemically age a new collection of artifacts: Any such problem here? Peter Deane
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Oregon is in the process of establishing a system of marine reserves along our coast, to protect nearshore ecosystems important to the birds that forage in the nearshore that Bonnie and Julia reference. Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition has been engaged in this statewide process and many of it's CoastWatch "adopt-a-mile" members have been doing the hard work of providing public comment and speaking up about the importance of the land/sea connection.
Oregon's legislature passed a bill, that was signed into law by Governor Kulongoski, that sets an avene for designating two marine reserves - one at Otter Rock near Depoe Bay, the other at Redfish Rocks near Port Orford - as well as supports the efforts of four community groups evaluating additional marine reserve sites at Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, Cape Perpetua and Cape Arego. If you want to be involved in establishing a protective system of marine reserves for Oregon's future, contact Robin Hartmann, Ocean Program Director at robin@oregonshores.org or if you want to adopt a mile "of your own," contact Phillip Johnson, CoastWatch Director at phillip@oregonshores.org. Thanks! (Robin - CoastWatch Mile #151)