Volunteers participating in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 29th Annual Clean the Bay Day Saturday, June 3, 2017 from 9:00 am-Noon will be doing more than simply cleaning rivers, streams, and beaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Participate on the Northern Neck at one of three locations: Belle Isle State Park (Lancaster, VA), Caledon State Park (King George, VA), or Westmoreland State Park (Montross, VA).
According to CBF,
This short, three-hour annual event has a massive cumulative impact. Since 1989, Clean the Bay Day has engaged over 146,000 volunteers, who have removed approximately 6.4 million pounds of debris from nearly 6,900 miles of shoreline in Virginia!
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While litter is easily prevented and can be picked up by anyone on any given morning, tackling the major unseen threats to the Bay watershed, like habitat loss, sediment and nutrient pollution, require broad and focused support. Clean the Bay Day often performs as a gateway program through which children and adults alike embrace environmental stewardship of their waterways.
Participate on the Northern Neck at one of three locations: Belle Isle State Park (Lancaster, VA), Caledon State Park (King George, VA), or Westmoreland State Park (Montross, VA).