Friday, February 02, 2007

Re: Rhode Island Marine Debris Issue - Beach clean-up


Eugenia Marks <emarks@asri.org> wrote:
Greetings, Beach Captains:
I attended last night's meeting organized by Surf Riders about the debris that is washing up along South Kingstown beaches from dredge operation spoils from Point Judith Harbor being dumped, to replenish South Kingstown beaches with sand, off shore.  This was a permitted and purposefully designed alternative, for which a probe to find the chemical constituents of the sediments took place, but no one thought of thirty years of the inappropriate dumping by multiple users.
    
Please consider joining the cleanup.  See attached and below.  Kathy Raposa, one of your fellow beach-captains, sent this request.
 
Low tide is at approximately 2:45 p.m. We are planning the clean-up from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.  We will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Deep Hole Parking Lot (at the end of Matunuck Beach Road, past the Ocean Mist, and on the right).  Dress warmly and wear sturdy shoes.
More info attached.
Also in attendance at last night's meeting were Ray Nickerson, South Kingstown Planner, and Dr. Jon Boothroyd, who helped us understand the complexity of the situation. 
 
If you are interested in commenting on the next phase of the dredging, there is a permit application open until Feb. 14.  Contact me for details.
 
Thanks, Eugenia
 
 
From: KVigness@aol.com [mailto:KVigness@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:33 PM
To: emarks@asri.org
Subject: Fwd: Beach clean-up
 
Hi Eugenia,
 
Would you mind alerting the Coastal Cleanup captains to the following cleanup. I realize this is short notice, but the more people we can make aware of the problem, the better.
 
Thanks,
Kathy Vigness Raposa
 
 
From: "Peter Paton" <ppaton@URI.EDU>
To: <NRSALL@LISTSERV.URI.EDU>
Subject: Beach clean-up
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:25:10 -0500

in the event you are looking for something to do on Saturday afternoon… following is an invite from the RI Chapter of Surfrider Foundation to participate in a beach clean up – a Grass roots response to the COMPLETE MESS that the Pt Judith dredging project has made of our coast from E. Matunuck to Green Hill!
 
"One major idea that came out of last nights discussion forum was to take a proactive
approach to start cleaning the beach. The fact is that the beaches are not
being cleaned up to the degree that we all expect.  Rather than just
merely complain, we are going to take the situation into our own hands and
organize a major beach clean-up stretching from Green Hill Beach to East
Matunuck State Beach.  I am calling the Dredging Company and we will be
charging them for bags, gloves, dumpsters, tipping fees, etc.
 
Low tide is at approximately 2:45 p.m. We are planning the clean-up from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.  We will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Deep Hole Parking
Lot (at the end of Matunuck Beach Road, past the Ocean Mist, and on the
right).  Dress warmly and wear sturdy shoes.
 
Please forward this email to everyone you know.  Let's have a strong
response at the clean-up and show the state how much we care about our
beaches".
 
Thanks!
David Prescott
Chair, RI Chapter Surfrider Foundation
 
MORE INFO:
WHAT:  Dredging Project Beach Clean-up
WHEN:  Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
TIME:  1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
WHERE:  Meet at the Deep Hole Parking Lot in Matunuck (at the very end of
Matunuck Beach Road, past the Ocean Mist, and on the right)  From there we
will spread out and clean from Green Hill Beach to East Matunuck State
Beach
WHO:  Invite everyone who cares about our state's beaches
 
v
 
Dr. Peter Paton
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Natural Resources Science
1 Greenhouse Rd.
Coastal Institute at Kingston, Rm 107
University of Rhode Island
Kingston RI 02881
401.874.2986 (work)
401.874.4561 (fax)
ppaton@uri.edu
http://www.nrs.uri.edu/Peter_W_C__Paton.paton.0.html
 
 


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