COA Attends the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit

On June 17 and 18, 2019, COA’s Coastal Watershed Protection Coordinator Alison McCarthy attended the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit, hosted by Clean Virginia Waterways, the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, and George Mason University. This solutions-based summit showcased successful marine debris reduction programs at the national, regional, state, and local level, with the goal of uniting partners to create a marine debris reduction plan for the Mid-Atlantic. Alison presented on the legacy of 34 years of Beach Sweeps data as a driver for policies that reduce debris at the source.