Cleaning the North Fork’s Beaches
International Beach Clean Up Day is Saturday, Sept. 15, and the North Fork Environmental Council is organizing three beach cleanups that day at locations throughout the North Fork. All members of the public are invited to help out. The day kicks off at Iron Pier Beach in Jamesport from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by cleanups at Bailie Beach in Mattituck and Truman’s Beach in Orient from noon to 2 p.m. Volunteers from NFEC will be at each location to hand out plastic gloves and garbage bags, or feel free to bring your own. For more information, visit nfec1.org.
Group for the East End, Surfrider, and Atlantic Marine Conservation Society are also teaming up for International Coastal Cleanup Day at Breakwater Beach in Mattituck on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. If you would like to lend a helping hand to the is cleanup, contact Christine Tylee at 631-765-6450 x 208 or ctylee@eastendenvironment.org. Bags and gloves are provided. Volunteers will meet in the parking lot at the end of Breakwater Road.
Today, plastic has been found in 62 percent of all sea birds and in 100 percent of sea turtle species. Show your love for our beaches by participating in the world’s largest volunteer effort to create trash-free seas.
