Sandy Impact Area Worse Than We Thought It Would Be

Hundreds of Miles of NJ & NY Coastline Look Like This

We spent March 20-22 working to remove trash and coastal litter from the environment at Gateway National Park.

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This piece cooperated with us
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Up and off the beach
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Removing a walkway from the beach
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Picking up the small stuff is just as important as removing the washed up structures and large items
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Foam and plastic on the ground in the marshes above the high tide line
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A close up look at how the wind wrapped the plastic on the trees and shrubs – looks tied on.
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There is plastic everywhere in trees and wrapped around shrub limbs.
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Garden hose and other washed up items.
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Washed up fishing line deposit station – being reused.
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We did not use much finesse on this dock – it was hung up and we used the truck and a chain to rip it apart.
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These two docks remain on the beach – the park utility pick up truck did not have 4 wheel drive.
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The remaining pieces of the dock being removed from the beach and taken to the dumpster we had there
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Before final disassembly
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Pulling apart the second half of the dock
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This is a small stretch of clean beach created through the hard work of the volunteers and park rangers.
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In the sand right above high tide.
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Removing a washed up walkway.
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A full trash dumpster – we also left a large debris pile on the road that will be picked up by NY Sanitation.
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This sofa was soaked and heavy – especially when it came to getting it over the side of the dumpster.
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A boat that will never be used again.