Hungry Helpers!
After hours spent kayaking, cleaning trash from the river, learning to fish, assembling monofilament recycling containers,and having fun in the rain and cold, SHEETZ provided a cook-out for all volunteers!
Monofilament Recycling Containers
We discussed marine debris awareness and prevention and assembled 350 fishing line recycling containers with the help of 25 middle school students at our Earth Day event!
Celebrating Earth Day
Love A Sea Turtle held an Earth Day event on Saturday, April 19. Although it was cold and rainy, we had FUN! The Turtle Team led 25 middle school and ECU students in a river clean up, fishing and kayak instruction, and Stow It Don’t Throw It assembly of 350 monofilament recycling containers!
Our River Quest Logo!
Here it is…who wants one? Original artwork or a print – portion of proceeds go to Love A Sea Turtle! Thank You Miss H art by Heather Ritts! This sea turtle is a representation of our upstream downstream connection – our actions on land create reactions in the ocean…good and bad.
Type in “LOVEASEATURTLE” for $5 discount on anything in her online shop thru Sunday, April 20.
SIDTI Comes To Virginia!
I met Sydney at the Youth Ocean Conservation Summit and she really wanted to become involved in ocean conservation and make a difference. We discussed the Stow It Don’t Throw It project as a great start and she and her teacher attended my workshop and put a plan on paper. She has been planning non-stop since then! Congratulations, Sydney, on your recent presentations and getting your school and Girl Scouts involved.
10 days…100 miles
Purpose: Educate the public on the importance of protecting and preserving our fresh water supply, establish a baseline study on water quality along the hundred mile route, document plant, aquatic and birds along the route, and film the trip for upload to Google Earth.
Day 1: Kick-off event in Goldsboro; Water Reclamation facility tour; Dinner Meet & Greet
Day 2: Paddle Wayne County
Day 3: Paddle Wayne County
Day 4: Paddle Wayne to Lenoir County
Day 5: Paddle Lenoir County
Day 6: Paddle Lenoir County; Water Reclamation facility tour
Day 7: Paddle Lenoir to Pitt County; Water Reclamation facility tour
Day 8: River Awareness Day event in Kinston
Day 9: Paddle Pitt to Craven County
Day 10: Paddle Craven County – Celebration!
