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Where is… duckie invasion

Published 2006 July 24 birds , maps , measures (scientific) 12 Comments

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Published: July 24, 2006 

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Scientists of tub toy fame will tell their tale in Sitka
BEACHCOMBERS FAIR: Flotsam revealed much about ocean currents.
By KATE CHENEY DAVIDSON, Anchorage Daily News, Published: July 24, 2006

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  1. 1 Pam 2006 July 24 at 7:36 am

    Invading water birds — 1 if by land; 2 if by sea. (c.f., Paul Revere, http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/. It was my ancestor that held the lamps.)

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  2. 2 Pam 2007 December 20 at 7:55 pm

    see also International Coastal Clean-Up Day, September 15

    **February 14 & 15
    ANCHORAGE – MARINE DEBRIS IN ALASKA: WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WORKSHOP will be held concurrently with the Alaska Forum on the Environment at the Egan Convention Center. It is the purpose of this workshop to coordinate and prioritize Alaska statewide marine debris removal, education, and outreach. Alaska’s marine and freshwater ecosystems support the largest array of commercial fisheries in North America. In addition to supporting thriving fisheries, Alaska’s oceans serve as major international and intra-state cargo transportation routes, coastal community transportation, and tourist destinations. The magnitude of use of marine waters and the pattern of currents near Alaska’s shores have led to large deposits of marine debris. In addition, inadequate waste disposal from coastal communities can also enter the marine environment. Marine debris removal efforts in Alaska are currently scattered, regional, and often opportunistic. Government agencies, environmental organizations, landowners, and tribes attempt to identify and solve this natural resources issue with limited financial and other resources, and limited centralized organization. As a result, regional marine debris removal programs often operate inisolation and with modest funding, using a combination of volunteer and paid staff. Furthermore, difficult access to Alaska coasts, safety and weather considerations, and limited landfill sites and recycling options result in high costs for removal. Effective outreach and education is difficult because debris sources are often unknown. The workshop is intended to serve communities; industry; local, state and federal agencies; nonprofits; and scientists interested in the status of marine debris and its effects on Alaska, and who would like to help form strategies for prevention and cleanup efforts. There will be a post-workshop meeting with the expert panelists, NOAA staff, and Alaska SeaGrant staff to draft and organize the proceedings volume for participants and the public on Saturday 16 February 2008. If interested participants can review and comment on the draft workshop proceedings. For more information, contact: Erika Ammann at 907)271-5118, fax: (907)271 3030 or Erika.Ammann AT noaa DOT.gov or Michael Williams, Michael.Williams AT noaa DOT.gov or Sherri Pristash, fyconf AT uaf DOT.edu or go to http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2007/marinedebris/index.html or http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/.

    from WHAT’S UP – December 19, 2007 – Compiled Weekly by Peg Tileston
    On behalf of the Alaska Women’s Environmental Network (AWEN), Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE), and Alaska Conservation Alliance (ACA)

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  4. 4 mpb 2008 June 29 at 8:41 am

    “Plastic debris chokes oceans, travels far. The Associated Press story in today’s Anchorage Daily News about junk washing up on Aleutian beaches is echoed by a magazine piece in The New York Times Sunday magazine, called “Sea of Trash.”

    Written by Donovan Hohn, a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine, the sobering piece takes readers to Alaska where they meet Chris Pallister, a 55-year-old Anchorage lawyer and director of a nonprofit group called GoAK with an environmental mission to “protect, preserve, enhance and restore the ecological integrity, wilderness quality and productivity of Prince William Sound and the North Gulf Coast of Alaska.”

    While volunteers stuff 60,000 pounds of trash into 1,200 garbage bags off Gore Point, Hohn describes conditions that send the world’s plastic on oceanic journeys to wash up in relentless volumes in wilderness areas remote from any industrialized communities. “

    http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/newsreader/story/444224.html

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  5. 5 mpb 2008 June 30 at 7:22 am

    Bobbing in poison soupLos Ageles Times central North Pacific gyre

    Two men set sail to call attention to the 100 million tons of plastic flotsam fouling the world’s oceans. By Margaux Wexberg Sanchez June 30, 2008

    On the first of June, two men and a rabbit set sail from the port of Long Beach, bound for Hawaii, on a raft made of junk. Their cabin is the cockpit of a Cessna 310, white with a blue racing stripe, salvaged from the desert. It floats on a system of handmade pontoons — 15,000 plastic bottles held together with recycled nets — propelled by currents and wind. If it sounds dangerous and makeshift, that’s the point. The pilots of Junk, as the vessel is called, want to get your attention. They are Dr. Marcus Eriksen, director of research and education at the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in Long Beach, and Joel Paschal, a former employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (The rabbit was abandoned early on — to a safe home, not the depths — after proving a less than seaworthy companion.) Their cause is alerting the world to the fouling of our oceans by plastic debris, and Junk is the poster child ( http://www.junkraft.com).

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  6. 6 Anna 2008 July 1 at 12:37 pm

    Wonderful blog, and thank you for picking up the LA Times piece on JUNK! Will add you to my blogroll at http://byotalk.blogspot.com/

    Kudos,
    Anna

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  7. 7 mpb 2008 July 1 at 1:40 pm

    Thank you, Anna. You have some interesting resources at http://www.bringyourown.org/ and the blog.

    Have you seen Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub, and the artistry of rescued plastic–
    http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/saturday-jellyfish/ and see the comments, too.

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