Conducting Cleanup Events
When organizing a cleanup event, preventing injury should be
the most important consideration. Fishing line and gear can be
just as hazardous to humans as it can be to wildlife when left
in the environment. Line is difficult to break and can cut human
skin easily if inappropriately handled. Likewise, divers can
become entangled and drowned. Gear that is rusty and encrusted
with barnacles is sharp and infectious. Take care to train
cleanup volunteers so that they are aware of hazards and provide
them with the appropriate tools to do the task.
Conducting a cleanup event is best done in collaboration with an
existing event to increase volunteer turnout, to share
resources, and so that numbers can be reported on an area wide,
statewide or worldwide level. It is always better to partner
with an existing cleanup program then to “reinvent the wheel”!
Partners are the key to a successful cleanup!
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