PRESS COVERAGE

Press coverage for Great Boston Harbor Island Cleanup September 2024

Boston Globe: 9/12/24; Ambitious cleanup set to launch Friday for five Boston Harbor Islands; agencies unite to remove marine debris

GBH: 9/23/24; Massive cleanup hauls generations of trash off Boston Harbor Islands

Hull Times: 9/26/24; Volunteers collect tons of trash, marine debris during week-long cleanup of Boston Harbor Islands

Explore New England: 10/1/24; Historic Cleanup Operation Wraps Up on Boston Harbor Islands

Boston Globe: 10/3/24; ‘Highly technical adventure cleanup’ swarms Boston Harbor Islands, clearing rusted lobster traps, scrap metal

Tufts: 10/10/24; Once-in-a-generation: Historic cleanup breathes new life into Boston Harbor Islands

GEAR Team Press

South Coast Today: 1/23/23; Net Your Problem re-cycles used fishing gear

PBS Newshour: 9/19/23; 'Ghost gear' piles up in the Gulf of Maine amid plastic onslaught on oceans

CCS: 5/20/24; Fritz McGirr on Recent and Upcoming Marine Debris Projects

CCS: 5/31/24; CCS to Remove Marine Debris from Wood End, Provincetown on World Ocean Day

CCS: 7/9/24; Information Session to be Held for Major Boston Harbor Islands and Hull Shoreline Cleanups

CCS: 7/12/24; Gulf of Maine Council Honors Laura Ludwig of CCS with Visionary Award

CCS: 7/25/24; Remote Island Cleanup in Downeast, Maine with the Rozalia Project

CCS: 9/3/24; Center for Coastal Studies Announces September-October 2024 Marine Debris Activities

CCS: 9/12/24; Federal, State, and NGO Agencies Partner on ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Cleanup of Boston Harbor Islands

Penobscot Bay Press: 5/1/25; Gear Grab: Recovering lost lobster traps; GSA graduate works with fishermen to clean up ocean floor

Commonwealth News Service: 6/1/25; Headed to the beach in MA? Watch out for marine debris

CCS: 6/2/25; CCS Marine Debris Program Concludes 2025 Ghost Gear Recovery Season

“Greenish-gray waves crashed against the rocky shore and misty rain sprayed around them, but the volunteers pried nonetheless in their rain gear and gloves.”

-Boston Globe