Monthly Morningside Park Cleanup

On Sunday, August 27th, 2023, The International SeaKeepers Society hosted a beach cleanup at Morningside Park, one of our monthly cleanup locations. We were joined by 22 volunteers who set out with bags and buckets to clean as much trash as possible from the park’s grass, especially focusing on the shorelines, where much of the litter becomes trapped following a lot of rain. Thanks to Morningside Watersports, our volunteers were given the opportunity to rent kayaks and paddle boards at a discounted price, allowing them to clean the bay directly. A few of our volunteers even brought their own kayaks, and came back with multiple bags stuffed with trash! By the end of our cleanup, we had collected over 104 lbs of debris from the park, shoreline, and the bay itself. This debris included a very large fishing net, and many bottle caps, food wrappers, and plastic fragments. Debris both small and large can pose a huge threat to the animals that reside in Biscayne Bay by putting them at risk of entanglement or starvation due to plastic ingestion. This is why we depend on our volunteers to help us remove as much debris as possible, and we are thankful to everyone who came out on Sunday to assist!