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Sixth Graders and Project SORT with a Big Haul in Georgia
December 26, 2013 by NOAA Marine Debris Program
By: Leah Henry
In a tidal creek on the northeastern edge of Skidaway Island, GA, twenty
6th graders from a local Savannah school (STEM Academy) participated in
a cleanup as part of Project SORT, a new education and outreach
initiative from the University of Georgia and the NOAA Marine Debris
Program.
The Project SORT team and 6th grade students followed the high tide
line, having fun “extracting” dock parts, bottles, plastic and other
debris from the edges of the creek. Dodie Sanders, Project SORT’s lead
said, “We have discovered that a lot of marine debris gets trapped high
into the marsh along the creek’s edge and there was plenty of it! I do
not think I have ever seen so much debris at any of our other sites.”