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THE FLOW OF... TRASH	FREE WATERS
ISSUE 10
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
International Trash Free
Waters	1
G7 Nations Issue Marine
Plastics Innovation Challenge....2
EPA Research on
Microplastics in Sediment	3
Restaurant Programs for
Source Reduction	3
Tijuana, Mexico Signs a Plastic
Bag Reduction Ordinance	4
Trash Pollution and
Environmental Justice	4
"Trash Blows" Campaign on
Dauphin Island, Alabama	5
Bring Your Own Reusable to
the Park: Hydration Stations
in NY and NJ	5
Tourism and Trash	6
U.S. Commitments
Announced at Our Ocean
Conference	6
The Rapids: News Drops	7
This newsletter is intended to
provide the latest information
to all of our Trash Free Waters
(TFW) partners and friends.
The Flow...of Trash Free
Waters is our opportunity to
highlight recent successes, as
well as shine a spotlight on
news and other related items.
It is produced by the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency, with support from lEc.
Mention of commercial
products, publications, or Web
sites in this newsletter does
not constitute endorsement or
recommendation for use by
EPA, and shall not be used for
advertising or product
endorsement purposes.
HOW'S IT FLOWING?
International Trash
Free Waters
From the September G7 Environ-
mental Ministerial held in Halifax,
to the October Our Ocean
Conference in Bali, everyone is
talking about fixing the problem
of marine trash. While EPA's
participation in high-level
dialogues and other meetings is
important, we are also engaging
meaningfully on the ground to
turn talk into action.
EPA's engagement on marine
litter has been mostly through the
Trash Free Waters (TFW)
program. EPA's Office of Water
(OW) and the EPA Regions are
implementing the TFW program
domestically, and the Office of
International and Tribal Affairs is
engaging with key countries to
implement the approach
internationally. Our coordination
with OW, the Office of Land and
Emergency Management, and
the Office of Research and
Development shapes what we do
and allows us to share domestic
approaches that are applicable to
other countries.
Marine litter is a growing problem
in the Caribbean, and the US is
obligated to address land-based
sources of pollution, including
marine litter, in the region. To do
this, EPA is implementing the
Trash Free Waters program in
Peru, Jamaica and Panama.
However, the largest contributors
of trash into the environment are
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NGO and industry attendees at a stakeholder breakfast with EPA Acting Administrator
Andrew Wheeler (center) at the G7 Environment, Energy, and Ocean Ministers meeting in Halifax, Canada
(September 2018).
G7 Nations Issue Marine Plastics Innovation Challenge
federal agencies such as the
National Oceanic and Atmo-
spheric Administration (NOAA)
and the U.S. State Department
to effectively engage in that
region by sharing tools and
experiences. EPA recently
participated in the Intergovern-
mental Review of the Global
Program of Action for Land
Based Sources of Pollution
and the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Working Group
Meeting on Marine Litter, and
will join others for the UN
Environment Ad Hoc
Open-Ended Expert Group
meeting in December. This
meeting will provide recom-
mendations for global
coordination to the UN
Environment Assembly in
March 2019. Even the Interna-
tional Maritime Organization is
stepping into the marine litter
arena. It adopted a Marine
Litter action plan at the recent
Marine Environmental
Protection Committee
Meeting. The action plan is
aimed at helping us better
understand how much trash is
coming from ships, and finding
solutions to minimize it.
The US commitments to
address marine litter go
beyond government and
include industry, NGOs,
beverage companies, chemical
companies, and others, with
many focusing on reducing
plastic pollution. We hope that
all this attention and action
leads not only to a real
reduction in marine litter, but
more importantly, real behavior
change to make it iast.
—Stephanie Adrian,
U.S. EPA Office of International
and Tribal Affairs,
Adrian.stephanie@epa.aov
In September 2018, the G7
Environment, Energy, and
Ocean Ministers convened in
Halifax, Nova Scotia to discuss
the theme Working together on
climate change, oceans and
clean energy. Following a
session on plastics and marine
litter, the G7 nations-including
the United States-committed
to an innovation challenge to
the private sector, NGOs, and
national and local governments
to address marine plastic litter.
The overall objective of the
challenge is to reduce marine
plastic pollution by providing
incentives for the development
of innovative social or techno-
logical solutions for a more
sustainable management of
plastics throughout their
lifecycle.
In implementing the challenge,
G7 initiatives will aim to:
Leverage, build on, and
complement existing initia-
tives throughout the plastics
lifecycle;
Leverage the strength of
people and organizations with
a diversity of expertise,
including entrepreneurs,
innovators, small to medium
enterprises, researchers,
non-profit organizations, and/
or large multi-national
companies;
Support gender equality,
women's empowerment and
women's leadership;
Encourage innovative solu-
tions that are sustainable,
feasible, lasting, economically
viable, and scalable; and
Develop and maximize
effective relationships with
international financial institu-
tions such as the World Bank,
Inter-American Development
Bank, and Asian Development
Bank, and also pursue
approaches with philanthropic
foundations.
Areas of innovation could
include:
•	Product design and waste
prevention;
•	Waste and wastewater
management and clean-up;
and
•	Markets, education and
awareness.
EPA's Trash Free Waters
program, in conjunction with
other EPA offices, is currently
exploring ways to help the
United States implement this
challenge.
— Romell Nandi,
U.S. EPA Office of Water,
nandi.romell@epa.gov
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EPA Research on Microplastics in Sediment
EPA Regions 1, 2, 3 and 9, along
with EPA Office of Research and
Deveopment (ORD) researchers
from the Atlantic Ecology
Division in Narragansett, Rhode
Island, are collaborating on a
Regional Applied Research
Effort (RARE) project to quantify
the recovery of microplastics in
sediments with commonly-used
methods published in the
scientific literature.
While most plastic trash initially
floats, overtime the larger
plastics degrade to microplas-
tics (particles from 1-1,000
microns). These microplastics
become coated with biofilms
which make them denser, and
as a result they sink and reside
in aquatic sediments. Micro-
plastics have been found in
sediments of every water body
on the planet. In urban areas,
the concentrations can be in the
hundreds of plastic particles/kg
of sediment.
There is concern that the
presence of high concentra-
tions of microplastics in benthic
environments will have adverse
ecological effects. To accurate-
ly quantify this risk, methods
are needed to measure
sediment microplastics. This
RARE project will help deter-
mine the strengths and
weaknesses of some of the
more common published
methods.
Currently, methods to isolate
and extract microplastics from
sediments differ vastly in their
approach. For example, they
use a range of filters, sieve
sizes, aeration, physical mixing,
chemical oxidation and density
gradients to separate the
microplastics from other
sediment constituents (e.g.,
organic matter, inorganic
particles). Recommendations
from this project wiil allow the
Regions, States and Tribes to
choose methods that are
appropriate for the particular
objectives of their investiga-
tions. The draft report for this
RARE project is expected in
eariy 2019.
For more information contact
Kay Ho at ho.kay@epa.gov or
Robert Burgess at burgess.
robert@epa.gov.
Restaurant Programs for Source Reduction
Across the country, restaurants are becoming important source
reduction partners. A recent survey by the National Restaurant
Association finds that environmental sustainability is a top trend in
2018 and chefs are paying close attention to sustainability, food
waste reduction, and local sourcing.
In the Santa Monica Bay watershed, the Bay Foundation launched
the Clean Bay Restaurant Certification program in 2008 to
recognize restaurants that integrate sustainability and ocean-mind-
edness in their business practices. In Greenport, NY, four local
eateries are participating in the Product Stewardship Institute's
plastics source reduction project. Funded by USEPA Region 2, the
project aims to decrease the number of disposable plastic items
(cups, straws, take-out containers) that end up on Long Island's
beaches. The Ocean Friendly Restaurants program offers restau-
rants a set of criteria they can follow to become recognized as
ocean friendly - e.g., not using styrofoam, plastic tableware, or
piastic bags, and offering straws on request only;
offering discounts for customers who bring in
reusable cups and mugs; and using water and
energy conservation appliances. ReThink
Disposable, which has worked with USEPA
Regions 2 and 9 on Trash Free Waters source
reduction projects, provides a technical assistance program that
helps food business operators reduce waste and cut costs by
minimizing disposable packaging items. These are just a few
examples of how restaurants can make a big difference in moving
toward trash free waters.
Learn more about restaurant sustainability at
https://www.restaurant.ora/aetattachment/News-Research/
Research/State-of-Restaurant-Sustainability/Sustainabilitv FI-
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Tijuana, Mexico
Signs a Plastic
Bag Reduction
Ordinance
The global campaigns by EPA,
NOAA, the UN Environment
Programme, the Commission
for Environmental Cooperation
and others are raising aware-
ness about land-based and
other sources of plastic and
having a positive impact. EPA's
Border 2020 program has for
many years worked with many
NGOs, businesses, academics,
and others in the border region
supporting trash cleanups and
raising awareness about the
impacts of plastic. This includes
the "Restaurantes Amigos"
program, which advocates
against single use containers
and provides training on best
practices to reduce waste.
On August 23, Tijuana became
the first Mexican city on the
border with the U.S. to approve
a ban on disposable plastic
bags. Located on the Pacific
Coast, Tijuana is one of the
fastest growing cities in Mexico.
Border 2020 has recently
awarded a grant to the South-
west Wetlands Interpretive
Association (SWIA), a non-profit
affiliated with the Tijuana River
National Estuarine Research
Reserve. Working with the city
of Tijuana and many Mexican
and binational NGOs and
businesses, SWIA will continue
an educational outreach effort
about the new plastic bag
ordinance and will work with
partners to donate reusable
bags to jump start the program.
These plastic reduction efforts
are just the first step. Border
2020 will continue to support
programs that help get the
word out on the adverse
impacts of plastic.
To learn more about environ-
mental projects along the
border, visit https://www.epa.
aov/border2020.
-Emily Pimentel,
U.S. EPA Region 9,
Pimentel.emily@epa.gov
Trash Pollution and Environmental Justice
From microplastic pollution to
illegal dumping, mismanaged
solid waste often disproportion-
ately affects low-income and
minority communities. Engage-
ment opportunities around trash
pollution can raise environmen-
tal literacy and pave the way for
conversations around other
water quality issues. Steward-
ship begins with the develop-
ment of a place-identity
because the feelings and
attitudes we have for our
environment affect our behav-
iors and actions.
Multi-faceted neighborhood
beautification projects address-
ing trash pollution are being
supported by grants from EPA's
Urban Waters and Environmen-
tal Justice (EJ) programs in
many Regions. For example:
• In Puerto Rico's Cano Martin
Pena Watershed, upstream of
the San Juan Bay Estuary, the
Urban Waters Ambassador
organized community groups
to clear illegal dumpsites and
turn them into community
gardens.
¦ The "Trash for Peace Sustain-
ability Education Program" in
Portland, Oregon (within the
Lower Columbia River
Estuary) received an EPA 2017
EJ Small Grant to focus on
youth education in affordable
housing properties that do not
have adequate solid waste
infrastructure.
With a grant from the Five Star
and Urban Waters Grants
Program, Partners for Clean
Streams (PCS) in Toledo, OH
will work to reduce trash in
drinking water by continuing to
organize more than 850
volunteers to remove litter
from five major watersheds
across northwest Ohio. As
part of its Trash Amnesty
Weeks, PCS will provide roll-off
bins, free trash disposal, and
educational materials in
targeted zones around Toledo.
By making free disposal
options more readily available
in low income, dense urban
neighborhoods near parks and
rivers, PCS anticipates
reducing the amount of large
item debris in the nearby rivers
and riparian areas.
Learn more about EPA's Urban
Waters program at https://
www.epa.aov/urbanwaters.
Information about EPA's
Environmental Justice program
is available at: https://www.epa.
gov/environmentaliustice
—Emma Maschal,
ORISE Research Participant,
Maschal.emma@epa.gov
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"Trash Blows"
Campaign on
Dauphin Island,
Alabama
The Town of Dauphin Island
and Mobile Bay National
Estuary Program (MBNEP)
partnered to raise awareness
about litter blowing from truck
beds and boats during this
year's Alabama Deep Sea
Fishing Rodeo, held July 20-22.
The purpose of the campaign is
to encourage anglers to stow
their truck bed and boat trash to
keep waterways clean. The
Trash Blows message was
spread throughout the Island
during Rodeo weekend, as part
of the Create a Clean Water
Future Campaign (CCWF).
Visitors coming to the Island
from Mobile passed a string of
signs and banners that remind-
ed drivers to stow the trash
from their trucks and boats.
Rodeo participants were given
trash bags as they arrived at the
launch site. They were also
encouraged to join in on the
#TrashBlows social media
campaign by taking a selfie with
all the trash they had "stowed,"
then posting it to Instagram or
Twitter with the hashtag
#TrashBlows. Participants were
eligible for special prizes if they
came by the Mobile Bay NEP
tabie in the sponsors' tent.
For the first time during the
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing
Rodeo, recycling opportunities
were available to those vising
the island. This service was
provided through a collabora-
tion between the Mobile Bay
National Estuary Program,
Thompson Engineering, Earth
Resources Recycling, and the
City of Dauphin Island. Learn
more at http://www.mobile-
baynep.com/news/trash
blows campaign rollout at
adsfr.
Bring Your Own Reusable to the Park: Hydration Stations in NY and NJ
In 2016, EPA Region 2 provided
NY and NJ grant funds to
implement projects that would
reduce regional aquatic plastic
pollution. Both states had the
option of choosing their own
strategies and projects;
however, each state decided to
tackle single-use plastic bottle
pollution and set forth installing
bottle refill water fountains in
public parks that have access
to recreational surface waters.
By mid-2019, a total of thir-
ty-seven fountains will be
installed across both states. In
each case, parks were selected
based on number of visitors
and the potential for the
greatest reduction in single-use
plastic bottle aquatic pollution.
As an example, two fountains
installed at the Niagara Falls
(NY) visitor centers eliminated
nearly 17,000 single-use plastic
bottles between January and
April of 2018.
Recently, the New York Times
published a piece on New York
City's Bring It campaign aimed
at reducing waste by challeng-
ing citizens to remember their
reusable water bottles when
they are on the go. Swell, in
partnership with the Mayor's
Office of Sustainability, is
donating 320,000 reusable
bottles to NYC public school
students to cut down on plastic
waste and lifer. This sort of
investment is expected to lead
to 54 million fewer single-use
drinks, and that's a lot of
packaging.
Both approaches - installation
of bottle refill fountains in parks
and reusable bottle donation -
are proceeding in parallel. Call it
source reduction, sustainable
materials management
education, public-private
partnership, drinking water
infrastructure, or public health
through clean water access -
Trash Free Waters projects are
interconnected, so each of our
efforts to reduce trash pollution
will provide multiple benefits to
communities. Learn more about
the reusable water campaign at:
https://www.nvtimes.
com/2018/09/23/nyreaion/
swell-water-bottles-nvc-hiah-
schools.html
—Josh Kogan,
U.S. EPA Region 2,
kogan.joshua@epa.gov
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Tourism and Trash
The Save Our Seas (SOS) Act of
2018 (S. 3508) recently passed
both houses of Congress and
was signed into law by the
President. The SOS Act
reauthorizes the NOAA Marine
Debris Program and renews the
U.S. commitment to reducing
marine debris and solid waste
from land-based sources.
By drawing the connection
between marine debris and the
recreation and tourism econo-
my the SOS Act also highlights
the relationship between
environmental protection and
economic prosperity. Source
reduction measures are gaining
ground in communities with
high visitor rates because
beautification and public health
are key to attracting tourists.
Investing in preventive mea-
sures can also be more cost
effective than expanding waste
management and trash
pollution remediation systems.
U.S. Commitments
Announced at Our
Ocean Conference
During the Our Ocean Confer-
ence in Bali, Indonesia on
October 29-30,2018, the United
States announced 15 commit-
ments. Together, these commit-
ments will strengthen sustain-
able management of marine
resources; prevent plastic and
other debris from entering the
ocean; support research and
observation of ocean ecosys-
tems; and foster partnerships
promoting maritime security and
a sustainable blue economy.
Among the U.S commitments
were several related to marine
trash:
•	One million dollars in funding
over two years, 2018-2020, to
help prevent marine debris
from entering the ocean
through the development of
environmentally sustainable
waste management systems
and reductions in the amount
of fishing gear abandoned,
lost, or otherwise discarded in
the ocean.
•	Two new grants under USAiD's
Municipal Waste Recycling
Program to reduce plastics in
marine protected areas in Raja Learn more about the
Ampat, Indonesia, and the
Palawan Island in the Philip-
pines. Anticipated level of
funding, subject to the
availability of funds, is
$500,000 over two years,
2018-2020.
commitments made at the
Our Ocean Conference at:
http://ourocean2.018.
org/?l=our-ocean-commit-
ments
Another approach to reduce
marine debris in these recre-
ational areas is to foster
stewardship among tourists.
Participating in educational
experiences and service
projects, such as cleanup and
trash monitoring events, can
help tourists develop environ-
mental literacy.
—Emma Maschal,
ORISE Research
Participant,
rnaschal.ernma@epa.aov
OUR OCEAN
BALI, 29-30 OCTOBER 2018
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NEWS/PUBLICATIONS/EVENTS
Microplastics in Coral
The impact that microplastics have on scleractinian coral is largely
unknown. A study investigating calcification effects, size limits, and
retention times of microbeads and microfibers in two Caribbean
coral species has been published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Scleractinian coral microplastic ingestion: Potential calcification
effects, size limits, and retention was co-authored by Cheryl
Hankins, Allyn Duffy, and Kathryn Drisco of the USEPA National
Health and Environmental Effects Lab and USEPA Region 2. This
study was supported by the USEPA Office of Research and
Development's RARE program. The article is available at: https://
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X18305551
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
16th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition
Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
Deadline: Dec. 11,2018
EPA announces the release of the 16th Annual P3 Awards: A
National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosper-
ity and the Planet (P3), Phase I Request for Applications (RFA). This
collegiate design competition promotes the use of scientific and
engineering principles in creating innovative projects to address
environmental challenges and develop real-world solutions. This
RFA is seeking applications in the research areas of Air Quality,
Safe and Sustainable Water Resources, Sustainable and Healthy
Communities, and Chemical Safety.
Learn more at: https://www.epa.aov/research-arants/16th-annu-
al-p3-awards-national-student-desian-competition-focusina-peo-
ple-prosperitv
NOAA Marine Debris Research Grants
Deadline: December 14,2018
The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP), authorized in the Marine
Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1951 -1958), provides funding to support
eligible organizations to conduct research directly related to marine
debris through field, laboratory, and modeling experiments. The
MDP invites applications for research funding in any of three areas
of focus: research that explores the ecological risk associated with
marine debris and determines debris exposure levels; research that
examines the fate and transport of marine debris; and/or research
that quantifies habitat impacts resulting from marine debris and
the gains in ecosystem services that result when debris is re-
moved. Projects may address one or more of these research
priorities and should be original, hypothesis-driven projects that
have not previously been addressed to scientific standards.
Successful proposals through this solicitation will be funded
through cooperative agreements. Funding of up to $1,500,000 is
expected to be available for Marine Debris Research grants in
Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19). Typical awards will range from $150,000
- $250,000. Funding for this grant competition comes through the
NOAA Marine Debris Program as appropriations to the Office of
Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service.
Grants.gov: https://www.arants.aov/web/arants/view-opportunity.
html?oppld=309025
USDA Water and Environmental Programs Grants
Deadline: December 31, 2018
The USDA Rural Development Office's Water and Environmental
Programs National Office coordinates Solid Waste Management
Grants for rural areas and towns that reduce or eliminate pollution
of water resources by providing funding for organizations that
provide technical assistance or training to improve the planning
and management of solid waste sites. These grants can be used
for source reduction efforts as well as for the proper management
of solid waste. For more information, visit: https://www.rd.usda.
aov/proarams-services/solid-waste-manaaement-arants
Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program 2019
Request for Proposals
Full Proposal Due Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the Wildlife
Habitat Council (WHC), in cooperation with the U.S EPA, U.S. Forest
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others, is soliciting
applications for the 2019 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration
program. The program will award approximately $1.7 million in
grants.
This grant program seeks to develop community capacity to
sustain local natural resources for future generations by providing
modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships focused
on improving water quality, watersheds and the species and
habitats they support. Projects may include a variety of ecological
improvements along with targeted community outreach, education
and stewardship. Ecological improvements may include wetland,
riparian, forest and coastal habitat restoration; wildlife conserva-
tion; community tree canopy enhancement; water quality monitor-
ing; and green infrastructure best management practices for
managing run-off. Projects should also increase access to the
benefits of nature, reduce the impact of environmental hazards and
engage local communities, particularly underserved communities,
in project planning, outreach and implementation.
For more information, visit: https://www.nfwf.ora/fivestar/
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Deadline: February 14, 2019
The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, as authorized by the
Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, provides matching awards of
financial assistance to resource management agencies that have
been appointed by their Governors to serve as the primary point of
contact for coral reef conservation activities in American Samoa,
Florida, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The objective of
these cooperative agreements is to support coral reef management,
monitoring, and conservation projects that seek to improve the
condition of coral reef ecosystem resources in these seven jurisdic-
tions. Funding for this program is subject to the availability of FY
2019 and future Congressional appropriations and is expected to
range between $3,500,000 and $4,500,000 in FY 2019. Funding
made available from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program is
intended to support priority coral reef management activities, which
include reduction of land-based sources of pollution and marine
debris. For more information, visit: https://coast.noaa.aov/data/
docs/fundina/NOAA-NOS-QCM-2019-2005750.pdf
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Coopera-
tive Agreement Program 2018 Request for Proposals
Deadline: February 16, 2018
The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS)
Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding to support
community-based organizations in their efforts to collaborate with
local stakeholder groups as they develop and implement solutions
that address environmental and/or public health issues for under-
served communities. Applying organizations should have a direct
connection to the underserved community impacted by the
environmental harms and risks detailed in the workplan. The
long-term goals of the EJCPS Program are to help build the capacity
of communities with environmental justice concerns and to create
self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to
improve local environments in the future. For more information, visit:
https://www.epa.aov/environmentaljustice/ej-collaborative-prob-
lem-solvina-cooperative-aareement-proaram-fy-2018-request
Residential Curbside Recycling Systems Grant Request for
Proposals
Deadline: open call for applications
Communities are encouraged to apply in advance of a cart-based
recycling transition. This grant program is meant to accelerate the
local level adoption of recycling best management practices
through funding and technical assistance. Cart-based collection
systems paired with education and community outreach programs
will reduce the amount of mismanaged waste by addressing
community needs. For more information, visit: https://recvclina-
partnership.ora/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/recy-
clina-cart-arant-2018-1 .pdf
Keep America Beautiful's Community Restoration and
Resiliency Fund
Deadline: rolling
The Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Community Restoration and
Resiliency Fund benefits KAB Affiliates that serve communities
directly affected by natural and environmental disasters. The fund
provides immediate and long-term support for initial and ongoing
cleanup efforts and helps rebuild vital public spaces: parks,
greenways, community gateways, Main Street/downtown areas,
open spaces and more. For more information, visit https://www.
survevmonkey.com/r/CRRFapp
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) 2019 Science
and Environmental Summit
January 27-30, 2019
Cape May, New Jersey
PDE is hosting their 2019 Science and Environmental Summit in
Cape May, NJ from January 27-30, 2019 in Cape May, New Jersey.
The theme is Estuary 2029: Saving Our System Through Collabora-
tion. The summit convenes every other year to bridge scientific
disciplines and sectors. The goal is to foster sharing and network-
ing in support of more holistic, ecosystem-based science, manage-
ment, restoration and outreach in the Delaware Estuary and vicinity.
For more information, visit: http://www.delawareestuary.ora/
delaware-estuary-science-and-environmental-summit/
Algalita's 8th Annual POPS International Youth Summit
February 22-24, 2019
Dana Point, California
Plastic Ocean Pollution Solutions (POPS) Youth Summit is for
students ages 11-18 interested in making a difference and becom-
ing leaders in the global puzzle to solve plastic pollution. Every
person combating plastic pollution has a unique and important
story to tell, so this summit is intended to help strengthen personal
storytelling skills and build support networks for students with
innovative ideas. For more information, visit:
http://alaalitayouthsummit.ora/
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