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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