Earth Day Beach Cleanup Celebrates Thirty Years
Bob Lane volunteers to helkp keep Island beaches clean.
Bob Lane volunteers to helkp keep Island beaches clean.
Colin and Celeste Ewing with Jay Walsh work to fill their pickup with trash.
Colin and Celeste Ewing with Jay Walsh work to fill their pickup with trash.
Beautiful April day to stroll beneath the Gay Head Cliffs with a purpose.
Beautiful April day to stroll beneath the Gay Head Cliffs with a purpose.
Tidying up near the newly-planted beach grass at Lobsterville.
Tidying up near the newly-planted beach grass at Lobsterville.
Volunteers fanned out at Menemsha to celebrate Earth Day.
Volunteers fanned out at Menemsha to celebrate Earth Day.
It is the 30th anniversary for Vineyard Conservation Society's beach cleanup day.
It is the 30th anniversary for Vineyard Conservation Society's beach cleanup day.
Picking between the rip rap on the Menemsha jetty.
Picking between the rip rap on the Menemsha jetty.
Annual Earth Day tradition.
Annual Earth Day tradition.
VCS volunteers manned tables at Bend in the Road beach.
VCS volunteers manned tables at Bend in the Road beach.
Chris Hall picks up bottles and nips from the curve at Bend in the Road
Chris Hall picks up bottles and nips from the curve at Bend in the Road
Finding curiosities in the dunes at State Beach.
Finding curiosities in the dunes at State Beach.
Wandering amid the rosa rugosa.
Wandering amid the rosa rugosa.
Suvarna Maya and Dana Wallace walked Beach Road.
Suvarna Maya and Dana Wallace walked Beach Road.
Keeping an eye out for litter, and perhaps, maybe some beach glass.
Keeping an eye out for litter, and perhaps, maybe some beach glass.
Earth Day cleanup crew from First Light Child Development Center.
Earth Day cleanup crew from First Light Child Development Center.
Regan Fisher enjoys a doughnut for a good day's work.
Regan Fisher enjoys a doughnut for a good day's work.
Gathering the pickings at Little Bridge.
Gathering the pickings at Little Bridge.
Mike Krause, Martha Klein, Diane Krause, and Chris Hall.
Mike Krause, Martha Klein, Diane Krause, and Chris Hall.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary hosted its own volunteer day.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary hosted its own volunteer day.
Heading to the shore of Sengekontacket at Felix Neck.
Heading to the shore of Sengekontacket at Felix Neck.
A barbeque followed.
A barbeque followed.
People from around the Island gathered on Saturday morning to scour the shoreline for bags, bottles, lighters, fishing gear and other beach litter. It was the Vineyard Conservation Society's 30th annual beach cleanup, which began informally when Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970.