From June 30 through August 28, a seven person GoAK crew, with the assistance of 5 volunteers and several donated vessels, cleaned beaches on and near the Gore Point Peninsula, a small peninsula jutting into the Gulf of Alaska from the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula. During the first month, the cleanup effort focused on the massive MD deposit located on the Gore Point Peninsula itself. Three short beaches in that area, totaling no more than 2.5 miles in length were literally buried in MD. Designated as the West, East and North beaches, the East beach was easily the worst where MD was blasted 150 yards into the surrounding forest by vicious storms and surf. The East beach also has a huge barrier berm of logs that was heavily entwined with MD. The GoAK crew and volunteers spent over 20 days cleaning just this half-mile-long beach. It took them about 8 days to clean the North and West beaches. From just 2.5 miles on these three heavily fouled Gore Point beaches, the cleanup crew removed 178 MD-filled Super Sacks each weighing between 250 and 400 pounds. Each Super Sack held between 8 and 12 large MD-filled garbage sacks and other loose items.
Gore Point
Naked Island, PWS
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2007-2009 Gore Point Beaches Cleaned
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2007 Prince William Sound
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2007 Prince William Sound Shoreline Cleaned
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2007 Prince William Sound Shoreline Cleaned
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