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Article: MISSISSIPPI MARINE DEBRIS TASK FORCE SEEKING SPONSORS, PLANNING FOR OCT. 17 MISSISSIPPI COASTAL CLEANUP
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 11, 2009
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BILOXI, Miss., Aug. 7 -- The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources issued the following news release:
The Mississippi Marine Debris Task Force has begun meeting in preparation for the 21st annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, to be held Oct. 17, 2009, from 8 to 11 a.m. The event brings together thousands of volunteers coastwide to clean more than 60 sites along the shoreline and barrier islands.
The Mississippi Marine Debris Task Force, the planning committee for the Coastal Cleanup, comprises more than 40 individual groups, representing legislators, government agencies, corporate entities, military, colleges, small business, environmental groups and much more. Each of the 41 members of ...