Love Carolina beaches!

Thanks to all the Earth Month volunteers who helped clean up Carolina waterways! Here Coast Guardsmen are helping clean up Folly Beach, South Carolina. Petty Officer 2nd Class Drayton Parker and Petty Officer Gary Barnum remove sand fencing deposited by erosion, in this photo taken by Bob Orenstein.

We continue to care for Carolina waters. Last Saturday the Old Town Cleanup was held in Bluffton, SC, at the southern tip of the state. Volunteers were picking up trash before it could get into the pristine May River. They were especially concerned about fishing line and plastic six-pack holders; they are dangerous to birds like gulls, who get entangled and can't free themselves.

Today at North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, volunteers from the New River Foundation and Keep Onslow County Beautiful cleaned up the shoreline. They feel it's important for their economy, marine life and for their health and safety, according to Lisa Graham. Also today, SUP Cleanup performed its monthly cleanup at Wilmington, NC. Standup paddle boarders are good at locating trash along shores. The frame at the right was captured from NEWS 14 Carolina. Read about how SUP Cleanup was born in Wilmington in 2009, with the motto, "Stand Up for a Clean Ocean." It now has chapters in several states, including Virginia, Washington, and Hawaii. And in Portugal.

Lets keep it up - appreciating our beautiful coastline and making it as healthy as possible!