SPLASh! 

We’re teaming up with the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) on a new collection that sends a message to all beachgoers out there: Don’t be trashy! 

Coastal areas are increasingly threatened by trash, which spells trouble for beach-nesting birds like American Oystercatchers, Wilson’s and Snowy Plovers, Black Skimmers and Least Terns. On the Gulf Coast, ABC is leading a new effort called Stopping Plastics and Litter Along Shorelines, or SPLASh, focused on the greater Houston-Galveston area of Texas – the most littered stretch of shoreline along the Gulf.

We’re teaming up with the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) on a new collection that sends a message to all beachgoers out there: Don’t be trashy! 

Coastal areas are increasingly threatened by trash, which spells trouble for beach-nesting birds like American Oystercatchers, Wilson’s and Snowy Plovers, Black Skimmers and Least Terns. On the Gulf Coast, ABC is leading a new effort called Stopping Plastics and Litter Along Shorelines, or SPLASh, focused on the greater Houston-Galveston area of Texas – the most littered stretch of shoreline along the Gulf.

ABC, in partnership with Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and Black Cat GIS, is leading a coordinated education and outreach campaign to engage beachgoers, local communities, and natural resource managers whose coastal lands and areas are impacted by trash and plastic pollution. They’re doing coastal clean-ups, attending and coordinating community events, developing curriculum and other educational materials for schools and classrooms, and working with those managers to identify and address the most littered areas.