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2011 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Puget Sound Pollution and the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations

Student(s):

Sung Ho

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Paul Fredrickson

Partner(s):

  • Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

Faculty advisor(s):

Robert L. Edmonds, Denman School of Forest Resources, University of Washinton

I volunteered with Puget Soundkeeper Alliance for my capstone project. I participated in most of the clean up events during summer. Every Wednesdays and Fridays, PSA held kayak and motor boat clean-up events. On Wednesday, PSA patrolled in kayak and picked up any inorganic substances on Lake Union. On Friday, PSA held a motor boat patrol and patrolled the Duwamish River. On July 5, 2010, PSA hosted a major clean up event of Lake Union, where the group of forty volunteers (in kayaks and walking the shoreline) collected about 700 pounds of litter.