HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0312.001 2010-2012BRITTANY SMART
Councilmember
Hawaii County Council
District 6
Upper Puna, Ka `u, South Kona
MEMO
Date: August 31, 201 1
To:
Hawai`i County Council
County ofHawai`i
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai `i 96720
Dominic Yagong, Council Chair
And Members of the Hawaii County Council
From: `° Brittany Smart, Councilmember
Phone: (808) 961 -8263
Fax: (808) 961 -8912
bsmart@co.hawaii.hi.us
RE: Committee Copies of PowerPoint Presentation for 9/7/11 EMC
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Please have copies of the attached PowerPoint presentation from Megan Lamson
distributed to the Environmental Management Committee, scheduled for 1:OOPM
Wednesday, September 7, 2011.
This is a selection of pages from the PowerPoint presentation that succinctly conveys
the beach clean -up efforts. The full presentation can be available for your files upon
request.
Thank you.
BS /jk
xc: Jeanette Aiello
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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Eight Years "Net" Progress
a.k.a. Picking up the Pieces in SE Hawaii (KaTi)
by Megan R. Lamson & William G. Gilmartin
Hawaii Wildlife Fund
Marine Debris Removal Project
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Saturday, Sept 17th - 7:45am
Ka`u Community Beach Cleanup
"Get the Drift 8z Bag It! " Event
Saturday, Nov 12th - 7:45am
Ka`u Community Beach Cleanup
Contact us for more information about
our cleanup events or methods at:
kahakai. cleanups (d)g mail. corn
808/769-7629
www.wildhawaii.org
• Carson, H.S., Colbert, S.L., Kaylor, M.J., McDermid, K.J. 2011. Small plastic
debris changes water movement and heat transfer through beach sediments.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, In Press. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.032
• Dameron, O.J., Parke, M., Albins, M.A., and R. Brainard. 2006. Marine
Pollution Bulletin 54(4), April 2007, Pages 423 -433.
doi: 10.1 O 16 /j .marpolbul. 2006.11.019
• Lamson, M.R., Gilmartin, W.G., and B.K. Wooliven. 2011. Hawaii Wildlife
Fund: Seven years "net" progress a.k.a. Picking up the pieces on Hawaii
Island. Presentation at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference.
March 2011. Honolulu. (Extended abstract included in conference
proceedings.)
• Maximenko, N., Hafner, J. and P. Niiler. 2011. Pathways of marine debris
derived from trajectories of Langranian drifters. Presentation at the 5th
International Marine Debris Conference. March 2011. Honolulu. (Extended
abstract included in conference proceedings and corrected version of article
currently in -press with Marine Pollution Bulletin.)
doi: 10.1016/j .marpolbul. 2011.04.016