ASBPA to Celebrate the Third Annual National Clean Beaches Week

American families make over 2 billion trips to the beach each year to enjoy the sun, sand, and outdoor activities that our nation’s treasured coastlines have to offer. Our nation’s beaches are an economic engine for a booming tourism industry, producing 85% of all tourism dollars generated in this country.

The week of June 29th-July 5th is the third annual National Clean Beaches Week. Celebrations will be held throughout the country focusing on four main themes important to beachgoers: healthy seafood, a clean coastal environment, safe and enjoyable recreation, and easy travel to beaches. Activities such as seafood festivals, dune vegetation planting, and beach clean up will take place all over the country in honor of National Clean Beaches Week.

Last year, over 50 governors and mayors along both coasts and in the Great Lakes region joined together to issue proclamations and resolutions of support for National Clean Beaches Week. This year, we hope to expand the number of coastal communities and states involved in this effort.

U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Clay Shaw (R-FL) have introduced H. Res. 760 officially recognizing National Clean Beaches Week.

Please contact your Member of Congress and urge them to sign this important resolution by visiting the following website: http://capwiz.com/mandcmp/go/CleanBeaches.

Keeping America’s beaches clean must be a partnership between the federal government, state organizations, and local communities. For more information on how your community can get involved in keeping our coastlines healthy, please visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s beaches website at http://www.epa.gov/beaches/.