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Stewardship 300-Mile SUP Paddle
Kimberley Sutton and Kacie Wallace plan to leave the border of South Carolina on June 8, World Oceans Day, and paddle up to 40 miles per day on standup paddleboards (SUP) up the North Carolina Intercostal Waterway to the border of Virginia. They are inviting partners along the way to join in promoting ocean sustainability and reducing their plastic footprint. Plastic is meant to be disposable, yet lasts forever. It litters our
oceans, damages our ecosystems, infiltrates the marine food chain, and kills seabirds, turtles, dolphins and other marine life. As they paddle the entire North Carolina coast, Kim and Kacie will document and share the beauty of the North Carolina coastline from the water’s edge in hopes of promoting its protection and preservation. They will seek fellow stewards through marinas and coastal North Carolina state parks by inviting their efforts to reduce, eliminate, or recycle plastic. Kim and Kacie are inviting marinas and parks to take steps in order to help build the community of those committed to reducing marine debris and promoting healthy oceans. See
Americancanoe.org for a list of steps used.
Clean-up Walks
Part of the ACA’s Stream to Sea Initiative, and our desire to lead by example, compelled the national office to initiate monthly Clean-up Walks for the City of Fredericksburg, VA. These events take place during the last Wednesday of every month at 4:00 p.m. Starting from the ACA National Office, ACA staff, members and community volunteers travel through downtown Fredericksburg and pick up trash that would eventually become marine debris in Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The ACA staff feels that it is our duty to reduce the amount of marine debris in our watershed, even if it is only a couple of pounds of trash collected each time.
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