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Green Boating

PLAN ON MAKING WAVES THIS SUMMER? HERE ARE SOME HINTS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE BOATING.  JOIN US AS WE TURN BLUE WATERS GREEN ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

BOB WAYLAND, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE E-P-A’S OFFICE OF WETLANDS, OCEANS, AND WATERSHEDS, RECOMMENDS BOATERS SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY’RE NEAR THE SHORE, AS HIGH SPEED WAKES CAN LEAD TO SHORELINE EROSION.

WAYLAND: A HIGH WAKE CREATES A WAVE ACTION THAT EATS AWAY AT THE SHORELINE AND CAN CAUSE AREAS OF MARSH TO LOSE THEIR PLANTS AND THEIR ANCHOR IN THE MUD.

SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR SPEED DOWN WHEN YOU’RE NEAR THE BEACH, NEVER DUMP WASTE, AND WHEN POSSIBLE, PATRONIZE CERTIFIED CLEAN MARINAS – THEY HAVE A STRICT CODE OF GREEN CONDUCT THAT HELPS KEEP COASTAL AREAS SHIP-SHAPE.  TO LEARN MORE, VISIT CLEAN MARINAS DOT NO-UH DOT GOV.  THAT’S CLEAN MARINAS DOT N-O-A-A DOT GOV.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.     

To learn more about the clean marina initiative, visit http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/marinas.html

For tips on how you can be a clean boater, visit http://www.americanboating.org/clean.asp

To read more about this and other environmental health issues, go to: www.environmentalhealthnews.org, www.ourstolenfuture.org, or www.healthandenvironment.org