Name: Beaver Island volunteers clean 27 miles of shoreline and collect 180 pounds of trash, 2008
Start: 2008-09-20
End: 2008-10-17
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2008-09-20 – 2008-10-17
Kind: Conservation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The 2008 Beaver Island beach cleanup involved 27 volunteers and more than 27 miles of shoreline. The report says nearly 180 pounds of trash were collected, including plastic bags, balloons, bottle caps, cigarette filters, and fireworks debris.

Evidence limits

The totals are the organizer’s newspaper report and are not an independently audited cleanup measurement.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Beach Clean-Up."
Reports 27 volunteers patrolling and cleaning more than 27 miles of shoreline, collecting nearly 180 pounds of trash, with activity from September 20 through October 17 and a September 27 Community Center lunch. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the cleanup outcome.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteers clean 27 miles of shoreline and collect 180 pounds of trash, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beach-cleanup-2008-outcome/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Beach Clean-Up." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-05. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Beaver Island volunteers clean 27 miles of shoreline and collect 180 pounds of trash, 2008”RIS for “Beaver Island volunteers clean 27 miles of shoreline and collect 180 pounds of trash, 2008”