The PTMSC annual Earth Day beach cleanup brings volunteers together from far and wide to clean the beaches and roadways in our area.

In partnership with WA CoastSavers, volunteers will collect debris and contribute data on their findings to the Ocean Conservancy’s international database. Learn about the impact of past cleanups on our webpage, Coastal Cleanups.

Check-in locations

Join us at either of our check-in locations: Fort Worden State Park or Chimacum Corner Farmstand. At these, you will be given directions to beach locations and supplies like trash bags and gloves.

Fort Worden State Park:

• From 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., you will find our check-in table outside the PTMSC Museum Building. This is the second building on the left, past the pier.

• From here, we will be sending participants to local beaches throughout Port Townsend.

Chimacum Corner Farmstand:

• From 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. you will find our check-in table in the parking lot at 9122 Rhody Dr.

• From here, participants will have two cleanup options.

  • Option 1 – Beach Cleanup! We will send participants to local beaches throughout the greater Port Hadlock area.

  • Option 2 – Remote Cleanup! Are you feeling up for trekking a few miles on the beach and carrying a load of debris on your back? Well, this option is for you! We are putting together one or two small groups to clean up more remote beach locations. For more information on what this would entail, reach out to Mandi at mjohnson@ptmsc.org.

Return to your check-in location

Return and we will weigh your accomplishments!

As our way of saying thanks, the first 150 participants will receive a $5 gift card for the PT Food Coop, and a $1 off coupon for any item at the Keg and I.

Thank you to our amazing sponsors, PT Food Co-op and Keg and I, for their support!

Thank you to Olympic Disposal for their donated trash services! Additional support for this event is provided through a Public Participation Grant from the WA State Department of Ecology.

Questions? Email Mandi at mjohnson@ptmsc.org.

Join the Port Townsend Marine Science Center for their upcoming Earth Day Beach Cleanup

April 20th
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

This Earth Day, let’s work together to keep our oceans healthy.

In partnership with WA CoastSavers and the JeffCo Trash Task Force, join PTMSC as we work together to clean up local beaches and roadways. Learn about the impact of past cleanups on our webpage, Coastal Cleanups.

This year, we will be hosting cleanups at multiple locations! Join us at either of our check-in locations:
Fort Worden State Park or Chimacum Corner Farmstand.

Check-in locations

At these, you will be given directions to beach locations and supplies like trash bags and gloves.

Fort Worden State Park:

• From 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., you will find our check-in table outside the PTMSC Museum Building. This is the second building on the left, past the pier.

• From here, we will be sending participants to local beaches throughout Port Townsend.

Chimacum Corner Farmstand:

• From 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. you will find our check-in table in the parking lot at 9122 Rhody Dr.

• From here, participants will have three cleanup options.

• Option 1 – Beach Cleanup! We will send participants to local beaches throughout the greater Port Hadlock area.

• Option 2 – Roadside Cleanup! We are partnering with JeffCo Trash Task Force and will send volunteers out to pick up debris along pre-selected roads. This means we can collect trash before it becomes marine debris!

• Option 3 – Remote Cleanup! Are you feeling up for trekking a few miles on the beach and carrying a load of debris on your back? Well, this option is for you! We are putting together one or two small groups to clean up more remote beach locations. For more information on what this would entail, reach out to Mandi at mjohnson@ptmsc.org.

Return to your check-in location

• Return and we will weigh your accomplishments!

• As our way of saying thanks, the first 100 participants will receive a free pass to the PTMSC Aquarium and Museum, a $5 Gift Card for the PT Food Coop, and $1 off coupon for any item at the Keg and I.

Questions or more information go to: https://ptmsc.org/event/earth-day-beach-cleanup/

International Coastal Clean- Up

Date: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019

Time: 12 - 4pm

Port Townsend Location: Port Townsend Marine Science Center at Fort Worden

This September volunteers from around Washington will clean beaches from Cape Disappointment to Cape Flattery and up the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This is your chance to be part of the solution to the problem that is marine debris. Join us this fall plus volunteers from around the world to keep our oceans as healthy and diverse as possible.

Volunteer to be part of this year's ICC Beach Clean-up and receive a $5 gift card to Port Townsend Food Coop. 

 Here is how it works:

1. Check-in: 12 -4pm at PTMSC Museum portico (building on the shore)

2. Get directions, beach locations, trash bags, and gloves and head out to the beach.

3. Return to PTMSC:  Weigh your accomplishments. Visit the PTMSC as our guest.

More information at WA CoastSavers: www.coastsavers.org

Don’t want to register online, call the PTMSC at 360-385-5582 X204

This event is produced in partnership with International Coastal Clean Up and Washington CoastSavers.

To view other beach clean up locations, please click on the map below.

On Saturday, April 20, volunteers from near and far will converge on the Port Townsend Marine Science Center to celebrate Earth Day weekend. After checking in, many will spread out to area beaches at Fort Worden State Park, Fort Flagler State Park, Fort Townsend State Park, Chetzemoka Park and North Beach to pick up trash and debris. Others will be honoring Citizen Science Day, officially one week earlier on April 13, with a BioBlitz at Fort Worden.

Registration will be from 9:30am -1:30pm at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Natural History Exhibit Building.

The Port Townsend Food Coop will provide $5 gift cards, to be used the same day, for all registered volunteers.

The beach clean-up is part of Washington CoastSavers’ annual effort to remove debris from state beaches. Participants in the Bioblitz will use the free iNaturalist app to make observations of every living species that can be found at Fort Worden in a single day. People of all ages and skill levels are welcome.

More information, including participant pre-registration is available at http://www.coastsavers.org/index.php/washington-coast-cleanup/fort-worden/