Port Arthur volunteers help kick off statewide Gulf cleanup at Pleasure Island

Port Arthur volunteers help kick off statewide Gulf cleanup at Pleasure Island

Volunteers gathered at Pleasure Island on Saturday, April 25, to intercept thousands of pounds of litter as part of a massive statewide effort to protect the Gulf. The local effort was among the first of more than 60 events scheduled for the Trash Free Gulf campaign, a conservation initiative now in its second year. Organizers from the Gulf Trust, in partnership with H-E-B’s “Our Texas, Our Future” commitment, aim to remove a total of 45,000 pou…