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Brownsea Island Shore Rangers

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Brownsea Island Shore Rangers

There are a number of young adults who can’t access the great outdoors. Some face social or economic challenges, some have learning difficulties and simply don’t get the opportunity. We want to help.

Oceans to Earth have partnered with Dorset Wildlife Trust, National Trust and Jurassic Watersports to open up the great outdoors to every young adult.

Shore Rangers is a kayaking conservation group for ages 16 to 25.

Come to Brownsea by boat before kayaking around its shoreline to enjoy a range of practical marine tasks, surveys and coastal / marine workshops.

The rangers mission

Our mission is varied… from coastal wildlife surveys & fun workshops to habitat-based tasks to get the blood pumping! Join an inspiring team & learn new skills with our rangers – all while having fun & making a difference. This is a great way to see what conservation is about and a stepping stone to nature-based careers.

Want to be a shore ranger?

If you’d like to be a Shore Ranger, send an email to jowen@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk and we’ll pop you on the list.

Download our Shore Rangers Guide and see if becoming a ranger is for you.

DOWNLOAD GUIDE HERE

Want to become a supporter of the shore rangers?

This project relies on the generosity of others. Could you help us continue the project for years to come? Send an email to hello@oceanstoearth.com, or you can donate HERE.

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Brownsea Island Shore Rangers will address key issues including:

accessing the outdoors
equal opportunities
mental health and wellbeing
environmental issues
outdoor education

We believe that for an individual to care deeply for the environment, they first have to love it.

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Plastic Free Poole

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Plastic Free Poole

Plastic Free Poole is part of the nationwide Surfers Against Sewage campaign, Plastic Free Communities. The campaign aims to reduce the amount of single-use plastics within our day-to-day lives and to get the community as a whole to change the way single use plastics are viewed and used.

There is an opportunity here for EVERYONE to get involved in some way, but BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS: you lot are the keys to making this work

Do you run or work for a small business? Could you look at reducing the amount of single-use plastics used on the premises or have you already done this? Just three simple changes within a business could qualify for the coveted ‘Plastic Free Champion’ award!

Are you part of a community group? Could you pledge to support and promote the campaign, and lead by example by reducing single use plastics?

Could your school get involved? Or, if you’re an individual, and have some time and passion to spare, we need you too!

Email us at plasticfreepoole@oceanstoearth.com for more information

Plastic Free Poole | Surfers Against Sewage

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Holes Bay Plastics Survey

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Holes Bay Project

Holes Bay is a beautiful shallow tidal bay with an abundance of wildlife that live both in and around the water edge. Maintained pathways running along it mean that it is a popular route for both cyclists commuting to Poole and a popular place for a leisurely stroll. The unique habitat of Holes Bay has given it a SSSI rating from Natural England, ensuring the environment here is given protection and monitored for any changes or challenges that occur.

However, footpaths, busy roads, sewage and overflow outlets, industry, recreational use and weather conditions mean that there is a continual and steady flow of litter and plastics entering Holes Bay and accumulating around its shoreline. The nature of the tides and its single entry point mean that litter is also carried into the bay by sea. The bottleneck entrance of Holes Bay means that once it enters, it becomes trapped, eventually becoming caught up in the reeds, salt marshes, sea defences or stuck in the mud.

Throughout 2020, we worked with landowners, surrounding businesses and other organisations to get measures in place to improve and protect this rich and important habitat by looking into ways of reducing the amount of litter entering it at its source.

Throughout 2021, we are putting the wheels in motion for an in-depth study of the plastics deposited around the surface overflow and sewage overflow points around Holes Bay. The research will be carried out with the expert support of the awesome team at Wareham River Labs and Queen Mary University of London, and the data collected will also feed into a much larger cross channel study of marine plastics by INTERREG.

Wessex Water, Natural England and Poole Harbour Commissioners have been a huge help so far, and the data collected will help all of us to identify the sources of the plastic and find long-term solutions to prevent it entering the bay.

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