Volunteers collect over 58,000 pounds of trash at adopt-a-beach coastwide cleanup

  • Volunteers help clean up a beach near the U.S.S Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. Courtesy Photo
    Volunteers help clean up a beach near the U.S.S Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. Courtesy Photo
  • A volunteer picks up debris during the Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup near North Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas. Courtesy Photo
    A volunteer picks up debris during the Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup near North Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas. Courtesy Photo

    Biennial cleanup event hosted more than 3,500 volunteers to beautify 136 miles of Texas coastline Contact: Matt Atwood, Press Secretary Texas General Land Office • matthew.atwood@glo.texas.gov

    AUSTIN — Volunteers from all over Texas participated in the Adopt-A-Beach 2021 Coastwide Fall Cleanup that took place this past weekend on Saturday September 18. The 3,559 volunteers worked together to clean …