What if ........?
Small beaches of small islands were covered with plastic debris.
http://www.islands4kids.org/re-imagining.html
http://www.islands4kids.org/marine-debris.html
(This picture is a composite image for educational video.)

Mary Gates Hall. University of Washington

Sand Dollars found at the beach of Ocean Shores. Sand dollars are also called sea cookies, snapper biscuits, sand cake and penny shells.
Eco-friendly Sand dollars are Roombas in the sea keeping the ocean floor clean.

While we are doing marine debris research, we see many animals at Ocean Shores.

A 4 1/2 foot shark carcass found at Ocean Shores. (from our research photo library)

Bear Frequenting Area VS Marine Debris Research
This is a path to the beach across Steamboat Creak in Forks, WA.