SPLASh Texas

Creating a cleaner environment for people, birds, and other wildlife in the Houston-Galveston region through #CommunityScience, #Education, and #Outreach!

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

This month we turned 1! 🥳🎂 We are so grateful for the support of local schools, volunteers, and communities! Here's to more years of creating a cleaner environment for people, birds, and other wildlife throughout the Houston-Galveston region! #MakeASplash #TrashFreeTX

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

We’re proud to support this effort to better regulate #PlasticPollution in Texas alongside @ABCbirds & other stakeholders, and encourage Texans to join us by submitting their own public comment!

[Kelly Martin @kelly_m_martin]

Action alert! @TCEQ is conducting its triennial revision of Surface Water Quality Standards & has proposed changes that would help regulate #Nurdles. Public comment period open until May 2, so if you're in TX & concerned about #PlasticPollution, a 🧵. 1/x https://t.co/dqlgBXKja2

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Thank you so much to the teachers and students from @AOCSBISD! Such a great day 🤩🥳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Danielle Lambert Monroe @MrsDLMonroe]

@AOCSBISD had a great day with @SplashTrashTX learning, collecting data, and picking up over 900 lbs of trash off of one of our Texas beaches. #SBISDproud

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

We we're thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with @ErnieOnTV on @townsquaretalk yesterday! Volunteering with us at a trash cleanup is a great way to get outside and help protect our environment. Head to https://t.co/1dhvS276Es to learn more and subscribe to our newsletter!

[Town Square with Ernie Manouse @townsquaretalk]

9/ View or listen to the list of volunteer opportunities from @VolunteerHou and other local organizations from helping seniors to cleaning our beaches to caring for animals on https://t.co/cMLKWK29vz #VolunteerHouston

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Thanks so much for joining us, @becoming_royal!

[Becoming Kings and Queens @becoming_royal]

Today Becoming Kings and Queens joined @SplashTrashTX to clean up our beautiful Galveston- East End Lagoon, before a nature trail opens... We had a WONDERFUL time and cleaned up our community.. Who would have thunk it? =)

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Is this @SpaceCityWX telling you to come to the #InternationalCoastalCleanup event with @txglo this Saturday in Galveston?! We think so! More info here: https://t.co/gvmkXz6OBA

[Eric Berger @SpaceCityWX]

This should be one of the last truly summer-like weekends of 2021, so if the beach is your thing, do your thing.

https://t.co/6K8a3MNMNJ

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

We're hiring! Come work for @ABCbirds & SPLASh as a Texas Coastal Education Specialist - we're looking for someone who can jump into the role teaching students of all ages in a variety of settings. Read more and apply here: https://t.co/fjM8x0gPxF

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

@ChelseaHerps @bird_collective @ABCbirds Wow, we’re speechless 😱

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Excited for this webinar today! Come join us, @ABCbirds, @NOAADebris, and @oceana/@Oceana_in_FL for a great discussion!

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

Last call: Join us today at 4pm ET for a conversation on plastic pollution, its impacts on birds, and what we can do about it. Register to attend the live event or get the recording! https://t.co/Yrt9AR7OYO

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

It's not to late to sign up for the next @ABCbirds webinar! Join us and a panel of experts from @Oceana_in_FL and @NOAA for a conversation on the #plastic pollution crisis, its effect on #birds, and what you can do to help.

RSVP now: https://t.co/LJlqc7QW5a

[Bird Collective @bird_collective]

Coastal areas are increasingly threatened by trash, and @ABCbirds is leading an effort in the Gulf Coast called Stopping Plastics and Litter Along Shorelines (SPLASh) @SplashTrashTX . Read more in our latest Field Notes: https://t.co/1RqHVizpAc

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

We're ramping up efforts to address the threat of pollution and #plastics to #birds. In fact, we have a new dedicated program in the Gulf Coast.

Learn more about what's next for this program, called @SplashTrashTX: https://t.co/18AuH0XNlD

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Check out this great list of 12 tips to help migratory birds this spring! (Hint: reducing your trash footprint is one of them! Check out #7😉)

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

If you had to pick 12 tips on how to help migratory birds, like Magnolia Warblers, this spring, what would they be? Compare your list with ours on the #BirdCallsBlog: https://t.co/P685ZoUZse

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

We're excited to participate in the 5th Annual Trash Summit next week! The summit brings together stakeholders from across our #Houston-#Galveston region to share ideas and collaborate on solutions to our #TrashPollution problem. Register by Friday to join!

[Texans For Clean Water @RecycleTexas]

This tragedy is being repeated thousands of times over by our plastic litter crisis. Nobody wants to see anything like this, but we also have to face the cruel reality that our wildlife faces each day and take action to prevent it. #txlege Learn more: https://t.co/dBNlYXPg5u

[Audubon Texas @AudubonTX]

Lights Out, Texas! Join in and spread this message far and wide to help protect the approx. 1 billion birds that travel through the Lone Star State. Learn more and sign up for bird migration alerts: https://t.co/VTvBwySQhV #TexanbyNature

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Now that’s an impressive cleanup! #TrashPollution is a problem everywhere - from the peaks of mountains to the depths of our oceans.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

"When we take away garbage from the mountains, it must feel to the gods like taking a thorn out of their finger" https://t.co/0PJLC5VEuk

[Port Houston @Port_Houston]

Lined up and ready to clock in for the work week! #Holidayisover #WorkingHard #PortHOU

[City of Galveston @CityofGalveston]

'Leave no trace' ordinance is being enforced! The Leave No Trace ordinance (No 19-017 Secs 8-27) prohibits leaving any items, such as umbrellas or lawn chairs, on the beachfront after sunset.

[SPLASh Texas @SplashTrashTX]

Thanks to a small but mighty and masked-up group of volunteers, we were able to remove 1,514 pounds of trash from the coast this weekend! Want to #MakeASplash and join the next cleanup? Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/1dhvS276Es #SPLAShTrashTX