{"id":315027,"date":"2024-10-30T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=315027"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:39:48","slug":"joint-forces-remove-1160-pounds-of-trash-from-remote-san-nicolas-island-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=315027","title":{"rendered":"Joint forces remove 1,160 pounds of trash from remote San Nicolas Island beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>William \u201cBill\u201d Hoyer, natural resources manager, NBVC, led\u00a0the cleanup operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe collected over 1,160 pounds\u00a0of marine debris, with the heaviest single object being a metal buoy at 109 pounds,\u201d said Hoyer. \u201cMost debris were plastic, having washed ashore from afar, with some commercial lobster fishing gear and treated timbers also collected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of postponed cleanups due to weather delays, the event\u2019s morning provided a brief reprieve from heavy marine layer, allowing personnel to safely transit to the island for support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrograms such as this one demonstrate the Navy\u2019s commitment to stewardship of natural resources,\u201d said Capt. Dan \u201cDB\u201d Brown, commanding officer, NBVC. \u201cNBVC has a long tradition of supporting programs that foster community service and protect the environment while also increasing public awareness and understanding of America&#8217;s Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSNI provides and essential breeding habitat for the California sea lion, northern elephant seal and the western snowy plover,\u201d said Hoyer. \u201cThis cleanup effort provides essential support for clean and safe environment these animals and others living on the coast need to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Navy transferred control of San Nicolas Island to NBVC Oct. 1, 2004. It\u2019s positioned within the boundary of the Point Mugu Sea Range, the largest instrumented sea range in the world, providing mission essential support to national security as a space for training and weapons testing.<\/p>\n<p>NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2D Hawkeyes, three\u00a0warfare centers and 110 tenants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William \u201cBill\u201d Hoyer, natural resources manager, NBVC, led\u00a0the cleanup operations. \u201cWe collected over 1,160 pounds\u00a0of marine debris, with the heaviest single object being a metal buoy at 109 pounds,\u201d said Hoyer. \u201cMost debris were plastic, having washed ashore from afar, with some commercial lobster fishing gear and treated timbers also collected.\u201d After weeks of postponed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":315029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315030,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315027\/revisions\/315030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/315029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}