— Jaxon White

The Vineyard Conservation Society’s Earth Day Beach Clean-Up saw volunteers taking to beaches around the Island last Saturday, April 18. Among the many organizations to dedicate their afternoon to the effort was the Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association. The association put their work in on the familiar strand of South Beach, hauling refuse of all shapes, sizes and material out of the sands and away to a proper disposal.

— Jaxon White

Above, Phil Horton, Dave Balon and Tito work on moving a tangled net away from shore; at right, Mike Carroll and Ralph Peckam fill seed bags with the detritus of last summer’s beachgoers; below, Bud Perkins takes the long road home.