About Wounded Nature

The genesis of our missions came prior to the Gulf Oil Spill. We investigated why coastal wildlife was declining and what could be done. What we found was alarming:

• The number of rescued birds, sea turtles, and sea mammals that had ingested plastic items had increased dramatically.
• America's coastal seafood stocks were in steady decline.
• Most of America's critical coastal wildlife habitats are collection points for trash and storm debris — and have never been cleaned up.

Our mission became clear: identify and organize cleanups in wildlife-critical coastal areas that have never been addressed. For us, there is no need to further study the problem — we are focused on remedial action and getting tons of trash and debris removed from our coastal areas.

The remote areas we clean have no facilities. They contain heavy debris that is hard to transport, and staging a rural coastal cleanup requiring watercraft is expensive. That is exactly why no one else does it — and exactly why we do.