20241212 09593800 1.0 TRUE TRUE BalloonOtherDebris_MidAtlBeachMonitoring Mid-Atlantic Balloon and Other Debris Beach Monitoring Surveys: NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA; Source: Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and other state contributors. Originally published in June-July 2021 and revised (this version), June 2026. This update includes the spring 2026 debris numbers for NY, NJ, DE, and MD, and the September 2025 numbers for Virginia (no Virginia survey, spring 2026). This data layer represents beach monitoring survey locations of balloon and other plastic litter on remote beaches in the Mid-Atlantic. Surveys were initiated in each of the five MARCO states in 2016 along beach transects in the following locations: New York: Jones Beach State Park New Jersey: Island Beach State Park Delaware: Kitts Hummock Beach and Delaware Seashore State Park Maryland: Assateague Island Virginia: Fisherman Island The survey lines contain attributes representing total counts by season and year of balloon and other plastic debris. Portal users can click on the line to return the attributes of the survey transect. More Information: Story Map A scrollable 'story map' was created by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program in cooperation with the participating states in support of the monitoring surveys in the Mid-Atlantic, and explores the issue of balloon litter in the coastal and marine environment, as well as providing an in-depth look at each of the survey locations. To access the story map directly: <a href='https://gaia.vcu.edu/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/83154e32217a4c15b4c29aaa2c82c966'>Balloons on the Beach</a> Source: Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and other state contributors; Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO); web service published by the MARCO Ocean Data Portal. marine debris Mid-Atlantic Balloon and Other Debris Beach Monitoring Surveys: NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA; Source: Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and other state contributors. Originally published in June-July 2021 and revised (this version), June 2026. This update includes the spring 2026 debris numbers for NY, NJ, DE, and MD, and the September 2025 numbers for Virginia (no Virginia survey, spring 2026). This data layer represents beach monitoring survey locations of balloon and other plastic litter on remote beaches in the Mid-Atlantic. Surveys were initiated in each of the five MARCO states in 2016 along beach transects in the following locations: New York: Jones Beach State Park New Jersey: Island Beach State Park Delaware: Kitts Hummock Beach and Delaware Seashore State Park Maryland: Assateague Island Virginia: Fisherman Island The survey lines contain attributes representing total counts by season and year of balloon and other plastic debris. Portal users can click on the line to return the attributes of the survey transect. More Information: Story Map A scrollable 'story map' was created by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program in cooperation with the participating states in support of the monitoring surveys in the Mid-Atlantic, and explores the issue of balloon litter in the coastal and marine environment, as well as providing an in-depth look at each of the survey locations. To access the story map directly: <a href='https://gaia.vcu.edu/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/83154e32217a4c15b4c29aaa2c82c966'>Balloons on the Beach</a> Source: Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and other state contributors; Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO); web service published by the MARCO Ocean Data Portal. 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