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Coast Kids includes hands on outdoor experiences that focus on caring for coastal bays. The program includes trash clean-ups and nature exploration as part of its activities. Coast Kids educates youth and their families through these hands on outdoor experiences in how to care for coastal bays, creating the next generation of environmental stewards.
Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), which runs Coast Kids, was first established in 1970 as The Committee to Preserve Assateague Island. ACT’s mission is: “Working with diverse community partners, we protect and defend the health of Delmarva’s waters through advocacy, education, science and the enforcement of clean water laws.” ACT engages the community about the environment through informative lectures, trash clean-ups, nature exploration and other hands-on opportunities. ACT is a proud member of the following non-profit organizations. The Assateague COASTKEEPER is an on-the-water advocate who patrols and protects the Maryland, Southern Delaware, and Northern Virginia Eastern Shore coastal bays, standing up to polluters, and granting everyone's right to clean water. Assateague Coastal Trust regularly monitors the quality of local waters and publishes the data in MyCoast App, SwimGuide, and WaterReporter.
Last updated July 19, 2026.
Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), which runs Coast Kids, was first established in 1970 as The Committee to Preserve Assateague Island. ACT’s mission is: “Working with diverse community partners, we protect and defend the health of Delmarva’s waters through advocacy, education, science and the enforcement of clean water laws.” ACT engages the community about the environment through informative lectures, trash clean-ups, nature exploration and other hands-on opportunities. ACT is a proud member of the following non-profit organizations. The Assateague COASTKEEPER is an on-the-water advocate who patrols and protects the Maryland, Southern Delaware, and Northern Virginia Eastern Shore coastal bays, standing up to polluters, and granting everyone's right to clean water. Assateague Coastal Trust regularly monitors the quality of local waters and publishes the data in MyCoast App, SwimGuide, and WaterReporter.
Last updated July 19, 2026.
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