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Media: Please read the press releases below and let us know if you have any further questions. Other articles published and mentions of the App follow.

• NOAA Press Release, May 13, 2011: http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/marinedebris.html

• UGA Press Release, May 16, 2011: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/cell-phone-app-report-marine-debris/

• Red and Black, May 16, 2011: http://redandblack.com/2011/05/16/new-app-allows-beachgoers-to-report-marine-debris/

• Red Orbit, May 16, 2011: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/2047960/beachgoers_can_now_report_marine_debris_with_new_app/

• Carolina Day School, May 17, 2011: http://www.cdschool.org/page.cfm?p=376&newsid=733

• Environmental Protection Magazine, May 18, 2011: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/2047960/beachgoers_can_now_report_marine_debris_with_new_app/

• New York Times Blog, May 23, 2011: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/pity-the-oceans-vast-stews-of-plastic-soup/

• Athens Banner Herald, May 28, 2011: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/052811/new_836060604.shtml

• Aiken Standard, May 31, 2011: http://www.aikenstandard.com/Technology/BC-AH-Phone-app-helps-researchers-track-beach-debris-20110528

• Our Amazing Planet, June 1, 2011: http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/marine-debris-tracker-app-110601-1584/

• Marine Protected Areas – Information for Educators, June 2011: http://www.mpa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/education/jun11.pdf

• WTOC, Savannah, June 17, 2011: http://www.wtoc.com/Global/story.asp?S=14929483

• Florida’s Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches, June 21, 2011 http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/jun/21/marine-debris-theres-an-app-for-that-14349/ (This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com)

• Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) Blog, June 23, 2011: http://seanetters.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/marine-debris-theres-an-app-for-that/

• NOAA Marine Debris 2012 Calendar: http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/outreach/pdfs/2012calendar.pdf

• Mentioned in Holly Bamford’s  testimony to congress, July 26, 2011: http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/Testimony/Bamford072611.pdf

• Treehugger.com August 8, 2011: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/iphone-app-tracks-marine-litter-reports-it-online.php

• Beach Chair Scientist Blog, 13 Apps for your Day at the Beach, August, 17, 2011: http://beachchairscientist.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/13-apps-for-your-day-at-the-beach/

• Moon Willow Press, Marine debris tracking phone app, August. 24, 2011: http://moonwillowpress.com/ecologue/?p=316

• On Crowdsourcing.org: http://www.crowdsourcing.org/site/marine-debris-tracker/wwwmarinedebrisengrugaedu/5881

• Around the Arch in the Georgia Magazine, September 2011: http://uga.edu/gm/ee/index.php?/single/2011/09/1213/

• Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Film Festival Contest: http://graysreef.noaa.gov/involved/volunteer/pdfs/film_festival_volunteer.pdf

• GreenBlue in the Loop, Marine Debris: There’s an App for That, September 14, 2011: http://www.greenblue.org/2011/09/1326/

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Ocean Portal Blog, Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity, September 15, 2011: http://ocean.si.edu/blog/teaching-your-students-about-marine-debris-classroom-activity

• Help NOAA Track Marine Debris from the Japanese Tsunami, NOAA Response and Restoration Blog, January 31, 2012: http://usresponserestoration.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/track-marine-debris-japanese-tsunami/

Blog Mentions:

• Do you see what I sea? High tech beachcombing and conservation (June 22, 2012)
• Resources For Tracking Japan’s Tsunami Debris http://flyingcuttlefish.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/resources-debris/ (June 30, 2012)