A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew helps members of the Washington Surfriders Foundation load trash into a collection net on a beach near Neah Bay, Wash., Jan. 22, 2016.
More than 4,000 lbs of trash was collected and removed from the beach.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Tate, an aviation maintenance technician at Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, hooks up a net full of beach debris and trash to the bottom of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at a beach near Neah Bay, Wash., Jan. 22, 2015.
The debris and trash was offloaded to nearby trucks for further disposal.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew helps load debris and trash into a net at a beach near Neah Bay, Wash. Jan. 22, 2016.
Members of the Washington Surf Riders Association helped gathered the trash and debris beforehand in preparation for it to be offloaded by the helicopter crew.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lifts a net full of beach debris and trash from a beach near Neah Bay, Wash., Jan. 22, 2016.
More than four helicopter trips were made to help clear the beach of plastic and other forms of trash.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.