Boats shrink-wrapped in protective plastic are a common sight during Minnesota winters. Lindsay Freeman, who lives in Orono near Lake Minnetonka, is used to seeing them by the dozen all the time ...

Registered boat owners in the U.S. dispose of 92 million pounds of used shrink wrap each year, the majority of which ends up in landfills. Clean Ocean Access, a non-profit, launched a recycling ...

More than 1.5 million pounds of plastic come off boats around Maine each spring, the vast majority bound for landfills or incinerators. Credit: Clean Ocean Access / Maine Monitor This story was ...

Minnesota lake cabin owner Jim Nicholson knows the drill. When loons in the Brainerd lakes area start flocking together for their fall migration, it's time to pull his boat ashore near Outing and ...