MILWAUKEE — With its secluded location and views of Milwaukee, the beach off Bay View Park is one of Jerry Munley's favorite places in the city.

"It's a spectacular, beautiful beach; hundreds of people come here on the weekend," said Munley, a member of the Bay View Beach Restoration Society.

That's why he and a group of volunteers have spent much of the last decade caring for the beach through the Bay View Beach Restoration Alliance.

On any given day, you'll see them scrubbing away graffiti, cleaning up after illegal bonfires on the sand, or raking debris into piles.

Munley said members of his group rake the debris together and sift through it to find microplastics that pollute the beach.

On Tuesday, more than 20 of these piles lined the beach, each containing several dozen pieces of

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