Published: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 6:50 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10:28 p.m.

The International Coastal Cleanup will take place Saturday along coastal beaches and the Intracoastal Waterway, and many participants may follow up those efforts with a climate protest.

Volunteers with the cleanup, an annual event sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy, will gather at two dozen staging areas throughout Volusia and Flagler counties beginning at 8 a.m. Armed with bags, gloves, theyll fan out along beaches, parks and river shorelines.

County officials are coordinating this years cleanup in Volusia County. In Flagler, Friends of the A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway are coordinating efforts.

After the cleanup winds down, local supporters of the international Peoples Climate March will gather at 11:30 a.m. at SunSplash Park in Daytona Beach for a march on the beach to bring attention to pressing concerns about the hazards of sea level rise as a result of global warming, said Elizabeth Camarota, with the Volusia Flagler Sierra Club Executive Committee.

The local march is one of roughly 2,000 satellite events for a much larger gathering taking place Sunday in New York City expected to draw hundreds of thousands, Camarota said.

For more information about the coastal cleanup in Volusia, contact Stacey Bell at sbell@volusia.org or 386-238-4716. In Flagler, contact Gerald_Yule@scenica1a.org .. Online, go to oceanconservancy.org.

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Event will be Saturday all over Volusia, Flagler