"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
The sun was shining, the fog to the north was gorgeous, and our four earth hero volunteers removed 9 pounds of recycling and trash and 105 cigarette butts from the beach and parking lots! We also loved having one of our naturalists, Julie, join us this month. She is a wealth of information, and several surfers and beach walkers stopped […]
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WOW what an incredible Saturday we had last weekend! We are so grateful for the turn out and for the kayakers who cleaned up the water and the jetties, they removed 8 lbs of trash and tone of fishing lines. The tide and the birds made it a little hard to remove all the trash, so… we will do it […]
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Thanks to vigilant locals there is never a lot of trash here. But 21 volunteers still managed to clean up 14 pounds of recyclables and 24 pounds of trash! And that was after an impromptu July 5th cleanup where three of us removed another 30 pounds from the beach. Together we picked up… 33 Bottle caps 11 straws over 350 […]
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Legal But Not Everywhere There was a lot of controversy about why are fireworks legal in Pacifica mostly because of the trash and the mess often left behind after the celebration. Some worth remembering is that fireworks used to be allowed everywhere in the past and now, on our side of the West Coast, it is only legal to discharge […]
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Today, we cleaned up Davenport, a beautiful beach in the Santa Cruz county. When we arrived this morning, the dumpster was full and the trash bags near it were all torn apart. Looked like the wildlife had been through it and half their content was all over the parking lot, blowing in the wind and heading straight for the ocean. […]
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For the first time ever we partnered with the Half Moon Bay Kayak Co to give our volunteers the opportunity to pick up the trash floating on the water of the harbor or stuck between the rocks. It was a great success! Our 7 kayaks went above and beyond to paddle and remove 31 lbs of trash including fishing lines, […]
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We had 66 volunteers come last Saturday to remove the trash from Pillar Point Harbor and Surfer’s beach. It was a great turnout and together we picked up a total of 48 lbs of recycling from our beaches as well as: Pillar Point Harbor– 40 lbs of trash– 378 cigarette butts– 32 bottle caps– 32 straws Surfer’s Beach– 68 lbs […]
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14 amazing volunteers showed the ocean some love today, on World Oceans Day at Montara Beach! It was a sunny day, with wildflowers were blooming, and lots of people on the beach. Once again, volunteers reported a very clean beach and bluff. But they still managed to pick up 10 pounds of recycling and 8 pounds of trash – including […]
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Some of you decided to kick off their long Memorial Day weekend by coming to the beach and giving some love to our coast and Ocean. 108 lbs of trash is a lot, but it is was actually not too bad compared to some past cleanups! Our 47 volunteers walked around Pillar Point and Surfer’s Beach, and this is what […]
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What a great Memorial Day cleanup at Mussel Rock this weekend! You showed up in numbers and we even had a bit of sun. Our 40 volunteers removed trash and cigarette butts from the parking lot, trail and beach. Well done! We also had the special visit of Edward Schrank. Edward, a head and neck cancer survivor from chemical exposure […]
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