California Coastal Cleanup Day by nancy

This year, twenty-five north coast beaches will be targteted for the California Coastal Cleanup Day, “the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country.” On Saturday, September 15, from 9 am to noon, over 700 cleanup sites statewide, with an estimated 50,000 volunteers, join together to care for our fragile marine environment, and to learn about its impacts and prevention of marine debris. Volunteers should show up at one of the following beaches, and a beach captain will direct you (VanDamme, Big River, Caspar, Judhandle, Noyo Harbor, Hare Creek, Ward Avenue, Virgin Creek, and MacKerricher). The Mendocino Land Trust will once again coordinate the area’s volunteers. For more information contact Holly at 963-0470 or hnewberger@mendocinolandtrust.org. A hosted BBQ for all volunteers will take place at Big River Beach directly after the cleanup.