Category Archives: Our Field Programs

No June Gloom, but so many cigarette butts

  Inspired by remarkable daily sightings of humpback whales fluking, spyhopping, tail flapping, breaching, singing and lunge feeding, from Linda Mar to Mussel Rock, our area has attracted a lot of families and groups to explore the coast. With the exceptional warmer weather replacing the usual June gloom, and with the longer clear days keeping people outside and eating takeout […]

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Google Removes 1577 Toxic Cigarettes Butts from Mussel Rock

Thank you TEAM GOOGLE! You all removed 54 pounds of trash, 28 pounds of recycles and 1577 toxic cigarette butts from Mussel Rock! Then you rocked it at Rockaway removing approx 1000 pounds of wild ox tongue, fennel, radish, mustard and even Cal Trans Buckwheat! You finished our work up the switchbacks covering the last 3 switches! Truly amazing and […]

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Accretive Solutions and Beach Heroes Hit Linda Mar

May 21, 2016 was supposed to be one of those rare, unseasonal cold, windy and even rainy days, enough to discourage the toughest Earth Hero.  However, as the sun came out, 35 fantastic volunteers showed up to clean Linda Mar Beach.  Accretive Solutions, led by Gabby Galindo, brought over 20 volunteers from as far as Manteca; Mercy High School returned […]

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2 Dolphins and Some “Interesting” Finds at Esplanade

A handful of hardy volunteers and neighbors showed up Thursday afternoon to help clean up Esplanade Beach. In addition to five pounds of trash and styrofoam pieces large and small, more than 100 cigarette butts were collected from the street, ground and the black bucket by the benches. “Interesting” finds included a barnacle-encrusted fishing buoy, another chunk of blue crate, […]

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