East Bay Girl Scout Troop Made a Difference
Thank you Girl Scout troop from the East Bay for helping with Habitat Restoration at Linda Mar State Beach. What a great difference you made.
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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 […]
Read moreTeam Bank of America Cleans up the Beach!
Bank of America gave back today! They came and started weeding the Rockaway Switchbacks -pulling Wild Fennel, Radish, Mustard, Star Thistle and that horrible Sticky Ox Tongue. Thank you so much for coming and helping us give our beautiful coast its pristine state! And let’s not forget the efforts from the previous team on May 13th. That day and in two […]
Read moreTeam Thermo Fisher Tackled the Weed!
Shout out to Team Thermo Fisher for cleaning Linda Mar State beach and removing invasive weeds on the berm by the highway and Taco Bell corner. Thank you to Taco Bell for treating us to a free lunch!
Read more2 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, […]
Read moreNo More Sail Boat on Seal Cove – Moss Beach
Thank you to Earth Heroes Céline Gerakin Pillar Point site captain, San Mateo County Park Ranger Rob Cala and others who cut and removed this stranded boat. For a week this sailing vessel has been in the mind of the locals and the community helped every single day to secure and dissemble the boat before it could break up and […]
Read moreHabitat Restoration with Patty, Michael & Team
Words from our dear Patty: “Earth Day Habitat Restoration at Rockaway with Deacon Noel & the Confirmation Teens from Good Shepherd. Thank you for all your hard work!”
Read moreDig It Dave & Team Cleanup Roberts Road
Words from Dig it Dave, our Roberts Road Site Captain: “This Earth Day I got to wear many hats. I got Team Dig It together to clean up Roberts Road. Sharon Van Huystee Martinez my other half did a great job organizing the team, sorting, and calculating. It was nice to see that we didn’t have much trash to pick […]
Read moreDid Jeff Find a New Tsunami Marine Debris?
Report from our Mussel Rock volunteer Jeff Christner: “Did a quick post Earth Day hike around Mussel Rock at low tide today and the beach was mostly accessible, albeit with some dangerous climbing over some of the sea wall rocks. Found a sea lion, who I thought was dead at first, but I think he was just resting, he soon […]
Read more642 lbs of Trash, 60 Volunteers & 2000 Cigarette Butts
I think the Earth can be proud of us! At Pillar Point we had an amazing group of very motivated volunteers. Almost everyone showed up well before 9 AM and was ready for some action! The volunteers kept on coming with buckets and hands full of tires, pieces of wood or metal scraps. But thanks to Gina (from Apple), Nicole David, […]
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