"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Do you remember our post about the broken plastic piece found in Mussel Rock? Well, this is the incredible latest update from Jeff Christner: “Here are the pieces together, the characters are: 高橋漁業 which basically means Takahashi Fishery. This could be from the Takahashi manufacturing company, but I did find a business in Hokkaido, with the same name, and that […]
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WOW! We had 41 volunteers on Saturday. December 5 at Rockaway Beach. Students from Terra Nova High School showed up in force as well as students from Richmond High School. We also had several people who were walking by and stopped to help out. One family from San Diego who were staying at the hotel pitched in, too. It was […]
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Reported by Jeff Christner: “Found some interesting items today at the Mussel Rock cleanup. Empty sharps bin with a City/County of San Francisco sticker on it. I wonder if this is related to all the needles that washed up last week on Esplanade Beach. Also three suspect 2011 Japanese tsunami debris items. Two are suspect due to the wear of […]
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We did not expect many volunteers this weekend as it was Thanksgiving weekend! However, we had students from Oceana High School and Terra Nova High School come and help us; one of them, Brad Doughtry, is going write up a report of his day for his school project. And several of our most dedicated volunteers joined us too. They are […]
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Saturday, November 7, we had 40 volunteers commandeer Rockaway Beach and environs for the monthly cleanup. We had a large contingent from Stanford University and some great kids from Central Middle School, as well as several PBC members who pitched in prior to our annual planning meeting. In one hour, we collected 36 pounds of trash and 12 pounds of […]
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Fifty-five fifth-graders from The Nueva School in Hillsborough enthusiastically cleaned up the Rockaway Beach area, learned about the causes and effects of litter, and then worked at habitat restoration for two hours! Earth heroes making a difference!
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Sunday turned out to be a great success. Native plant seed balls were tossed onto the switchbacks and hillside, cape ivy was pulled from the rocks and native plant seedlings were given a new start at the base of the switch backs along the beach side of the path. We worked hard and had fun.
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This fish crate, found on the rocks/rip-rap area on July 25th, 2015 during the monthly Mussel Rock cleanup, has been confirmed by NOAA and the Japanese Consulate as being from the 2011 Japanese Tsunami. It should be noted that many possible/probable debris have washed up in the Bay Area, but few have the proper markings to be confirmed. Below is […]
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Saturday, 24 October, 2015, was Make a Difference Day in Daly City when Public Works is helping clean up the city, and others help with shredding and recycling and giving gently used clothes and kitchenware to those in need. It was also the 4th Saturday, so Mussel Rock, a beauty spot in Daly City, held its regular cleanup. At 9am […]
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Went to Mussel Rock Beach today with my dog. Found about 100’+ feet of rope washed up and lots of small flat plastic pieces. I had to bundle up the rope like you see here to be able to haul it back up to the parking lot for disposal.
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