Glass Beach Cleanup 9am – 12 pm hosted by City of Fort Bragg.Virgin Creek Beach 9 am – 11 am hosted by North Coast Brewing Company (meet at the brewery at 8:30 am to bike or carpool to the beach!).MacKerricher Beach at Ward Avenue 9 am – 12 pm hosted by Surfriders.Seaside Beach Cleanup 9 am – 12 pm hosted by Mendocino Land Trust.Unless otherwise noted, no RSVP is needed – just show up the day of the event ready to help! Site captains will be able to provide supplies, but if you can bring a bucket, trash grabber or gloves this helps cut down on the amount of waste generated by the event. List of Mendocino County Cleanup Sites for Saturday, September 17, 2022 The Mendocino Land Trust would like to extend big thanks to MendoRecycle for providing a grant to help cover staff time spent coordinating this event and Redwood Waste Solutions for facilitating dumpster donation. Visit /CoastalCleanMendo for all the details about Coastal Cleanup Day and use the form to request an email reminder about the event with info about each Mendocino County cleanup site. Teacher Erin Brazill and Transition Learning Center (TLC) students from Fort Bragg Unified School District will be cleaning up the Westport beaches. Pacific Community Charter School (based in Point Arena) will take on Moat Creek Beach, the Stornetta Lands and more. Fort Bragg Middle School scours Pudding Creek Beach to remove litter big and small. In addition to the 17 groups seeking volunteers, three schools host their own beach cleanups in honor of Coastal Cleanup Day. It is important to remember that even when few items of litter are found, documenting the scarcity of trash is an important and quantifiable measure of the community’s successes in curtailing litter year round.Ī group of kids and parents celebrate their findings Those who do DIY cleanups are encouraged to document their efforts by downloading and using the CleanSwell App or submitting a data card, available at .Ī “complaint” from participants at some beaches is that there is not enough trash to pick up. Inland trash removal is key to keeping our coasts and beaches clean and improving the health of all waterways. As the water flows to the ocean, it can bring our trash with it. When it rains, trash is washed down storm drains that feed into creeks and rivers.
Trash and litter in neighborhoods and city streets has a high likelihood of making it into waterways and oceans if it is not removed. Volunteers enduring drizzles as they clean Virgin CreekĭIY cleanups in neighborhoods are strongly encouraged, especially for those who want to help but prefer to avoid groups at this time.
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