Thank you SLO County!

1,850 volunteers participated in this year’s Creeks to Coast Cleanup 

which is part of California Coast Cleanup Day

Over 16,000 lbs. of trash and recycle was removed from

SLO County’s beaches, creeks, parks, streets, and lakes

across 48 cleanup sites

(see the list of sites & map below)

Did you volunteer for this year’s cleanup?

Take the survey and receive a BOGO offer form Blaze Pizza

Check out pictures from this year’s cleanup in our Facebook album

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Survey for Creeks to Coast Cleanup volunteers!

• 1. 1. Elephant Seal Viewing Point
     2. San Simeon Cove / Hearst State Beach
     3. San Simeon, Pico Beach & Creek
     4. San Simeon Campground
     5. Moonstone Beach / Santa Rosa Creek
     6. Fiscalini Ranch Preserve / Santa Rosa Creek
     7. Paso Robles Wastewater Treatment Plant
     8. Paso Robles, Centennial Creek Park
     9. Paso Robles, Larry Moore Park
     10. Templeton Community Services District
     11. Atascadero Mutual Water Company Corporation Yard
     12. Estero Bluffs State Beach
     13. Cayucos Pier
     14. Cayucos at 24th Street / Morro Strand State Beach Day Use Area
     15. Morro Strand Dog Beach / Toro Creek
     16. Morro Strand North / State Beach Campground
     17. Morro Strand South at HWY 41
     18. Morro Creek
     19. Morro Rock
     20. Morro Bay Sandspit **MUST RSVP for this cleanup***
     21. Morro Bay Embarcadero, Centennial Park
     22. Los Osos Baywood Pier / Paradise Point– kayak or canoe at this location!
     23. Montaña de Oro State Park, Sandspit
     24. Private group – Montaña de Oro State Park, Spooner’s Cove (volunteer site not open to the public)
     25. West Cuesta Ridge Trailhead, Santa Margarita
     26. Santa Margarita Lake – FREE County Park access!
     27. El Chorro Regional Park, SLO Botanical Garden – invasive plant removal project at this location!
     28. Cal Poly Campus Market
     29. Cuesta Park (SLO)
     30. Mission Plaza (SLO)
     31. Sinsheimer Park (SLO)
     32. Laguna Lake (SLO)
     33. Private group – SLO Creeks neighborhood (volunteer site not open to the public)
     34. Lower SLO Creek Floodplain Preserve
     35. Avila Beach (meet at Central Coast Aquarium)
     36. Fisherman’s Beach & Old Port Beach (Avila Beach)
     37. Pirate’s Cove / Cave Landing
     38. Shell Beach (meet at South Palisades Park)
     39. Downtown Pismo Beach
     40. Pismo Pier
     41. Pismo Beach at Ocean View Ave
     42. Grover Beach/Oceano Dunes at Grand Ave
     43. Private group – Oceano Dunes, Pier Ave (volunteer site not open to the public)
     44. Lopez Lake – FREE County Park access!
     45. Oak Park Shopping Center, Arroyo Grande
     46. Kiwanis Park, Arroyo Grande Creek
     47. Private group – Arroyo Grande High School (volunteer site not open to the public)
     48. Oceano Lagoon
     49. Private group – Oso Flaco Lake (volunteer site not open to the public)

Don’t see a cleanup location that you think should be there?

Help us cover SLO County and the number of cleanup sites by proposing a new cleanup site in 2020!  ECOSLO will handle all marketing, volunteer recruitment, and ordering of site supplies.  We will need you and/or your organization/businesses to lead the cleanup site.  You will simply propose a new site, and if selected, work with ECOSLO leading up to Creeks to Coast Cleanup to communicate with volunteers and lead the cleanup at the site that day.  If you’ve worked with us as a Site Captain in the past, think of the setup similar to that.  Click here to propose a cleanup site for Creeks to Coast Cleanup 2020 – taking place Saturday, September 19, 2020.

THE CHALLENGE

Walk down any beach and you will find marine debris, defined as “any manufactured or processed solid waste material that enters the marine environment from any source.”  Marine debris impacts human health and safety, endangers wildlife and aquatic habitats, and costs local and national economies millions in wasted resources and lost revenues.

Most of the debris (80%) is due to land-based sources, like litter (from pedestrians, motorists, beach visitors), industrial discharges (in the form of plastic pellets and powders), and garbage management (ill-fitting trash can lids, etc).  Some marine debris comes from ocean going ships and boats.

Beaches in California attract millions of visits each year, most during the summer.  Thus, we focus our efforts on cleanup at the end of each summer.

THE SOLUTION

The annual Coastal Cleanup Day event engages volunteers from our community to clean up trash and debris.  Every year since 1986, we coordinate beach cleanups from San Simeon Point to Oso Flaco Lake. Even though Central Coast beaches are cleaner than some, last year 1,300 volunteers removed 5,800 pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches and creeks.

In California, Coastal Cleanup Day holds the distinction of drawing the most participation of any volunteer event over its thirty-three year history.  As County Coordinator, ECOSLO works with the California Coastal Commission to bring out our community in the campaign for healthy coasts, shorelines, and oceans. 

WAIVERS:

Please download, fill out and bring with you to Creeks to Coast Cleanup.  We will have some on-hand but it’s helpful (and saves time!) if you can fill out a waiver beforehand and bring it with you.

• Individual Form (English)
• Additional Signatures Form (English) – For families and groups

DATA CARD:

Data Cards will be provided to volunteers, but to ensure we have enough supplies we invite you to print your own!  Volunteers are asked to tally data so we can submit this to an international debris report put together by Ocean Conservancy each year.  This also helps us look at top items for SLO County and notice any trends or changes for our area.  Download the Data Card

POSTERS:

Posters are available for pick-up at the ECOSLO office in SLO!  Please give us a call or send us an email with your request for printed materials.

Posters are also available here for download:

• 8.5×11 C2C 2019-RootsRock
• 8.5×11 C2C 2019-SouthBay
• 11×17 C2C 2019-GoldenHour
• 11×17 C2C 2019-SandyPoint

The beautiful imagery for SLO County Creeks to Coast Cleanup is donated by Morro Bay art collective and our friends, Forever Stoked: https://www.foreverstoked.com/

Beda’s Biergarten
Coastline Cleaning Company

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SLO Natural Foods Co-op
Soto’s True Earth Market

Become a Creeks to Coast Cleanup Sponsor today!