Coastal Cleanup Day and Creek Day are merging to become:

SLO County’s
Creeks to Coast Cleanup

Save the Date:
Saturday, September 21, 2019 from 9am-Noon

Thank you to our 2018 Sponsors

WHALE SPONSOR

DOLPHIN SPONSORS

SEA TURTLE SPONSORS

ANGEL FISH SPONSORS

PELICAN SPONSORS

SEA STAR SPONSORS

OYSTER SPONSORS

County of San Luis Obispo, Tobacco Control Program
Cutruzzola Vineyards
Little Sur Inn
Moonstone Landing
SapientRazorfish_
Sunshine Health Foods
TSG Landscape

Become a Creeks to Coast Cleanup Sponsor today!

• 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 Water 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. Montaña de Oro State Park, Spooner’s Cove
     25. West Cuesta Ridge Trailhead, Santa Margarita
     26. Santa Margarita Lake – FREE County Park access!
     27. El Chorro Regional Park, SLO Botanical Garden
     28. Cal Poly Campus Market
     29. Cuesta Park (SLO)
     30. Santa Rosa Park (SLO)
     31. Sinsheimer Park (SLO)
     32. Laguna Lake (SLO)
     33. Lower SLO Creek Floodplain Preserve
     34. Avila Beach (meet at Central Coast Aquarium)
     35. Fisherman’s Beach & Old Port Beach (Avila Beach)
     36. Pirate’s Cove / Cave Landing
     37. Shell Beach (meet at South Palisades Park)
     38. Downtown Pismo Beach
     39. Pismo Pier
     40. Pismo Beach at Ocean View Ave
     41. Grover Beach/Oceano Dunes at Grand Ave
     42. Lopez Lake – FREE County Park access!
     43. Kiwanis Park, Arroyo Grande Creek
     44. Oceano Lagoon
     45. Oceano: Arroyo Grande Creek (at Delta Lane, Oceano)
     46. Oso Flaco Lake

Have a cleanup site that you’d like to add to Creeks to Coast Cleanup 2019? Click below to see our guidelines and submit your site proposal!

Submit a Site

2018 Pictures & Results

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

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Artwork donated by our friends at Forever Stoked: https://www.foreverstoked.com/