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I N S I D E Take L.A. by Storm • Is the Bay Healed Yet? • Back to School Eco Tips A Summer a letter from the E.D. currentsthe magazine of Heal the Bay volume 27 number 2 healthebay.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman: Stephanie Medina Rodriguez Immediate Past Chairman: Matthew J. Hart Chairs: Todd Flora, Barry Gribbon, Don Kinsey, Brian O’Malley, Craig Perkins, Erin Selleck, Luann Laval Williams to Remember Secretary, Nominations Chair: Cliff Gladstein Treasurer, Finance Chair: Paul Stimpfl Sunny days at the beach can be powerful reminders. Founding President: Dorothy Green (1929-2008) Founding President, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Past President: Mark Gold Board Members: Peter Abraham , Mark Attanasio, he exuberance of summer is here. You can feel it Dayna Bochco, Lisa Boyle, Samuel Culbert, Robert Davenport, as you walk the beach, soak in the salt air, play in Jorge Delgado, Ernie Dunn, Ian Eddleston , Susan Grossinger, Sofie Howard, Jean Kaplan, Richard Katz, Sharon Lawrence, the water with your kids, catch a wave, balance on a Adi Liberman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Suja Lowenthal, T paddle board, or glide through the ocean in your boat. We Oralia Michel, Ted Miller, H. David Nahai, John Perenchio, Russ Pillar, Hylda Queally, Jennifer Regan, Gordon Seabury, can all celebrate that our water is swimmable and safe and Michael Segal, Amy Smart, Shane Smith, John J. Strauss, our beaches are clean in these beautiful summer months. Michael Sullivan, Thomas Unterman, Scott Zolke

k Heal the Bay exists and thrives because of your direct in- c BOARD OF GOVERNORS volvement and support. It’s not an exaggeration to say that isto George Akers, Jeff Ayeroff, Jack Baylis, Michael Caggiano, Ph.D., Laurie Coots, Don Corsini, Paula Daniels, Dr. Sylvia Earle, you are directly responsible for cleaner watersheds from 4 Brad Hall, Gale Anne Hurd, Dr. Aliza Lifshitz, Felicia Marcus, Tijuana to the Canadian border. Generations to come will Kelly Meyer, Fran Pavley, Tony Pritzker, Bob Talbot, Art Torres, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Bob Williams benefit from what we do today to safeguard our shorelines. summer Our successes in the past, today and in our future, cannot Chair: Adi Liberman happen without your generosity. HEAL THE BAY STAFF 2012 Executive Director: Karin Hall Associate Director: Alix Hobbs Advancement Director: Marc Dragul 1 From the Executive Director Angler Outreach Team: Maria Larsen, As faithfully supportive Stephen Mejia, Diana Ramirez, Benmin Sun Angler Outreach Coordinator: Frankie Orrala Beach Programs Manager/Coastal Cleanup Day Manager: as you’ve been in the past, 2 Mixed Greens Eveline Bravo Beach Report Card Program Manager: Mike Grimmer

k Beach Water Quality Scientist: Amanda Griesbach, M.S. c Coastal Cleanup Day Coordinator: Cara Young we know we can count on you isto 4 Back to School Eco Tips Coastal Resources Director: Sarah Abramson Sikich, M.E.S.M. h Communications Director: Matthew King k fas

c 8 Communications Manager: Anne Bergman to further our work in the future. ni Controller: Marc Amaral 6 Coastal Cleanup Day Data Manager: Lee Myers moment is being threatened here in Los Angeles County! Development Manager: Katherine Nevels We truly appreciate your Digital Content Manager: Bobby Feingold Stormwater is the No. 1 source of coastal pollution in Education Director: Tara Treiber California and right now, the permits that regulate this 8 Is the Bay Healed Yet? Environmental Engineer: Susie Santilena, M.S., E.I.T. Executive Assistant: Sylvie Makara continued support… urban runoff are being attacked and weakened by powerful Foundation Grants Manager: Sheila McSherry Interactive Campaigns Manager: Ana Luisa Ahern lobbying interests. As summer winds down, we will be 10 Meet Heather Doyle Marine and Coastal Scientist: Dana Roeber Murray, M.E.S.M. urging you to join Heal the Bay’s “Take L.A. by Storm” Network Administrator: Antonio Carrera Programs Director: Meredith McCarthy Without you, we could not have created local Marine campaign and tell the Regional Water Quality Board to Receptionist: Gabriele Morgan Protected Areas — “Yosemites of the Sea”— that preserve stand strong against polluters and continue to keep our 11 Corporate Healer Secondary Education Manager: Edward Murphy vital ecosystems off Palos Verdes and Point Dume. As of ocean safe. Speakers Bureau Manager: Melissa Aguayo Stream Team Assistant: Stefen Partelow January 1, these areas were set aside for conservation and Yes, there is still vital and impactful work to do this year. Urban Programs Manager: James Alamillo And while budgets are down everywhere and donors are 12 Thank Yous Volunteer and Intern Coordinator: Saira Gandhi protected for our children and grandchildren, our nieces Water Quality Director: Kirsten James, M.E.S.M. and nephews. spread thin, we need you more than ever. As faithfully sup- 10 Watershed Scientist: Katherine Pease Without you, we would not have succeeded in pushing portive as you’ve been in the past, we know we can count Cover images: iStock Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Staff single-use plastic bag bans in L.A. County and cities like on you to further our work in the future. We truly appreci- Aquarium Director: Heather Doyle Aquarist: Jackie Cannata Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Long Beach, and Malibu. Now ate your continued support, thank you for being a mem- Looking for a meaningful way to commemorate a wedding, birthday or holiday? Education Specialists: Nick Fash, Amanda Jones we need your help to continue the momentum to ban them ber of Heal the Bay and continuing to donate. The ocean Dedicate a gift to Heal the Bay on behalf of a couple, or an individual. Operations Manager: José Bacallao Outreach Manager: Randi Parent in the entire state of California this fall. As of today, one in belongs to everyone. It’s up to all of us to protect it! For more information, visit healthebay.org/dedicate. Public Educator: Wyatt Miller six Californians live in cities that have said “no” to the plas- Programs Manager: Tara Crow Volunteer Coordinator: Jenna Segal tic pollution created by single-use plastic bags. Soon all of Heal the Bay is a nonprofit environmental organization making Southern California California will be rid of this wasteful blight. Currents Staff coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. Creative Director: Michael Kellner Without you, we would not be able to galvanize support We use science, education, community action and advocacy to pursue our mission. Editors: Anne Bergman, Matthew King for the 40-year-old Clean Water Act, which, at this very —Karin Hall, Heal the Bay Executive Director Contributors: Ana Luisa Ahern, Kathryn Benz, © 2012 Heal the Bay. All rights reserved. Reproduction of editorial content only is authorized with appropriate Nick Fash, Kirsten James, Randi Parent, credits and acknowledgement. Heal the Bay, Beach Report Card and the fishbones logo are registered trademarks Frankie Orrala, Susie Santilena, Sarah Sikich of Heal the Bay. Printed on 100% recycled chlorine-free paper—What If ? Inc., Irvine, Calif. 1 Mixed Greens Storm advocacy k c to S i the eaching kids about water—how to conserve it and not Ttrash it—is a key component to Heal the Bay’s mission. To outreach engage students in grades K-5, we’ve published an Aqua Ex- Barricades! plorer guide full of tips, facts and games about why the ocean Drawing is so important. Sponsored by a grant from grocery retailer Polluters are trying Ralphs, the fun, brightly illustrated guide will be to weaken L.A. available in English and Spanish at our Coastal Cleanup Day stormwater regulations. sites and also as a download from our website. To get Power copies for your child or classroom, call (800) HEAL BAY, x146. Now is the time to speak up. By Susie Santilena

Up a Creek cean lovers have a major fight on their hands TMDLs and ensure that they are enforceable. Including elicans dive for food, a giant water bug hatches her nymphs, this summer in Los Angeles County: Protecting these TMDLs in the permit is critical to ensure that water P much to the delight of the groups of high school students OAngelenos from weakened stormwater regulations. quality standards designed to protect human health and who trekked down the L.A. River to the Pacific Ocean this summer Municipal storm water permits regulate all urban runoff aquatic life are being met. as part of Creek Week 2012. discharge from storm drain systems. Because storm water is In this time of tight budgets, some cities argue that Approximately 40 students followed the watershed from the the No. 1 source of coastal pollution in California, having a they do not have the resources to expand environmental mountains into downtown L.A. and out to the sea as part of the strong permit is important for protecting all who depend on protections. Heal the Bay contends that preventing program, which focuses on teaching teens the fundamentals of clean waterways—from the people who recreate in our local environmental pollution is actually good for the Los Angeles a

l hands-on field science, community health, and environmental waters to the species who live in in it. Having a strong permit economy. Coastal tourism is a huge part of California’s rra

O stewardship in a fun and engaging way. Every day began at a dif- will also limit trash and other pollution that blights our neigh- economy. California’s ocean economy is valued at $43 billion ferent location along the watershed, and the students evaluated borhood. This is why we are asking our supporters to join the with an estimated 408,000 jobs, mostly in the tourism and rankie

F 1 each site by completing daily assessments on the water chemis- fight by “Taking L.A. by Storm.” recreation sectors. Putting in storm water quality treatment Fisherman Appreciation Day, 2012. try, bird diversity and macro-invertebrates. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water elements like green streets features which help to meet With these assessments they discovered for themselves how Act, a critical federal law that has led to huge improvements water quality limits, can also help revitalize businesses decades of human influence impact the quality of our waterways in water quality in the Santa Monica Bay and around the by beautifying areas to make them more attractive for On the Line and their surrounding ecosystems. But our educators didn’t just country. The Clean Water Act requires states to develop customers. eal the Bay’s Angler Outreach Program recently began its 11th leave these students to despair over environmental degradation; numeric pollution limits called Total Maximum Daily Loads The bottom line: Los Angeles County waterways need H year of educating the pier fishing community on the risks of we also taught them how to advocate for change—whether it’s (TMDLs) for sources of pollution that affect water quality- strong water quality standards to protect human health and consuming contaminated fish caught between the Santa Monica and organizing an inland cleanup or harnessing social media to raise impaired waterways. Storm water runoff from urban areas the well-being of the species that depend on our waterways Seal Beach Piers. Since its inception in 2003, the EPA-award winning awareness for clean water campaigns such as “Take L.A. can carry a variety of pollutants, such as sediment, bacteria, and ocean. program has reached over 100,000 anglers spanning piers in Los An- by Storm.” organic nutrients, hydrocarbons, zinc, copper, cadmium, The Regional Board often hears opposition to re- geles and Orange counties. The program’s bilingual outreach workers We look forward to collaborating with these new Water Quality mercury, iron, nickel, oil, pet excrement, and grease. Since quirements for strong water quality standards from spend their Fridays through Sundays speaking with subsistence Warriors well into the future. the current version of the L.A. County storm water permit local municipalities. Heal the Bay started the “Take L.A. by fishermen and their families about how to avoid DDT and PCB To find out more about Heal the Bay’s Creek Week Institute, was adopted in 2001, nearly 40 TMDLs have been adopted Storm”campaign to encourage people to take the health contaminated fish and reduce their exposure to these chemicals. visit www.healthebay.org/summerscience or have taken effect, including a TMDL for debris in the Santa of the bay into their own hands. It’s time to make your Leading the “Do Not Consume” list: White Croaker, Barred Sand Monica Bay and a TMDL for bacteria in the Los Angeles voice heard. Bass, and Topsmelt. In addition, our Outreach team discusses the 11 River. Heal the Bay is pushing for the Regional Water Board 1. Kidlow, J. et al. “California’s Ocean Economy” report to the California Resources additional fish species within this area that have restricted consump- to adopt a strong storm water permit to include these Agency, prepared by the National Ocean Economics Program. July 2005. tion limits—generally no more than one meal (skinless fillet) per week. The Angler Outreach Program is part of the larger Fish Contamina- tion Education Collaborative. The FCEC is the public outreach and education component of the United States Environmental Protection Ways you can help Agency’s program to protect the most vulnerable populations from Sign the Heal the Bay petitions on our action alert page (healthebay.org/actionalerts) the health effects of consuming contaminated fish related to the and share the link with friends and family. Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site.

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efforts to clean up the DDT/PCB contaminated sediments off Palos ana Please help protect what you love, support our work: healthebay.org/donate 2 Verdes, please call us: 1 800 HEAL BAY x156 or visit www.pvsfish.org. A Creek Week student tests water quality. 3 Reading, Riding, Recycling eco tips eco Ways to “susty” up your campus, make your ocean clean and learn some science at the same time.

eco tips Walk or Bike to School Recycling a Go-Go You can make a big impact on the environment by not driving to school. Cars Blue Bins Pay Off Did you know that the city of Los Angeles has committed are big sources of pollution, from the chemical combustion spewed from tail to going Zero Waste? Key to achieving this goal is reducing ore than 100 Glassell Park Elementary fifth pipes to the oil and grease seeping from engine parts to the copper and zinc waste on school campuses, which also reduces the amount graders recently discovered the many ben- released by brake pads. These chemicals can poison marine life when they M of litter that ends up in our local waters. Currently 640 of the efits of recycling: A trip to the beach and a seaside flow down our roads to our stormdrains and ocean. Get going on Oct. 3, almost 900 LAUSD schools participate in a recycling lunch at Duke’s Malibu. International Walk or Bike to School Day. Find out more: walkbiketoschool.org program, while the Culver City School District just The students won the Chivas USA Recycling Competition by filling 75 bins with recycling received a CalRecycle Grant to ex- material during a two-week period, beating out pand its recycling Heal the Bay 101 competitor Castelar Elementary. Heal the Bay Heal the Bay offers a wide range of efforts. Finding teamed with Major League Soccer team Chivas education resources for students and ways to reuse USA, the City’s Bureau of Sanitation, and the teachers in grades K-12, running the items such as Aquarium of the Pacific to help get kids aware gamut from classroom activities to discarded library and excited about recycling. The grand prize was hands-on aquarium and beach field trip books is also an a Heal the Bay “Lunch ‘n Learn” field trip, with the experiences, from classroom speakers option for reducing meal sponsored by Duke’s Malibu at its restaurant to expert lectures and our Key to the school waste. on PCH. Sea workshops to increase teacher background knowledge. As an au- If your child attends Glassell Park students and teachers weren’t the thor of the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), Heal the Bay an LAUSD school, only ones thrilled with the day of marine science learning. Beate Ackroyd, Community Relations has helped to bring environmental education to classrooms throughout visit laschoolsrecy- Coordinator at Duke’s, who’d generously hosted the state and at all grade levels. To request a speaker, a field trip or cling.lacity.org/ to eight Lunch ‘n Learns throughout the school year environmental education materials, visit healthebay.org/educators. receive free L.A. City recycling bins as well said: “I loved listening in to the information and as waste reduction the way that you communicated the information to educational presenta- the students. I would become totally enthralled. I Clean Up at a Cleanup tions and materials would become one of the students. I have said geared toward 3rd- it so many times, but I am always moved by how Some schools sell magazine subscriptions or grateful the students are for the day, and always 5th graders. Plus, candy to raise money. But families at Mariposa wonder which child’s life will be transformed recycling can really School of Global Education in Agoura Hills radically by being inspired by the Lunch ‘n Learn clean the beach instead. At its fourth annual pay off! experience.” (see sidebar) beach Clean-A-Thon in April, Mariposa corralled Heal the Bay provides beach education through $12,000 and donated 10% to Heal the Bay. Fund- our Lunch ‘n Learn program to 500 Title 1 students raising efforts included children sponsoring other per year. children, start-up lemonade stands, kids’ video messages filmed at the beach and hand-written e

letters with ocean-themed art. d a The cleanup fundraiser also taught students Dig a Garden p en s about how pollution impacts their local waters. Whether it comprises a small planter box or acres of land, maintaining gardens d

Kindergarten classes cleaned Malibu Lagoon, can teach our kids about good nutrition and how to grow food to share at school an; gar c

while other grades cleaned Malibu Creek State or in the neighborhood. Gardens can also serve as classroom extensions where h teachers can cover a wide range of topics from botany to ecological phenomena

Park, learning along the way how the creek flows ike; tras such as stormwater retention. Building a literacy garden can provide students b

into the ocean and onto our beaches. Mariposa’s on y o 2013 Beach Clean-A-Thon will be held near our with a peaceful green space to read and write. Plus, removing asphalt and adding b e;

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium location and will green space can save and filter water with the installation of smart weather based ppl a h

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include an educational tour of our marine learn- w ing center. You can schedule your own school High School in Pasadena are even learning about commerce in their garden, as ooks b cleanup. Call 1 800 HEAL BAY x148 to find out Mariposa students donated 10% of funds they raised they sell their produce and flowers at a local farmers market. To find out more, k: text

how, or visit healthebay.org/volunteer. cleaning up the beach to Heal the Bay. check out schoolgardenweekly.com. c isto 4 5 Stewarding the stewards very year, Heal the Bay holds a special youth

gathering at the beach next to the Santa Monica volunteers E Pier known as Coastal Cleanup Education Day. The event is a precursor to Coastal Cleanup Day — the world’s largest one-day volunteer mobilization. Heal the Bay staff and volunteers host nearly 700 underserved students from a dozen L.A. County elementary schools for a day at volunteers the beach and a visit to our Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. This year’s Ed Day will fall on September 11th, with schools from as far to the north as Lancaster and from as far south as Long Beach participating.

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the local marine habitats and gain hands-on experience k fas c with local sea creatures; they explore the beach environ- ni ment, examining it through a scientific lens with the assis- fore and they take this valuable experience back to their d

for tance of trained naturalists; students learn how each and schools, neighborhoods and families. At the end of the w every one of us can play a role in conserving our natural day, it’s hard to know who has more fun — the students Cra

CCD Site Captain Terumi Toyoshima at Dockweiler State Beach d resources through games, and a beach cleanup gives the or our staff. But we do know this new group of 700 ocean Jare students an opportunity to put their conservation knowl- stewards sets an example for Angelenos and serves to en- edge into action. courage all to partake in a cleanup, whether at the beach Many of the students have never visited the beach be- or at an inland community on Coastal Cleanup Day. Pick Up Artists The 4 -1-1 for 9/15 Three Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers share some trashy thoughts. What : Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer day on the planet. When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 9a.m.-Noon. Where: More than 60 sites to choose from in L.A. County, from Rio Hondo to Ballona Creek. Terumi Toyoshima (Pictured above) Siva Paramanandam Who: You and your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, fellow scouts, teammates and club members. Heal the Bay volunteer since 2004 CCD Site Captain, Leo Carrillo State Beach Last year nearly 11,000 Angelenos joined the cleanup. How : Find a location that suits you on our website, Why she volunteers: Hope for a better future Why he volunteers: To give back healthebay.org. Bring your own bucket or reusable bag; garden gloves and reusable water bottle. Why : Be lot of people have a very pessimistic view of our ’ve never volunteered at Coastal Cleanup Day as anything part of the solution. Just last year our volunteers covered 86 miles and removed 44,000 pounds of ocean- A future, this planet’s future. People think pollution will I but as a site captain. I started volunteering about five years bound debris. That’s a lot of trash! eventually kill this planet and us and they don’t think they ago after my family and I returned to California from a stint can change this bad pollution cycle. But, I see a lot of living in Texas. One of the reasons we moved back was children and teenagers who care about the environment and because of the ocean, which is literally now in our backyard. know what they should do and shouldn’t do to change this I really wanted to give back to something that my family bad cycle! When they take over this society by becoming enjoys year in and year out. We go to the beach, we camp Treasure Hunt responsible decision-makers in corporations and running out at the beach. I even bring kids from the YMCA to the for office, I’m certain that we’ll see the drastic change beach. Volunteering at Coastal Cleanup Day takes about a ach year Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers happen. I’m one of the lucky ones who get to witness the week out of my year. We are hopefully teaching our kids the find unusual items at their cleanup sites. evidence for the bright future and feel hopeful for the future. type of appreciation of the outdoors and nature that they Here’s a sampling of what we found last year: should have. That’s priceless. E Terumi volunteers as a CCD Site Captain at Dockweiler State Beach. She’s also a member of Speakers Bureau This year will be Siva’s sixth as a CCD site captain. • World War II gas mask and writes our Japanese-language blog: He lives in Thousand Oaks with his three kids, • Intact wallet ( found in sea ) healthebay.naturum.ne.jp/ ages 8, 13, and 16. • Bowling pins Paula Daniels • Two six-foot wagon wheels Former Heal the Bay board president. • A propeller Why she volunteers: The ripple effect • A bicycle kickstand hen I first volunteered for Heal the Bay and Coastal Clean Up, I was a busy partner in a law firm, but I wanted to do W something, make a contribution somehow. Volunteering even for just a few hours, connects you to something you really care about. My volunteerism got me more involved in water quality issues with Heal the Bay, which ended up shaping my career: I ended up working in the field of environmental policy. Coastal Cleanup Day connects people to the cause in CCD divers at addition to contributing to the results; it’s a single act that you can do that ripples into something truly significant. the Santa Monica Pier display their Paula serves as senior policy advisor for Food Policy, Special Projects in Water for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa “catch.” 6 7 recent Victories Is the Bay Healed Yet ? us about The answer : Cleaner, safer, healthier water thanks to you and your support. to Cheer or about as long as we’ve been working to heal the Santa Monica Bay, we’ve been BAG BANS about us asked to mark our progress. People want to know: Is the Bay healed yet? While we The win: Five years of our advocacy efforts pay off in May when Los An- still have some way to go, what we’ve accomplished is significant. geles becomes the largest city in the F nation to approve a plastic bag ban. Consider: A Santa Monica Bay so polluted that most marine life couldn’t survive in its Our next challenge: Mobilizing sup- waters. Now it’s not unusual to spot gray whales or dolphins passing through our Bay. port for AB 298, a statewide bag ban, People couldn’t safely swim in the Bay 25 years ago; now more than 90% of our coastal with final approval scheduled for fall. The bill will be considered late August waters are safe for swimming in summer dry weather. by the California Legislature. And, as you are well aware, the Bay did not heal itself. As a supporter of Heal the Bay, you MARINE PROTECTED AREAS played an integral role, whether you donated your time, talent, funds — or all three ! The win: California creates a system

Take a look at what we’ve achieved together since we were founded in 1985, just in case ore than four million pproximately 50,000 of Marine Protected Areas in June, M residents have said “no” A cubic yards of material putting the finishing touches on a vast anyone asks you: Is the Bay healed yet? to disposable plastic bags in cities contaminated with metals network of MPAs that now dot the sea surrounding Santa Monica Bay and organic pollutants from Mexico to the Oregon border, prevented from reaching culminating a decade of work by Heal pproximately 90% of the ince 1985: 3517 Heal the Bay Beach Over 100 California jurisdictions the beach or open ocean. the Bay and our partners. Our next challenge: Heal the Bay A Santa Monica Bay coast is S Cleanups + 284,753 people hours = 954,883 have banned or are considering a ban on plastic bags. continues to build our MPA Watch now safe for swimming in pieces of removed debris, including : monitoring program, tracking trends summer dry weather. in how people use these waters. One big reason is that • 400,000 95% reduction of single-use We will also focus on promoting Heal the Bay successfully plastic items bag distribution since the sustainable fisheries in California. worked to upgrade the unincorporated L.A. County sewage plants that were • 219,828 pieces ban took effect in July 2011+. PROTECTING dumping nearly raw THE SANTA CLARA RIVER + source: County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, sewage—which is of Styrofoam Environmental Programs Division The win: Heal the Bay joins a Who’s detrimental to both the Who of environmental groups to health of humans and • 206,341 voice concern and the Los Angeles marine life—into the Santa smoking- Regional Water Quality Control Board Monica Bay. related listens, deciding to hold off on per- items * * mitting the Newhall Ranch develop-

ment project. Developers’ plans to cup • 95% of sewage solids have been reduced from build houses in a 100-year-old flood rofoam

flowing into Santa Monica Bay* plain near the Santa Clara River are y now delayed until more information tts; st • Combined, more than 700 million gallons of is collected and reduced impacts are bu treated wastewater is discharged daily into demonstrated. igarette Santa Monica Bay versus untreated dirty water * Our next challenge: The Regional c ag; b

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8 * Source: Heal the Bay Speakers Bureau Resources ** information in this section from heal the bay’s Marine Debris Database, mddb.healthebay.org 9 Making a Splash healer corporate

Heather Doyle, our new Aquarium Director, brings a unique perspective to the job. science Aquariums have long topped Heather Doyle’s must-see list when she travels. As the newly named director of Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, she brings that aquarium enthusiasm and perspective to her new job of managing the marine science center’s operations and fundraising. A native of South Dakota, Heather has a B.A. in biology and is just finishing her masters degree in general biology through Mississippi State University’s Distance Learning Aquarium aficionado program. She brings senior nonprofit management Heather Doyle experience from stints with Junior Achievement and became SMPA the Girl Scouts. Heather and her husband moved from Director in Amsterdam to join Heal the Bay in May. May.

Now that you have had a chance to observe the animals here, what’s your favorite animal? I have to say the round rays. I’ve had the experience of What is your vision for the Aquarium? touching them in other aquariums and I love the way they swim right up to your hand. Their “face” on their underside In the short term, I want to continue to be creative in how makes them so interesting looking. I’d have to say the sea- we utilize the space that we have. And as we consider how horse is a close second. we might expand, I’m looking forward to working closely with Pier officials and hope our goals will coincide with long-term What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned planning for the Pier. I also want us to retain to the hands-on, about the marine life we exhibit? one-on-one interaction we provide. And mostly, I want the The pigment of some of our sharks is darker because they Aquarium to be able to impact as many students as possible One Morning, spent time in outdoor tanks in the sun. I had no idea they and increase our public hours. could get a suntan.

You’ve made some big life changes — moving from one Big Impact coast to another and switching focus from Girl Scouts Aquarium to marine life. How are you adjusting? Paramount employees work together My husband Jaidi and I love the lifestyle here. We’re out- Giving to gather beach debris. doorsy people, so the weather is a huge bonus. I love being • Whole Foods donated 5% of sales on March aramount Pictures employees joined Heal the Bay for a able to bike to work and I like the sustainability aspects of 22 from all three of its Santa Monica markets to cleanup at Venice Beach on April 20 as part of their 17th Santa Monica. Our dogs love it too. We have experienced the SMPA and allowed Heal the Bay staff and annual Viacommunity Day, a companywide internation- sticker shock in food and gas prices. But being able to ride a volunteers to spread the word to customers, P al volunteer effort. More than 100 Paramount volunteers bike everywhere helps cut down on how many times we have highlighting our Aquarium, conservation efforts gathered on the beach at Rose Avenue. They collected 320 to fill up the gas tank. and other environmental hot topics. pounds of trash from Venice Beach and filled the Heal the How would you compare working for the Girl Scouts • For the third consecutive year, the Santa Monica Bay Butt-o-meter-- a six-foot cylinder--with cigarette butts three times. and Junior Achievement with working for Heal the Bay? Pier Paddleboard Race and Ocean Festival Said Jane Marsh, Paramount’s Viacommunity Day project All three have a focus on education, but Heal the Bay also held in June benefitted the Aquarium. The leader, who led the Heal the Bay effort: “This project was a has the advocacy component. I’m proud to have joined an annual daylong festival includes paddleboard chance for us to work together and have a positive impact organization that leaves a legacy — being a witness to the races, an ocean swim, dory rowing competitions, in our community. It was a lot of fun to join colleagues in final hearing for the city of Los Angeles’ bag ban was some- live entertainment and a surfing, lifeguard and supporting the work Heal the Bay does. We saw the impact thing I was excited to be a part of. And while I was able to paddleboard history exhibition. pollution has on our environment and the importance of use my science background in creating STEM (science, tech- keeping cigarette butts, glass and other debris off our nology, engineering and math) initiatives at the other two • The SMPA also partnered in June with the O’Neill beaches. I look forward to participating again.” non-profits, environmental science is my passion. There’s surf shop in Santa Monica. O’Neill donated 20% more of an age range in the population we educate here of all coupon sales on June 21st to the Aquarium. You can promote environmental responsibility and too, which means more diverse education opportunities. I Thanks to store manager Wendi Harrell and her strengthen your team by scheduling your own learn by doing, so I love the experiential education we offer staff for their support. Corporate Healer cleanup. at the Aquarium. 10 Visit healthebay.org/corporatehealer to learn more. 11 Thank You Thank You Bring Back the Beach Bay Champions you thank The following list represents gifts from Bring Back the Beach, 2012. The following list represents gifts from March 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.

thank you Major Sponsors Honorees Julia Roberts Cliff & Amy Gladstein Lawrence A. Hanson Foundation Anonymous and Danny Moder with $50,000 + Google Diane & J. Gary Hastings Mark & Debbie Attanasio Heal the Bay Executive California State Coastal Christopher Hordan Howard And Marilyn Holtz Matt & Kathleen Hart Director Karin Hall at Conservancy Helen Hunt Marion & Jon Hookstratten LAcarGUY Ray Dalio John Lamonica Sofie Howard Dan Moder Heal the Bay’s annual The Harold McAlister Charitable Mariposa Elementary Ashley & Scott Hunter benefit, Bring Back Foundation Erica Moore Chris Karkenny Aquadoption Robbin & Kenneth Morgan Linda & Michael Keston Patron Sponsors the Beach. Tracy Noborikawa Barry Landsberg Aquadoptions at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier $25,000 - $49,999 + Paul Revere Middle School James Loftus Aquarium are a great way to express a special connec- Bell Family Foundation Frank Perna Jr. Loyola Marymount University Joseph Drown Foundation Blue Donkey Foundation The Pillar Family Lucie Foundation tion with the marine life of Santa Monica Bay. The Ralphs/Food 4 Less Carollo Engineers/Noresco Pourtal LP Betty White Ludden Foundation Creative Artists Agency Roll Giving William Lynch Union Bank Foundation Gladstein, Neandross & Associates Gordon Seabury Wendie Malick Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof + Fisman LLP Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Alan Mangels Ethan Blaszkowski Emma Kata Hope & Grace $10,000 - $24,999 David Smith Prem Manjooran Julieta Bustillo-Beltran Kenny Ohara Horny Toad Southern California Coastal Water Thomas McGloin Liat & Chris Considine Bradshaw Parsons Jean & Stephen Kaplan Action Marketing Research Project Aimee & Michael Mitchell Kissick Family Foundation Ascenta Health Curtis Tamkin Carol & Jerry Muchin Houari Gracy Riley Pressman Gesso Foundation Loeb & Loeb, LLP Robert Tanahashi Meredith Murad Scott Greene Lana Schwartz MaCher Hauptman Family Foundation, Inc. The Ocean Foundation Jan & Larry Myers NBCUniversal Santa Monica Seafood The Walt Disney Company Sandra Naftzger & Jeff Dritley Henry Guske Eva Sigismondi ® Northrop Grumman Corporation simplehuman Foundation Navitat Canopy Adventures Jane Gutman Nico Talbott Brian O’Malley Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Community Support Jean Nunes SA Recycling Campaign O’Melveny and Myers LLP Dante Gutrecht Aleen Watson Shaw Environmental Paul Zimmerman Jimmy Peter Marita Johnson Emily Windlette Sketch Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Scott Zolke Jody & Thomas Priselac Southern California Gas Company California Coastal Commission Stephanie Medina Rodriguez astro Toyota Dealer Match Program c IBM The Rognlien Family Fund Turkish Airlines $500 - $999 Ruckus Enterprise Inc. To arrange your own Aquadoption, please visit

issa Macy’s Tom & Janet Unterman l Murad® Dan Sandel www.healthebay.org/aquadopt

me Anonymous (2) James Upchurch Whole Foods Market Ron Berry Santa Barbara Foundation US Renewables Group Squid & Squash Foundation Serena Sandino Jill & Robert Franz Montalba Architects, Inc. Santa Monica Emily Bresler & Thomas Kuhny Wells Fargo Capital Finance Alice Stein simplehuman® Kathy Freston Kathleen & William Mudd Jackson Browne Lisa Stewart Shane Traci Gallagher Craig Mueller Katrina & Kenneth Carlson Sarah & David Stoker Advocate Sponsors Tamara & Michael Tamburro Mary & George Garvey Sandra Naftzger & Jeff Dritley $1,000 - $4,999 Stephen Carroll In Honor Of Deborah Castleman The Zemeckis Charitable Anonymous Terranea Resort Anna Getty H. David Nahai Anonymous (2) Scott Cohen Foundation A wonderful way to make a holiday gift, commemorate AEG Sustainable Tetra Tech Inc. Maureen & Jack Gillespie Native Foods Cafe Associated Students University Virginia Czarnecki Unitarian Universalist Community Michael Allen The McGrath Abrams Family Foundation Monica Gilsanz Lisa Newman of California a special occasion, milestone or birthday for friends Cynthia Delpit Pat Walter Arcadis Union Bank Foundation Madelyn & Bruce Glickfeld Jerry Nickelsburg & Gwyn Quillen Lorena Barrientos & or family is to make a donation to Heal the Bay The Devereaux Family Water Ways Travel Belkin International US Airways Larry Gonzalez Palace Head Foundation Mark E. Merritt Donald Dickerson, M.D. M. Wallace Wolodarsky in their honor: Dayna & Steven Bochco West Basin Municipal Water District Jason S. & Patty Gordon Julie & Marc Platt Bel Air Bay Club Nancy & John Edwards Michael Zarneke Tatiana Botton Wojahn Brothers Eleanor & Mark Gottwald Mark E Pollack Melinda & Daniel Berman Ernst & Young Zouk Sherry Corday Darren McEvoy Barbara Boyle Green, Hasson & Janks, LLP Port of Los Angeles Patrice & William Brandt Carol & Russell Faucett John W. Carson Foundation Guthy-Renker Darla Postil Cars 4 Causes Freddy Cushnir Douglas Mochizuki Tickets and Teresa Ferguson & CDM Cyrus Hadidi Psomas Donald and Marie Carson corporate Ernest Scheyhing Ginger Gavigan Natalie Maines Pasdar CH2M HILL Contributions Lisa Hallaian Carolyn Ramsay & Andy Goodman Deborah & Daniel Clark Conrad Flanders healers Bob & Cori Davenport Dean Hallett Felicia Ann Rosenfeld & David Linde Cindy Crawford & Rande Gerber Drew Kaspers Jim and Kristi Purcell Anonymous (3) Audree Fowler Deckers Outdoor Corporation Jackie & Jim Hassett Jim & Lisa Schlager Nancy Cypert Creative Channel Services Andy Abowitt The Goldsmith Family Foundation Elise Kennedy Michael Rapino Delta Air Lines HDR Engineering Dora Seiffer Enterprise Rent-A-Car Paramount Pictures John Ahn Google Matching Gifts Dogeared Jewels & Gifts Jami & Klaus Heidegger Sharkeez The Fenton Family PwC US Nell Kerndt Claire Rappaport Anne Allegrette Whitney Green The Energy Coalition Larry Armstrong Amy Heinz Delgado Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc. Charitable Fund Sekisui Cindy Kratzer Jenny Schiff HO+K Interiors The Skoll Foundation Fox Entertainment Group Barry Gribbon Viacom, Inc. Four Seasons Resort - Maui Ascenta Health William Neal Lewis Judy Sher Fred Segal Cammie & Mark Bell Jason Holland Andree & Donald Smith The David Geffen Foundation Laura Berland-Shane J. Huttinger The Streisand Foundation Swampy Marsh Steve Starkey Mariel & John Joliet Studio PCH, LLC George Gina & Lucy Lynne & Bill Bermont Joe Mata Geosyntec Consultants Black & Veatch Corporation Jennifer Jones Yonat Swimmer HBO Tony Blain Susan Kastner Leslie & Terry Tamminen n May 17, 2012, Heal Houlihan, Lokey, Howard, and Zukin Carrie Braun Stewart Kim Mary Taylor Hudson Pacific Properties Sarah Brown Jill Lawrence & Paul Koplin Tobias Architecture, Inc. the Bay Board member Deborah Krakow Joseph & Sophie Uliano O IBM Greg Buscher In Memory Of Don & Kristy Kinsey Mark Cappellano KTLA5/Tribune Untitled Entertainment Barry Gribbon (pictured), KTLA5/Tribune Checchi Capital Advisors Scott LaPorta David Van Iderstine Donations have been made to Heal the Bay in memory Lautman Maska Neill & Company Jon Varnell Jennifer Malone and Homerun Larry Walker Associates Deborah & Daniel Clark of the following people who have recently passed away. Leeds Property Management Credit Suisse Sharon Lawrence Ashley & Nico Vilgiate Entertainment produced the Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Brad Hall Samuel Culbert & Rosella Forte Lear Family Foundation The Wall Group We at Heal the Bay extend our sympathies Malcolm Pirnie Inc. Stacy Dalgleish & Rob Weaver Adi Liberman Hope Warschaw ultimate fundraiser — our annual to the family and friends of: Malibu Associates, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Larry Delpit April & Brett Loncar Water Replenishment District of Metropolitan Water District of Southern CA Eric DeWitt Christy & Mike Lowe Southern California Bring Back the Beach gala. Montana Sporting Club Ian & Laurie Eddleston Marc Luzzatto Wavebreak, LLC Rose Miriam Grant Joseph Melchione MWH Americas Edison International Ali MacArthur Brian Webber We thank him and his team for Ken Gromberg Laura Olsher NRG Energy Malibu Country Mart Sara Weinstock Nancy & John Edwards Georjean Hargraves Donald Ronnie Kevin O’Brien Enitsu Engineering Inc. Deborah Marinoff Marcus Donald Wilkes the ongoing pro bono support Paramount Pictures Environmental Media Association (EMA) Valerie & Paul Mellinger Patricia Wilkes Rose Horton Richard O. Samore Diane Meyer Simon Kathy & Roger D. Willard they’ve demonstrated over the Paul Frank Industries Jennifer & Tom Everhart astro

c Fruma Landon Max Tinglof Pepperdine University Susan Feniger Oralia Michel Luann & Robert Williams The Foundations of the Milken Families Diane Wright years and for their commitment The Port of Long Beach issa

Fiona Hutton Associates, Inc. l Ted & Jacqueline Miller Richard Katz Consulting Inc. Debra Fletcher me to our mission. John Rocchio Sharon Fox Emery Molnar To dedicate a gift, please visit www.healthebay.org/dedicate 12 13 non-profit organization US POSTAGE PAID Santa Monica, CA. Permit # 385 1444 9th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 address service requested

Science Twilight Concert Series Adventure Camp at the Santa Monica Pier. Free Admission Sign-up kids ages 6 —12 . Featuring Best Coast for week-long or daily camp

and NO. session at our Sept. 6, 2012 Santa Monica Pier Aqarium. 7-10 p.m. Space is limited!

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A Day at the Beach Should Never . Make You Sick Get Your Water Quality Grades on the Go!

You’re invited to a special movie night to bene fit clean rivers, beaches and oceans. Join the push for a WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29: • Complimentary co cktails & Plastic Bag-Free hors d’oeuv res reception: 6 p.m. Future: • Film screenings: 8 p.m. Sponso red by healthebay.org/actionalerts Sundan ce Cinema s LOCATION: Sundan ce Sunset on Sunset Blvd. 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Holl ywoo d TICK ETS: $40 genera l $30 Heal the Bay members (100% of ticket sales to bene fit Heal the Bay)

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