What if I told you last year there were 2,412,151 cigarette butts or 1,739743 food wrappers all collected from cleanups. Shocking, right? Well here’s one more: enough balloons were collected to lift a according to Ocean Conservancy in 2017. All that trash would still be on the if people like you didn’t help. This year International Coastal Cleanup is Saturday, September 15, 2018. There are cleanups taking place all over the world; many in Sonoma County. So, choose your beach or river and come out and make a difference. Let’s try and get all the trash out before the rains come. If you cannot make the September 15th cleanup there are other ongoing/monthly events throughout the county.

City of Santa Rosa- 34th Roseland Action Adopt-A-Beach Coastwalk- Riverkeeper Laguna de Annual Sonoma County Creek Oct 27 at 10am The Coastal Commission® runs a year- Coastal Clean-up Day 31st Annual Russian River Santa Rosa to Clean Up Santa Rosa, Meet at: 1683 Burbank Ave round cleanup program called Adopt- Sept 15th 9am-12pm Watershed Cleanup Foundation Sept 15th 9:30-12 (Roseland Creek Elementary School) A-Beach®. Help us keep the California coast debris-free all year long. Register at: www.coastwalk.org Sept 15th 8am-1pm The Great Santa Rosa Roseland Creek Clean up and also a Cleanup 9-12 and Volunteer Roseland Neighbor Wood cleanup. Info: www.coastal.ca.gov Register at: russianrivercleanup.org Laguna Cleanup 1698 Hazel Street (Olive Park Footbridge) Appreciation Picnic on the coast from We will be working along the creek Russian Riverkeeper will be organizing (Part of Coastal Keep the beaches clean! Join the 34rd 1-3 (details and tickets for the picnic between 1370 Burbank Ave. and 1400 and conducting cleanup operations on Cleanup Day) Annual Sonoma County Creek to Coast Sunscreen Park-A-Month Volunteer provided to registered volunteers the Russian River from Ukiah to Monte Cleanup. Santa Rosa’s 100 miles of Burbank Ave. There will be refreshments Program when you show up at the clean-up Sept 15th 9am-12pm and we are joining with the Community Hat Rio. Last year over 450 volunteers turned Sebastopol creeks flow to the Russian River and Santa Rosa site) Volunteers MUST pre-register at out for RRWCU, and this year we predict then out to the Pacific Ocean. Up to 80 Action Partnership group doing the Closed-toe shoes coastwalk.org/coastal-cleanup-day/ Register at: Community Involvement efforts in 9am - 12, rain or shine. a robust turnout. We look forward to lagunafoundation.org % of ocean debris originates from land- Water Bottle 2nd Saturday of the month. The Park- where you find out the exact location having your help again for the 31st annual based sources. Gloves, tools, and snacks Roseland as well as the Southwest Area Location- 200 Morris Street Health Action Team. Info. 707-575-5549 Gloves A-Month Volunteer Program offers fun, of every beach clean-up, register to running of this important event. Lets get Priscilla the fish is made out of trash provided. (ages 5 and up) volunteer at one of those locations (Americorps Trailhead between Laguna family-friendly events where residents as much trash out of the river before the Parkway and McKinley Streets (next collected from the ocean and beaches. Dress in layers can make a difference in their parks. or choose and register for an inland rains come and take it out to our ocean! to The Barlow). There is parking along Designed by Angela Haseltine Pozzi. Sonoma Coast Surfrider Beach Change of clothing Sept. 8, South Davis Park waterway clean-up location River Cleanup Schedule If you have a group larger than 10 or Morris Street. Visit: washedashore.org to see more. Clean Up Light snacks Oct. 13, Steele Lane Park need more information please contact us 8:00 – Leaders arrive to help set up. Pull on gloves and grab a bucket to pick Sept 3rd 11am-2pm Nov. 10, Steele Lane Community Center at [email protected] 8:15 – Leader meeting up trash along the Laguna! Help us Dec. 8, Bennett Valley Senior Center 8:30 – Participants start to arrive/ cleanup the Laguna Wetlands Preserve www.srcity.org/parkamonth. Beaches to choose from Sonoma Ecology Center North Salmon Creek Beach Leaders start to sign in participants before the rain starts falling and washes Sept 15th 9am-12pm 707-543-3279 [email protected] (North to South) 9:00 – Team Leaders meet with their trash into our waterways and ocean. Look for the Surfrider canopy in the City Of Santa Rosa and Clean Gualala Regional Park- groups; safety and logistics orientation Laguna Foundation Staff and Guides will Sonoma North Salmon Creek parking lot, located River Alliance Laguna Stewardship Days 42401 CA-1, Gualala 9:15 – All volunteers have departed for also provide a dynamic and engaging Register through Coastwalk 0.3 miles south of 3095 Highway 1 The City of Santa Rosa Creek Stewardship Sept. – May. 9 am - Noon Russian Gulch- their assigned beaches or canoe routes educational component to the workday. www.coastwalk.org Help us remove marine debris and Program conducts this monthly cleanups Volunteers assist in willow sprigging, 18794 Shoreline Hwy, Jenner 12:00 – 3:00 All team leaders have Info. 707- 527-9277 ext. 101 Email: brent@ Please join us at locations throughout garbage from the beach-every piece - removed is saving coastal and ocean exotic plant removal, native plant and checked in, all supplies and volunteers lagunafoundation.org Sonoma Valley for the local cleanup of Sept 1st 10am-12pm tree planting, trails construction and Salmon Creek Jenner, Jenner are accounted for the headwaters of our coastal streams. wildlife. NO DOGS. Please bring a First Saturday Cleanup Blind Beach maintenance, and restoration project - Goat Rock Rd, Jenner 12:00 – ? Trash is now collected and We will be providing the latex gloves/ bucket if you can, some work gloves, and Santa Rosa Creek, Prince Memorial Shell Beach EXPERT river paddlers monitoring. Training is provided. Snacks - Bodega Bay sorted. Trash is hauled off to landfill work gloves and trash claws. Feel free dress appropriately; closed toe shoes and Greenway Meet at Olive Park Wright’s Beach are on us, but do bring gloves, water, - 7095 CA-1, Bodega Bay and tonnages are recorded to bring plastic bags you may have (to a windbreaker always a smart choice. on The Russian River Cleanup Day 105 Orange St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Duncan’s Landing and a friend! No RSVP required. For - Bodega Bay collect garbage) Ecology Center will Don’t forget your reusable water bottle. Portuguese Beach Check In Locations: Sept 1st 10am-1pm locations and more information contact - Bodega Bay provide more bags. Young children We supply latex gloves, pick-up sticks, Schoolhouse Beach North Ukiah- yet to be determined First Saturday cleanup at Salmon Creek Brent Reed, 707-527-9277 x.101 - Bodega Bay must be accompanied by an adult. buckets, and stoke! Info. Sarah Heyne ONGOING PROGRAMS Salmon Creek see russianrivercleanup.org Beach. Info: Keary & Sally Sorenson or [email protected] - 3095 CA-1, Bodega Bay The Sonoma For more info on Coastal [email protected] South Salmon Creek Cloverdale- 490 East First Street [email protected] www.lagunafoundation.org - Cleanup Day in Sonoma Valley contact Salmon Creek, Jenner Healdsburg/Windsor- 13100 Healdsburg Sept 15th 9:30-12pm Avenue (Park & Ride, Healdsburg Ave/ Patrick Willis 707-996-0712 ext. 126 or at Clean River Alliance Stewards of the Coast and Bodega Dunes- Salmon Creek, Jenner Third Saturday Cleanup Santa Rosa School Yard Clean Up Grant Ave) Healdsburg [email protected] Redwoods Campbell Cove- Bodega Bay Sept 15th 9:30am-12 Creek, Prince Memorial Greenway Meet Steelhead Beach- Fryer Creek- 477 WestNapa, Sonoma Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods is Want your students to participate in - Bodega Bay Santa Rosa at Prince Memorial at Olive Park 9000 River Road, Forestville (Safeway’s back parking lot) involved in many stewardship projects. Coastal Cleanup Day but can’t get them Bird Walk Coastal Access- Greenway Meet at Olive Park 105 Orange St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Guerneville/Johnson’s Beach- Nathanson Creek- E. MacArthur We encourage new volunteers to attend out on a field trip to a beach or local 355 CA-1, Bodega Bay and 2nd St. East, Sonoma (125 East 105 Orange St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 This cleanup is in connection with waterway? Want to show them that (FULL) Doran Regional Park 16320 Church Street, Guerneville one of the three orientations for new - MacArthur St. for reference- Nathanson The City of Santa Rosa Creek Watershed Cleanup Day. Info: srcity.org environmentally responsible behavior 201 Doran Beach Rd, Bodega Bay Monte Rio Beach- A cleanup crew removing trash Stewardship Program will be conducting or returning volunteers and education 20488 CA-116, Monte Rio Preserve Demo Garden) seminars that cover their areas of interest. Sept 23, 10am-12pm can begin at their school and in their Pinnacle Gulch Beach- and other debris this cleanup in connection with own neighborhood? You can organize a Bodega Bay Watershed Cleanup Day. Help take Opportunities include: Last Sunday Cleanup, a roving monthly Fall Petaluma River Cleanup cleanup on locations throughout the Schoolyard Cleanup and accomplish all Estero Americano- Bodega Bay Sonoma County Regional Parks care of Santa Rosa Creek in the heart Armstrong/Austin Creek Trail Crew of these goals. Info: www.coastal.ca.gov Sept 15th – 9am-12pm Sept 15th 9am-12pm of downtown. The Greenway provides Sonoma Coast Trail Crew Russian River watershed. Location TBA. Petaluma at Steamer Landing Park Be a part of an international movement a home for river otter, kingfishers, Earth Day Cleanup Oct 6th 10am-12pm Register at: friendsofthepetalumariver.org with millions of people who have steelhead trout as well as parks, public Fife Creek Restoration First Saturday Cleanup Help stop inland pollution before it joined world’s biggest volunteer effort art, and recreation. Willow Creek Restoration Santa Rosa Creek, Prince Memorial Use mulch and vegetation to hold water in . reaches our and ocean. We’ll start to protect our oceans. You can make a Info. www.firstsaturdaycleanup.org Info. Sarah Angulo 707-869-9177 ext 5. Greenway Meet at Olive Park the day with snacks, equipment check-out difference locally by removing trash 105 Orange St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 According to Ocean Conservancy Sweep or rake grass and leaves. and a brief safety talk and welcome. Then from beaches, rivers, and creeks that Oct 20th 10am-12pm Mulch and compost grass clippings and leaves. we’ll head out to 16 different locations you love with Regional Parks and other Colgan Creek Volunteer Days (ages 8+) 56 Toilets Keep paved surfaces to a minimum. along the River and its tributaries to help partners for the annual California Elsie Allen High School: 599 Bellevue 8 microwaves improve water quality and protect . Coastal Cleanup. Ave, Santa Rosa 15 Brooms Capture water runoff in rain barrels. Friends will provide a BBQ with live This year, we’ll be at Oct 27 9:30-11:30am music, educational activities and a raffle Doran Regional Park 5 Sel e Sticks Wash your car on a water-permeable surface. Flat Rock Park Volunteer Days (ages 8+) for volunteers at noon. Contact Stephanie Steelhead Beach Regional Park 4 Drones Keep chemicals away from storm drains. Bastianon with questions, 707-763-7756 or Sunset Beach River Park Flat Rock Footbridge: 4227 Flat Rock [email protected] Maxwell Farms Regional Park Circle, Santa Rosa 2 Typewriters Collect your pet’s waste. Larson Park Info: [email protected] 1 Piano Aim your rain-gutter downspouts onto a swale. Gualala Point Regional Park Info. John Ryan at (707) 565-3356

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