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2008 Coordinator for Monterey County

To participate, please contact the coordinator listed below, use the online registration form, or just show up at a drop-in site at 9am on Saturday, September 20th. Thank you for helping out with the 24th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day! See you at the beach (or river, or lake, or creek...).

California State Parks
Jill Poudrette
(831) 649-2980
jpoudrette@parks.ca.gov
www.parks.ca.gov/montereycoastalcleanup

              *Register online with California State Parks* or just show up at one of the following drop-in sites:

Drop-in Sites:

  • Moss Landing State Beach
    Meet in the parking lot off Jetty Road in Moss Landing off Highway 1.

  • Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Meet at Kirby Park on Elkhorn Road and wear good shoes.

  • Salinas River State Beach at Sandholt Road in Moss Landing
    Off Highway 1, Moss Landing Road to Sandholt Road check-in at the State Beach parking lot. Site sponsored by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

  • Upper Carr Lake in Salinas
    E. Laurel between Constitution & Sanborn in Salinas. Sponsored by Return of the Natives.

  • Marina State Beach at Lake Drive
    At the end of Lake Drive off Reservation Road in Marina; Steep dune trail to get to beach.

  • Sand City Beach at Bay Street/Tioga Avenue off Sand Dunes Drive in Seaside
    Sponsored by Monterey Regional Park District. The city of Sand City will provide refreshments for volunteers.

  • Seaside State Beach
    The park is located at the Seaside exit off Highway 218, west of Highway 1. Sponsored by Camp SEA Lab and Starbucks, who will be providing refreshments.

  • Del Monte Beach
    Check in at Municipal Wharf #2. Parking Passes available.

  • Kayak Cleanup at Monterey Bay
    Meet at Monterey Bay Kayaks (in Monterey, Del Monte Ave. to Old Fisherman's Wharf).

  • Heritage Harbor Beach
    This is the small beach to the left of Fisherman's Wharf. Parking passes available.

  • Lover's Point beach in Pacific Grove
    Check in at Lover's Point Park.

  • Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove
    Asilomar State Beach is adjacent to Sunset Drive in Pacific Grove. Sponsored by Surfrider Monterey and Fort Ord BLM.

  • Carmel Beach in Carmel
    Check in at the beach entrance, end of Ocean Avenue.

  • Big Sur - Various Pullouts Along Highway One
    Meet at Andrew Molera State Park at 9am - Park is 20 miles south of Carmel on Highway 1. This cleanup event is sponsored by the Ventana Wildlife Society. Cleaning up the highway pullouts helps Big Sur's California condors!

  • Andrew Molera State Park in Big Sur
    Meet at the parking lot at 9am and walk to the beach. Park is 20 miles south of Carmel on Highway 1.

  • Arroyo Seco River
    Meet at the Arroyo Seco Campground in the Los Padres National Forest. Sign in at the day-use area - fee will be waived. Bring sunscreen, good shoes, swimsuit for crossing river (optional), and mask and snorkel for under-river cleaning (optional).
    Directions: From Highway 101 north, exit at Arroyo Seco road near the city of Greenfield and proceed 16.2 miles to the junction of Carmel Valley Road and Arroyo Seco Road and bear left; the sign at the junction says "Public Campground." Follow the road 3.4 miles to the campground. From Highway 101 south, south exit at Arroyo Seco road and make an IMMEDIATE LEFT at Elm Avenue. (If you get to the "Entering Greenfield" sign you have passed the left turn.) Follow Elm Street for 6 miles and turn left at the "T" onto Arroyo Seco Road. Proceed 6.5 miles along Arroyo Seco Road to the junction with Carmel Valley Road and bear left; the sign at the junction says "Public Campground." Follow the road 3.4 miles to the campground.






Please fill out the following form as completely as you can and click the Register button. California State Parks will contact you. Thank you for helping out on California Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday, September 20, 2008.


Name:
    

Email Address:
    

Phone Number:
    

Number of People in Your Group:
    

Preferred Cleanup Location:
    

Comments or Questions:
    




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