Coastal Blog — Blue Water Task Force
May 05 2011
Flexing Our New Website to Engage - Newport, Oregon
Blue Water Task Force Partnerships Youth
The Newport, Oregon Chapter is working on an Ocean’s Today Kiosk, that will live at the Oregon Coast Aquarium with nearly 1 million visitors per year. The kiosk will rotate screens about the local BWTF program, it has QR codes embedded for visitors to link directly to our website, learn…
April 15 2011
Teach and Test at the LA County Science Fair
Today student leaders from Santa Monica High School's Teach and Test program exhibited at the Los Angeles County Science Fair.
April 14 2011
One Year Later - Still Oil in the Sand
Blue Water Task Force Water Quality Oil Spill
Surfrider volunteers recently conducted testing for oil and dispersants in the sand at Dune Allen Beach in Florida. The volunteers used a special ultraviolet light which revealed veins of what has been termed a “crude/Corexit compound” in the sand. Surfrider Foundation will communicate their findings and methods with BP to…
April 06 2011
Testing Gulf Beaches for Oil and Dispersants
Blue Water Task Force Water Quality Oil Spill
Check out these videos describing the Emerald Coast Chapter's new venture testing beach sand for oil and dispersant contamination using UV light.
March 30 2011
Blue Water Task Force on Kaua’i
The Kaua'i Chapter tests local beaches and rivers for bacteria and has been doing a great job of communicating their results and what they may indicate to the local community. They have also been trying to get the State to test more beaches themselves and improve public notification of pollution…
March 17 2011
Emergency Beach Clean-ups in NH to Remove Wastewater Treatment Disks
February 22 2011
Monitoring Gulf Beaches for Oil and Dispersants
February 07 2011
Santa Monica High School Press Release & Data Displays
November 04 2010
Oceans 2030: Youth Outlook, A photo, video & artwork contest
November 03 2010
Combined Sewer Overflows Continue to Plague the Olympic Peninsula
October 27 2010
Beach Monitoring in CA Survives Budget Cuts for 1 More Year
October 13 2010
Surfrider Europe Investigates Plastic Debris on Atlantic Beaches
October 05 2010
Beach monitoring in CA suffers from budget cuts: Part 2
September 03 2010
