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    <title><![CDATA[Surfrider Foundation Coastal Blog]]></title>
    <link>http://www.surfrider.org/</link>
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    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-05-14T21:49:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ventura Chapter Teams With City For Ocean Friendly Gardens Program Series]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/ventura-chapter-teams-with-city-for-ocean-friendly-gardens-program-series</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/ventura-chapter-teams-with-city-for-ocean-friendly-gardens-program-series</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Slightly overcast weather - perfect for working - greeted 30+ volunteers at an OFG Workday. The Workday was the next step in the OFG Series,]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Friendly Gardens, GAP,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T00:04:53+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawaii Becomes the First State in the U.S. to Ban Plastic Bags!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/hawaii-becomes-the-first-state-in-the-u.s.-to-ban-plastic-bags</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/hawaii-becomes-the-first-state-in-the-u.s.-to-ban-plastic-bags</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When the governor of Honolulu County signed into law the plastic bag ban last week that the County Council approved, Hawaii became the first state in the nation where every city and unincorporated area is covered by a plastic bag ban.  This was not done by the state legislature, but instead by all four County Councils - a great example of local activists and decision makers addressing the serious issue of plastic pollution.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics, Bag Bans,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-14T21:49:50+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will your reusable bag make you sick?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/will-your-reusable-bag-make-you-sick</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/will-your-reusable-bag-make-you-sick</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Nope – but any inanimate object could potentially carry a virus, germs, bacteria or mold.  A recent report from Oregon documented norovirus virus was transferred on a bag of groceries that was being kept in a hotel bathroom.  The report stressed that the carrier could be any inanimate object or surface so here are a few things to remember:]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics, Bag Bans,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-14T21:22:20+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast: Seismic Surveys Proposed for Energy Exploration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/atlantic-coast-seismic-surveys-proposed-for-energy-exploration</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/atlantic-coast-seismic-surveys-proposed-for-energy-exploration</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The federal government has proposed seismic surveys off the South and Mid-Atlantic coasts to assess potential oil & gas resources. Check out our Not the Answer page for information on how to take action by the May 30 comment deadline!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Ecosystems, Ocean Energy,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-10T22:17:14+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ma&#8217;alaea Saved]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/maalaea-saved</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/maalaea-saved</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Environmental campaigns are most often marathons, not sprints.  You have to be prepared to be in it for the long haul.  An extreme example of this is our Save Ma'alaea campaign, which has extended for over 20 years.  Ma'alaea, on the island of Maui, is home to a small boat harbor and also one of the fastest waves in the world.  In 1990 Surfrider Foundation joined with the Protect Ma'alaea Coalition and other groups to try to stop or modify plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expand the boat harbor. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Coastal Preservation, Shoreline Armoring, Ocean Ecosystems, Surf Protection,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T23:10:39+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why I Support the National Ocean Policy (And You Should Too)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/why-i-support-the-national-ocean-policy-and-so-should-you</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/why-i-support-the-national-ocean-policy-and-so-should-you</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite a lack of support from congress, the National Ocean Policy is taking hold in states and regions across the country. It's now time for the federal government to match the efforts being made on the ground.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Ecosystems,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T17:21:40+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Another Beachfill Botched!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/another-beachfill-botched</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/another-beachfill-botched</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In trying to remedy one problem of beachfill, steep and dangerous beaches, the Army Corps has created another problem; a beach full of rocks in Cape May, NJ.  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Coastal Preservation, Beach Dredge & Fill,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-02T15:02:30+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Surfrider Taking Action on Toxic Dispersants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/surfrider-taking-action-on-toxic-dispersants</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/surfrider-taking-action-on-toxic-dispersants</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, EPA still hasn't studied the effects of toxic chemical dispersants on water quality and wildlife.  Surfrider Foundation, Center for Bioligical Diversity and Pacific Environment filed suit today to challenge the authorization of such chemicals in oil spill response plans.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Legal,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T16:13:08+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Surfrider Foundation Sues Maui County Over Illegal Sewage Discharges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/surfrider-foundation-sues-maui-county-over-illegal-sewage-discharges</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/surfrider-foundation-sues-maui-county-over-illegal-sewage-discharges</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Surfrider Foundation, Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, and West Maui Preservation Association, represented by Earthjustice, sued the County of Maui today for federal Clean Water Act violations leading to contamination of nearshore waters from the Lahaina wastewater facility injection wells.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Legal,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-16T21:57:30+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Danger: Stay out of the Water!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/danger-stay-out-of-the-water</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/danger-stay-out-of-the-water</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Read this press release by Santa Monica High School students after they measured alarmingly high bacteria levels at their ocean beach BWTF testing sites following heavy rains last week.  These students continue to do a great job bringing public attention to local beach pollution problems.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Blue Water Task Force, Youth, Water Quality,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-13T20:02:13+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Phone In To Help Hawaii Reduce Plastic Bag Pollution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/HI-bag-bill</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/HI-bag-bill</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Hawaii stands poised to pass the nation's first statewide Bag Bill (HB2483). The bill would reduce the consumption of single-use plastic and paper bags through a small fee, and revenues from the fees would help fund watershed protection. Over the last four years, the coalition of supporters has grown to include the Governor, the heads of many government agencies, environmental groups, retailers, grocery stores, schools and thousands of people like you. Although the bill has passed through the Senate and the House, certain House leaders are still blocking the measure. So we need folks to call and let them know that this bill has broad support across Hawaii and the country.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics, Bag Bans,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T17:47:19+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Restoring Clean Water and Natural Ecosystems in Ventura, CA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/restoring-clean-water-and-natural-ecosystems-in-ventura-ca</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/restoring-clean-water-and-natural-ecosystems-in-ventura-ca</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past two decades the Ventura Chapter has been working on integrated solutions to the problems that face our ocean, waves, and beaches.  Learn more about the many programs and campaigns they are leading to protect and restore water quality, water supply and watershed function in the Ventura River watershed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Know Your H20, Low Impact Development, Ocean Friendly Gardens, Water Quality,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-10T19:17:08+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ocean Frontiers Film Opens to Rave Reviews]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/ocean-frontiers-film-opens-to-rave-reviews</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/ocean-frontiers-film-opens-to-rave-reviews</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new documentary spotlights ocean stewardship efforts across the country, and offers a vision for implementing our National Ocean Policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Ecosystems,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-08T21:54:01+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics Goes Global]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/rise-above-plastics-goes-global</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/rise-above-plastics-goes-global</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Surfrider's Rise Above Plastics program started on the West Coast, has made an impact in coastal communities across the U.S. and now reaches to Europe and beyond.  Surfrider’s Europe flagship event “Ocean Initiatives” held it's opening weekend from March 22 to March 25.  The “Ocean Initiatives” are an awareness program highlighting the issue of marine litter combined with cleanups operations.  This year “Ocean Initiatives” highlights the Rise Above Plastics program through educational and communication tools.  
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T23:49:09+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fire Station&#8217;s Ocean Friendly Garden: Indoor &amp; Outdoor Classroom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/fire-station-ocean-friendly-garden-good-outdoor-classroom</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/fire-station-ocean-friendly-garden-good-outdoor-classroom</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Surfrider partners with an LA-based water district to fund ten public demonstration Ocean Friendly Gardens. In Los Angeles, Fire Station 171 holds a class and then goes out to the garden for show-and-tell at the new Ocean Friendly Garden built at their station.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Friendly Gardens, Basic Class,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-04T03:20:05+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peter Douglas 1942 -2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/peter-douglas-1942-2012</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/peter-douglas-1942-2012</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness that we report the passing of a legendary advocate of coastal protection in California and beyond. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Coastal Preservation,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T19:41:50+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brown Water Advisory on Kaua&#8217;i]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/brown-water-advisory-on-kauai</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/brown-water-advisory-on-kauai</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Kaua'i BWTF released results of their post-storm water testing in their local newspaper.   This Chapter has done a very good job of raising community awareness of their testing program and local water pollution issues.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Blue Water Task Force,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T17:33:06+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Week In Review: Videos and Kickstarter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/week-in-review-videos-and-kickstarter</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/week-in-review-videos-and-kickstarter</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This past week saw some great plastic pollution awareness videos making the rounds along with a couple of Kickstarter plastic pollution projects worth mentioning.  Not familiar with Kickstarter?  Kickstarter is a funding platform made especially for creative projects with a clear goal that will eventually be completed, and something will be produced by it.  Read on for more info.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-30T16:24:00+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senators request funding for water quality monitoring]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/a-call-to-the-senate-to-restore-funding-for-water-quality-monitoring</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/a-call-to-the-senate-to-restore-funding-for-water-quality-monitoring</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to your calls, tweets and emails and the hard work of our partners at Heal the Bay, Clean Ocean Action, NRDC, Surfers Environmental Alliance and the Waterkeeper Alliance, we were able to get 18 Senators to join Senator Lautenberg to request that the federal funding for water quality monitoring is restored.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Blue Water Task Force, Water Quality,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T23:47:28+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Great Student Urban Runoff Videos]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/great-student-urban-runoff-videos</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/great-student-urban-runoff-videos</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We love receiving videos from students who understand the connection between what we do on land and how it affects the ocean.  Here is a "First Flush" video from "Team Marine" at Santa Monica High School and an Urban Runoff video from the "Green Team" at Hughes Middle School in Long Beach, CA.  Way to go kids!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Blue Water Task Force, Youth, Water Quality,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T20:10:50+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Is the Monetary Value of a Healthy Ocean?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/what-is-the-monetary-value-of-a-healthy-ocean</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/what-is-the-monetary-value-of-a-healthy-ocean</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2012) — Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is a co-editor of "Valuing the Ocean" a major new study by an international team of scientists and economists that attempts to measure the ocean's monetary value and to tally the costs and savings associated with human decisions affecting ocean health.
The study estimates that if human impacts on the ocean continue unabated, declines in ocean health and services will cost the global economy $428 billion per year by 2050, and $1.979 trillion per year by 2100. Alternatively, steps to reduce these impacts could save more than a trillion dollars per year by 2100, reducing the cost of human impacts to $612 billion.
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Ecosystems,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T12:29:24+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Superior Court Upholds Los Angeles County Bag Ban]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/superior-court-upholds-los-angeles-county-bag-ban</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/superior-court-upholds-los-angeles-county-bag-ban</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing today, Judge James C. Chalfant upheld the County of Los Angeles ordinance to impose a single-use plastic bag ban with a 10-cent fee on paper bags.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Legal, Rise Above Plastics, Bag Bans,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-24T00:12:22+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blue Water Task Force 2011 Annual Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/blue-water-task-force-2011-annual-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/blue-water-task-force-2011-annual-report</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This World Water Day, the Surfrider Foundation and partner Emergen-C Blue issued the Blue Water Task Force Annual Report to share water quality testing results from the Foundation’s volunteer-run testing labs. Download the report to read the full results.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Blue Water Task Force,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T17:51:05+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Happy World Water Day!&nbsp; What&#8217;s It To You?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/happy-world-water-day-whats-it-to-you</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/happy-world-water-day-whats-it-to-you</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is World Water Day!  Founded in 1993 by the United Nations, this global observance highlights the need for the care and management of the world’s water resources. This year’s theme, “Water and Food Security” seeks to highlight the relationship between water and global food supplies.  When I think of World Water Day I think of the global water bottle epidemic and plastic pollution it has spawned.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T16:01:16+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Teach Kids About Plastic with a Hands-On Sand Dig &amp; Scavenger Hunt!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/teach-kids-about-plastic-with-a-hands-on-sand-dig-scavenger-hunt</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/teach-kids-about-plastic-with-a-hands-on-sand-dig-scavenger-hunt</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A few years ago the Portland Chapter was asked to attend the Portland Children’s Clean Water Festival, where over 1,400 kids come and learn all about water in one day! With hundreds of other booths and games to play, I was going to have to make something fun, engaging and special to get 1,400 kids to come to our booth and really learn about plastics in our water, on our beaches and what they can do in their own lives to help decrease it!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-20T16:11:38+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting some of Oregon&#8217;s Special Places]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/protecting-some-of-oregons-special-places</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/protecting-some-of-oregons-special-places</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Ecosystems, Marine Protected Areas,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-19T22:07:10+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 Steps to Fund Water Quality Monitoring]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/3-steps-to-fund-water-quality-monitoring</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/3-steps-to-fund-water-quality-monitoring</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We have an opportunity this week (March 19th) to urge our Senators to support New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg in asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for water quality monitoring. Here are the 3 easy steps to encourage your Senator to join him.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Water Quality, Illness,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-19T16:43:55+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s Restore the Gulf!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/lets-restore-the-gulf</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/lets-restore-the-gulf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Senate has passed a bill to help restore the Gulf of Mexico using revenue from fines collected from the BP oil spill. The measure will next be considered by the House of Representatives. Thanks to all of you who have taken action so far!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Ocean Ecosystems,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-17T17:54:25+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics this St. Patricks Day!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/rise-above-plastics-this-st.-patricks-day</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/rise-above-plastics-this-st.-patricks-day</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[St. Patrick's Day is a festive time for many people and a perfect day to truly be green.  Leave the dye out of the river, but bring out the green clothes for sure.  On the plastics front, leave the disposable items at home when you go to the local parade.  Think of it as a visit to the beach or park - pack in and pack out.  Sure, there will probably be trash/recycle cans, but litter blows and could fly away, especially if bins are overflowing.  Here's something else to consider: floating plastic widgets in your beer can, which are often found in Irish stouts.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rise Above Plastics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T18:54:29+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Help Celebrate the Clean Water Act&#8217;s 40th Anniversary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/help-celebrate-the-clean-water-acts-40th-anniversary</link>
      <guid>http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/help-celebrate-the-clean-water-acts-40th-anniversary</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Clean Water Act was signed into law 40 years ago.  Here are 5 things you can do to help celebrate the CWA's 40th anniversary.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Water Quality,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-14T15:32:59+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Surfrider Foundation</dc:creator>
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