On Saturday June 13th, we had a BBQ to celebrate the Storm Drain marking at Battlerock beach park in Port Orford. If visitors were willing to listen to a quick spiel about surface water runoff, they were rewarded with locally caught fresh fish, bratts and hotdogs! The BBQ ran from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and we served at least 30 people. A big thanks to the Eagle III crew who caught the halibut and deep water red and to Aaron Longton for the highly coveted salmon! Thank you to our cooks for feeding our hungry visitors (Charlie with the dogs and bratts and Darrell with the fish)! Thanks for all your good work Briana. To see Briana's pictures of the painting and the BBQ visit :

http://picasaweb.google.com/oceanresourceteam/BattleRockStormdrainPainting#

The Curry County Organizing Committee for Surfrider Foundation has teamed up with the Port Orford Ocean Resource Team, Borders Perrin Norrander Inc. (BPN) to do the first installation (hopefully in a series in Oregon) of BPN's stormdrain art concept.

Meet the artist and installation: Saturday June 13th - All Day

Everyone marks stormdrains, but how often do people really connect the message on those little markers with the ocean's creatures as they pass by...we're hoping we have a viral idea here and the video production to follow will hopefully challenge other communities elsewhere to take on similar projects. Great concept BPN, thanks for your partnership on this!

The South Coast Organizers of Surfrider Foundation have been steaming away on a partnership with the city of Port Orford to update stormwater ordinances and doing outreach for the Port Orford Stewardship Area Project. The stormwater project, initiated through a DLCD grant and the efforts of local members and the Port Orford Ocean Resource Team, will build upon best management practices for stormwater and strengthen the current city ordinances and planning for non-point source pollution. Additionally, the Port Orford Water Festival held in May, was a huge success thanks to the amazing organizing efforts of Briana Goodwin. The event turned out over 300 individuals and over 150 kids from the local school district (which only has 175 students!). Click on the video at right to see highlights! The event's success was also due to the collaborative efforts of local non-profit and agency partners. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Coast Watershed Councils, Soil and Water Conservation District, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology and too many others to name them all! Great work by all the efforts from lead south coast organizer Dave Lacey...from beach cleanups to screenings of politics of Sand and Junkride, Dave's been keeping the Surfrider stoke alive on the south coast with volunteer opportunities and great events.

We had a great South Jetty Beach Cleanup on last Saturday the 24th. It was a little chilly, but the group managed to pick up two truck loads of garbage and recycling! Kudos to Zak, Stormy, Rob, Dave and Greg with a little late moral support from Gib and Ezra. Special thanks to SOLV for the garbage bags, the State Parks for taking one load of garbage and CTR for a 20% discount on the rest of the garbage and recycling. It's volunteers like you that help make this world a better place, thanks again!

- Dave Lacey

Big Kudos to all who participated in the invasive removal project down in Port Orford last month before the holidays. Check out some of the videos online from this great event at the links below the picture. http://oregonsurfrider.ning.com/video/hubbard-creek-invasive-plant and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhqyT6ouww.

Congratulations to the Siuslaw Organizers for an extraordinary event kicking off their charter! In the coming weeks the Surfrider Foundation's Board of Directors will be meeting and hopefully approving the charter request. Great work by all organizing members, especially the newly elected executive committee: John Tipple, Gus Gates, Richard Palmer, Brittany Getz and Ian and Heidi Jarman! With a fresh strategic plan and a Blue Water Task Force program on the way, the makings for a great chapter are in the works! Welcome to the Surfrider Foundation Chapter Network gang! Pictured at right is Gus Gates, delivering a welcome to the crowd at the End of Summer Bash.