Thursday, March 26, 2009
Clean your Beach and Feel the Positive Vibrations!
Siuslaw Chapter and Florence citizens, its time to get your cleanup groove on! Your beach doesn't clean itself, so show a little respect and have a little fun with the Siuslaw chapter volunteers at the South Jetty, starting at Parking lot #1, this Saturday, March 28th from 10:00am-1:00pm. SOLV's specatacular statewide beach cleanup event only happens twice a year, so carpe diem my beach loving friends and get involved! Additionally, Newport and Portland Chapters are taking the lead on zones 2 and 7 for event happening up and down the entire Oregon Coast! Additionally zone captain chapters are helping sponsor the event giving away 500 reusable bags for volunteers participating in Surfrider captained beach cleanup zones. Other chapters and Surfrider members are pitching in by captaining 8 different beaches from Clatsop to Curry Counties! Come out and pitch in to help keep Oregon's beaches the cleanest! www.solv.org/programs/beach_cleanup_zone.asp
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Water testing is underway
The Siuslaw Chapter has started collecting water samples for testing at the South jetty, North jetty, the Siuslaw river and, the Heceta beach drainage near Driftwood shores. Larry Brammer designed and built the device that attaches to a fishing pole to hold the water sample bottles when collecting water from the ocean, good job Larry. We have the samples tested at the Siuslaw Watershed Council Lab in Mapleton. This all takes place the 3rd tuesday of every month, and soon we'll be posting the results.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Adopt a Hwy, Siuslaw Chapter Surfrider Foundation signs are up.
March 13th 2009, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) installed our Adopt a Hwy, Siuslaw Chapter Surfrider Foundation signs @ mp. 176 Washburn State Park entrance and mp. 174 Ocean Beach Wayside Park on Hwy 101 between Florence and Yachats. This marks the beginning of our partnership with ODOT to keep this 2-mile stretch of the Oregon Coast State Hwy clean, and to help raise people's awareness that trash on the Hwy ends up up on the beach and eventually into the ocean.
Ocean Issues Community Forum
The Siuslaw Watershed Council will be holding a Community Forum on Ocean Issues Wednesday, March 25th at 6pm in the Florence Events Center. This informational event will include an update on the Oregon Marine Reserve process, overview of the West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health, and presentations of various perspectives on Alternative Ocean Energy. Following the presentations there will be a panel discussion including all of the speakers, questions will be taken from the audience via notecards. This event is supported by a generous contribution from the Siuslaw Chapter of Surfrider Foundation. Please mark your calendars, tell your friends, and plan on attending this important event. For more information, see the link below. To volunteer at the event by helping with informational tabling, contact Volunteer Coordinator Jon Tipple at jonandjaine@bmi.netSWC_Ocean Issues Community Forum.doc
