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Coastal Cleanup at the Sat. Sept.17,2011

I was so glad to see lots of people, big and small  turn up this morning to clean Alameda beach. From the girl scouts,Rotary club, Christian churches,
and Buddhist monks to every day beachcombers and residents
of Alameda, people scoured the beach for debris. This of course made me very happy since this is a huge pet peeve of mine, so I rejoiced in the sight of the "coastal clean up troops". This is the garbage that I found in a very short time:
3 empty plastic crack bags, straws, tee shirt, Mc Donald's cups,
Starbucks cups, diaper, and a load of horse dung, no shit, there
it was as biodegradable as it is, hay and all,  it looked nasty!
So I had a picker and removed it.  It could have  been a police
or park ranger's horse and I want to get my ticket book out and
cite them for littering.  Big horse turds should be worth at least $100.00
for the crap!
Ok since the regional park rangers are cool people I will let them get a free gallop this  time on the beach.....but next time, pooper scooper please! Along with plastic bags gloves, and pickers the East Bay Regional Park  gave out free embroidered patches, little cardboard license plates,granola bars, and beverages.  I like that it said"Coastal Cleanup I helped"...
I clean this beach on my own....and today, I had the community.
It is great to have the kids there so they see the litter on the beach and learn and understand good stewardship of the coast and the land.

 


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