Cleanups To Date

40th Annual Coastal Clean-Up Day was a HUGE Success!

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Opportunities to participate will be updated here on a regular basis.

Upcoming Cleanups

  • October 24 (9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)
    Join us for a community cleanup along Paulsen Road!
    • Meet: New Santa Cruz County Park Land, 188 Whiting Road, Watsonville.
    • Everyone is invited to come out and help clean up!
    • Volunteer liability waivers will need to be signed.
  • October 26 (9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)
    Join Save Our Shores for a beach cleanup at Sunny Cove Beach!
    Sunny Cove Beach Johan’s Beach Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
    • Registration is required. Register here.
    • Meet up at the end of Johan’s.
  • Coastal Watershed Council
  • Join us for Community Cleanups in the Pajaro Valley!

    Stay tuned for the release of the location community Service hours are given!

    • October 24, 2024
    • November 21, 2024
  • Every Monday Main Beach Cleanup in front of Board Walk at 8:00AM (join us!)

    "We really need the community to step up and help clean Main Beach, especially after Memorial Day. Today we found two dead sea birds, a dead sea otter pup along with what we regularly pick up, numerous cans, food packaging waste and cigarette butts."
    - citizen activist Donna Maurillo

Cleanups Accomplished

Salsipuedes Creek Levee Cleanup

August 24, 2023

On August 24th, under the early morning overcast, volunteers gathered on the levee of Salsipuedes Creek in Watsonville, for another south county cleanup.

A special thank you to Celeste Gutierrez and Ramon Gomez of 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez’s office who organized this event.

Participants of the Trash Talkers Coalition, including Christine and Bob Lyons representing of Watsonville Wetlands Watch, community member Karen Osmundson, Sergeant Nick Solano of Santa Cruz County Sheriffs,staff from the Santa Cruz County Department of Community Development and Infrastructure, and team members of Watsonville Works, used pickers donated by Cal Trans’ Clean California Department to clean up litter and debris.

The levee is used regularly by community members as a walking trail and offers shelter and habitat to birds and other wildlife.  It is in everyone’s interest to keep this area clean and safe.

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Volunteers pick up trash along Salsipuedes Creek Levee in Watsonville.
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Team members from Watsonville Works join Ramon Gomez, Chief of Staff for 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez, Sergeant Nick Solano, and workers from the Santa Cruz County Department of Community Development and Infrastructure for a photo after the cleanup.
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