Cleanups To Date

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

Upcoming Cleanups

  • December 12 (9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)
    Show your Holiday spirit for Mother Earth and join us for a Community Cleanup in Watsonville
    near Rolling Hills Middle School in Watsonville
    • Meet at 255 Holm Road
    • Parking lot of church of Latter Day Saints
  • Join Save Our Shores for these winter cleanups
    • Beach Cleanup @ Corcoran Lagoon Beach (January 11, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
      • Registration is required
      • Meet Up Location: Please meet us at the end of 20th Ave at the top of the stairs that lead to the beach
      • Facilities & Accessibility: There are no restrooms or drinking fountains on site. Parking is limited, so please plan accordingly.
    • Beach Cleanup @ Capitola Beach (January 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
      • Registration is required
      • Meet Up Location: Please meet us in the Esplanade Park at 120 Monterey Ave.
      • Facilities & Accessibility: There are restrooms and drinking fountains available on site. Paid parking in the village is limited, additional large parking lot available at 426 Capitola Ave, please plan accordingly.
    • Beach Cleanup @ Hidden Beach (January 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
      • Registration is required
      • Meet Up Location: Please meet us by the benches overlooking the beach near the end of the path, past the playground.
      • Facilities & Accessibility: There is a porta potty on site, no drinking fountain available. Parking is limited in park lot, please plan accordingly. Overflow parking available on neighborhood streets, Save Our Shores has been informed by the County of Santa Cruz the permit parking only signs on neighborhood streets are not valid or enforced.
  • Join Coastal Watershed Council for River Health Days!
    River Health Day

    Date: December 14, 2024
    Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Location: Santa Cruz Riverwalk

    All ages and abilities welcome. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. See Below for additional information and dates:

    Call (831) 464 9200 x104, or email CWC River Ecologist Kaiya Giuliano-Monroy with any questions before the event. RSVP for this and other River Health Day events.

    Sign up for the day you would like to volunteer!*
    • Sat, December 14th 10:00 a.m.-12:00pm
    • Sat, January 11th 10:00 a.m.-12:00pm
    • Sat, February 8th 10:00 a.m.-12:00pm
  • 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

Lee Road & West Beach Street Cleanup

September 28, 2023

On Thursday the 28th of September, members of the City of Watsonville, The County of Santa Cruz, The Trash Talkers, Watsonville Wetlands Watch, and Watsonville Works came together to clean up over three miles of Lee Road and West Beach Street.

The cleanup effort lasted three and a half hours and cleaned up over 8 yards of garbage and debris. Special Thanks to John Moreno from the City of Watsonville Ramon Gomez from Supervisor Filipe Hernandez’s office, Sally-Christine Rodgers of the Trash Talkers, Jonathan Pilch of Watsonville Wetlands Watch, and the teams from Watsonville Works for their participation.

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Multiple hypodermic needles were collected. These are harmful to wild life, are in our watersheds and washing into our National Marine Sanctuary.
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Bob Culbertson of Watsonville Wetlands Watch, Josh Castillo from the City of Watsonville and Ramon Gomez from Supervisor Hernandez’s office gather trash.
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Watsonville Works Teams assist in cleanup efforts in South County.
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This is the kind of thoughtless illegal dumping that is destroying our land and significantly costing taxpayers and our cities to clean up.
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