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Turning Marine Debris into Art

This sculpture on display in front of The Wave Waterpark in Vista is made from trash removed from beaches around the world. Into the Current, is created by Janis Selby Jones, a teacher, artist and passionate San Diego …

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Water Quality 2016: San Luis Rey

  Water Quality Index Score: 82, Good The San Luis Rey watershed, the northernmost watershed on our list, is dominated by the San Luis Rey River whose headwaters begin near Warner Springs and Ranchita. The …

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Dispatches from the field – Intern Jessica reports back

Coastkeeper is lucky to be home to some seriously wonderful interns. They are busy, active individuals, and are often on the forefront of much of the work we do in the community. Every once in …

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How We Help Teachers Grow Future Leaders

Teachers know that in order to make sure our region has responsible leaders and residents in the future, we must raise a generation of science-minded students with an awareness of our regional water issues and …

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How We Use Trash to Make a Difference

San Diego Coastkeeper brings together volunteers to keep our beaches clean for everyone to enjoy. But that’s only the beginning.   Up to 80 percent of trash found in the ocean originated on land. That …

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Top Five Things We’ve Learned from Water Quality Monitoring

We may not think about it every day, but we all live in a watershed. A watershed is the area of land that catches all the rain and snow, which collects into a marsh, stream, …

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Your Peek Into The Mind of Susan Cobb, Volunteer Water Quality Monitor

Susan Cobb, one of San Diego Coastkeeper’s most dedicated Water Quality Monitors, spends her weekends collecting water samples from across San Diego for scientific analysis. Passionate volunteers like Susan are the reason we can catch sewage …

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Polluted Runoff: The Stories You Need To Know

Polluted runoff is the single biggest threat to water quality in San Diego. What is polluted runoff? Pollutants like oil, grease, pesticides and litter build up on our streets and sidewalks each day. When it rains, and …

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Meditations in Blue

San Diego Coastkeeper member, Water Quality Monitor, and beach cleanup host extraordinaire Amanda Sousa is a water lover in the truest sense. When she sailed from Ensenada to Oahu, Amanda experienced just how wondrously huge …

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An El Cajon Business’s Journey from Polluter To Environmental Leader

The United States and California have some of the best water quality regulations in the world. The problem is, they are seldom enforced. That’s where we come in. San Diego Coastkeeper’s identifies illegal polluters like …

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Turning Marine Debris into Art

This sculpture on display in front of The Wave Waterpark in Vista is made from trash removed from beaches around the world. Into the Current, is created by Janis Selby Jones, a teacher, artist and passionate San Diego …

Read More

Water Quality 2016: San Luis Rey

  Water Quality Index Score: 82, Good The San Luis Rey watershed, the northernmost watershed on our list, is dominated by the San Luis Rey River whose headwaters begin near Warner Springs and Ranchita. The …

Read More

Dispatches from the field – Intern Jessica reports back

Coastkeeper is lucky to be home to some seriously wonderful interns. They are busy, active individuals, and are often on the forefront of much of the work we do in the community. Every once in …

Read More

How We Help Teachers Grow Future Leaders

Teachers know that in order to make sure our region has responsible leaders and residents in the future, we must raise a generation of science-minded students with an awareness of our regional water issues and …

Read More

How We Use Trash to Make a Difference

San Diego Coastkeeper brings together volunteers to keep our beaches clean for everyone to enjoy. But that’s only the beginning.   Up to 80 percent of trash found in the ocean originated on land. That …

Read More

Top Five Things We’ve Learned from Water Quality Monitoring

We may not think about it every day, but we all live in a watershed. A watershed is the area of land that catches all the rain and snow, which collects into a marsh, stream, …

Read More

Your Peek Into The Mind of Susan Cobb, Volunteer Water Quality Monitor

Susan Cobb, one of San Diego Coastkeeper’s most dedicated Water Quality Monitors, spends her weekends collecting water samples from across San Diego for scientific analysis. Passionate volunteers like Susan are the reason we can catch sewage …

Read More

Polluted Runoff: The Stories You Need To Know

Polluted runoff is the single biggest threat to water quality in San Diego. What is polluted runoff? Pollutants like oil, grease, pesticides and litter build up on our streets and sidewalks each day. When it rains, and …

Read More

Meditations in Blue

San Diego Coastkeeper member, Water Quality Monitor, and beach cleanup host extraordinaire Amanda Sousa is a water lover in the truest sense. When she sailed from Ensenada to Oahu, Amanda experienced just how wondrously huge …

Read More

An El Cajon Business’s Journey from Polluter To Environmental Leader

The United States and California have some of the best water quality regulations in the world. The problem is, they are seldom enforced. That’s where we come in. San Diego Coastkeeper’s identifies illegal polluters like …

Read More