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Beach Cleanup, Survey and Water Monitoring Aquatic Park
March 2 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join Shark Stewards and the students with the Cal Surfrider Foundation for another cleanup, brand survey and water monitoring.
We will also be demonstrating the water sampling and data collection techniques applied in our current study of the water quality in the Aquatic Park lagoon.
Join our volunteers and Cal Berkeley team maintaining the Park, and help us monitor water quality and improve ecosystem health in the park and beyond to the Bay and Pacific Ocean.
Commonly littered on our sidewalks and streets, plastic ends up in our storm drains, flowing to Aquatic Park lagoons and ultimately the ocean.
Runoff from the street and through storm drains impact water quality resulting in Harmful Algal Blooms and fish mortality. Our goal is to mitigate toxic impacts at Aquatic Park, to create healthy conditions for wildlife, and create the first Shark park by providing conditions for fish to flourish!
WHERE TO MEET
Near the Kenneth Hayes Boathouse outside the Berkeley Paddling and Rowing Club.
Near the South Parking Lot, enter through the gate (please close it).
We will also collect data on plastic, and any observations of sharks, rays and algae in the lagoon as part of a long term monitoring effort.