Volunteer in July at El Cap
- At May 1, 2013
- By MBaffa
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On Saturday, July 27th, we will be hosting our first-ever volunteer service event at El Capitan State Beach!
The event will run from 9:00 am -12:00 pm. We will meet at El Capitan State Beach (map).
Volunteers of all ages are welcome! We are also very happy to welcome groups: families, Scout troops, youth groups, employee groups, etc.
Volunteers will be working to help maintain the Park’s beautiful nature trails.
Please check back on this page as the event approaches; it will be updated with new information as the event develops.
Some more info about the day:
Read More»Getting dirty for Earth Day
- At April 15, 2013
- By MBaffa
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Beautification Event held at San Buenaventura State Beach to Celebrate
Supervisor John Zaragoza, Supervisor Steve Bennett, Ventura City Councilmember Brian Brennan, Michele Pettes (SoCalGas), Tyson Butzke (State Parks), and Melissa Baffa (executive director, Friends of Channel Coast State Parks), at the event’s kickoff
Ventura County Supervisors John Zaragoza and Steve Bennett, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Friends of Channel Coast State Parks and California State Parks officials held a beautification and maintenance event on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at San Buenaventura State Beach. More than 125 volunteers from all over Ventura County (and beyond) attended the event.
This event, originally scheduled for McGrath State Beach (which is currently closed due to unusually high seasonal flooding), was the second annual volunteer service event conducted jointly by Supervisor Zaragoza, SoCalGas, State Parks, and Friends of Channel Coast State Parks. The concept was originally created by Michele Pettes of SoCalGas and Supervisor Zaragoza, who then brought it to State Parks. Impressed by the supervisor’s efforts to save McGrath State Beach from the budgetary chopping block, Pettes approached Zaragoza with a plan to celebrate
Read More»Celebrate Earth Day 2013 with Us! : Updated March 15, 2013
- At March 15, 2013
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We don’t have enough waders and rubber boots for this….we are going to have to move this event to San Buenaventura State Beach! (Photo taken 3/13/13)
EVENT MOVED TO SAN BUENAVENTURA STATE BEACH, SAME DATE AND TIME!
- State Parks staff and volunteers gathered with Supervisor Zaragoza, representatives and employees from SoCal Gas, Oxnard City Corps, and members of the community for last year’s Earth Day event.
Ventura County Supervisors John Zaragoza and Steve Bennett, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Friends of Channel Coast State Parks, and California State Parks officials are planning a beautification and maintenance event Saturday, April 13, 2013 at McGrath San Buenaventura State Beach. The event will start at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 3:00 p.m.
Trashed
- At February 25, 2013
- By MBaffa
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The bag grew heavier as I walked. Added with every 3rd or 4th step was another remnant of human society, another castoff fragment, left to bob and bounce about, to fly, to drift, now bobbing along in the bag with the others.
There was a lot and lot of packaging. Scraps of plastic, corners of meat trays, and lots and lots and lots of Styrofoam. There were the ubiquitous cigarette butts, caps to plastic bottles in a myriad of colors. Eight inches of yellow plastic rope. A plastic bottle. A bit of wire. A piece of a flip-flop. And then the odd items:
Read More»Celebrating Carpinteria SB’s 81st birthday
- At February 21, 2013
- By MBaffa
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Carpinteria State Beach is to many a magical place, blessed with sparkling white sand, warm ocean breezes, and an abundance of wildlife. Thanks to the “efforts of local citizens in the early part of the 20th century, Santa Barbara County entered into an agreement with the State [of California] to purchase land for a state park at Carpinteria. Title to the entire original state park plot was passed
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A Day of Service at Carpinteria State Beach
- At January 31, 2013
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Show your LOVE for Carpinteria State Beach by volunteering!
Young visitors who help to plant trees on this day can come back in the future to check on their progress.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
Volunteers will help to beautify the park grounds and assist with getting them ready for the busy spring and summer season. Tasks might include planting, trash removal, painting, removing weeds, and more.
The event will start with registration beginning at 9:30 am, and will conclude at 12:30 pm.
Volunteers will meet and sign in at
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