Six Rotaractors and 2 guests met at Ellwood Beach on Saturday and cleaned up the bluffs and sand. We received words of gratitude from no less than three people. We saw mountain bikers, joggers, dog-walkers, even a man about to launch an inflatable raft so he could fish. The area definitely is widely used so I know we made a positive impact by being there.
The Santa Barbara Surfrider chapter is a finalist in Barefoot Wine’s Beach Rescue Project to get $5,000 toward its efforts to protect the Gaviota Coast.
It’s a popularity contest, and Surfrider needs online votes to win. It’s in the lead, but another organization has been catching up more and more every day.
You can vote here once a day, every day, from now through August 15. I’ve bookmarked the page and vote every morning. Above is a photo of a small, already protected, part of the Gaviota Coast taken from inside a cave along the Gaviota Trail.
