Tag Archives: Damon Slough

Notes from the Field: Thanks for Cleaning Up the Bay on Coastal Cleanup Day

A big thanks to all of those who participated in cleaning up the San Francisco Bay as part of California Coastal Cleanup Day!  Save The Bay was one of many organizations that spent the day cleaning up our local waterways. We held cleanups in two places that are in desperate need of some care and [...]

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Hot Spot or Not? Bay Trash Hot Spots 2012

Remember that website Hot or Not? You know, where people upload photos of themselves and users vote whether they are “HOT” or “NOT”. That site was pretty trashy, but we’ve got something even trashier… Bay Trash Hot Spots 2012: Hot Spot or Not? Instead of people, you get to vote on the trashiest waterways around [...]

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Notes from the Field: Celebrating National River Cleanup Day

On May 19, 2012 over 30 volunteers converged to Damon Slough, a designated Save The Bay trash hotspot, in the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline in Oakland to get out in the marsh and help out our beloved San Francisco Bay.  Many hands make light work and STB Volunteers proved it again by removing [...]

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Wonky Wednesday: Gearing Up for a Clean-Up at Oakland’s Damon Slough

Here at Save The Bay, we have been excitedly planning our clean-up at Damon Slough this Saturday. Located in Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline, Damon Slough was the winner of our annual Bay Trash Hot Spots contest in 2011, beating out other trash-clogged waterways like San Jose’s Guadalupe River and Pulgas Creek in San [...]

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Wonky Wednesday: Spring Cleaning at Damon Slough

May 19th is National Rivers Day, and this year Save The Bay is celebrating by hosting a clean-up at Damon Slough. This marsh along Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline won our 2011 Adopt-A-Hot-Spot contest thanks to all your votes, and Save The Bay has committed to hosting two clean-ups at this location in [...]

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