California Coastal Cleanup Day [3:34m]: Play Now | Download (264)

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 20, 2008 and join in California’s largest volunteer cleanup event. Eben Schwartz, Outreach Manager with the California Coastal Commission, says that more cleanup activities will be happening off the beach than on the coast itself since most of the trash littering our beaches and ocean comes from inland areas.

For more information, visit:

• California Coastal Cleanup
• Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup

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 West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health [3:08m]: Play Now | Download (317)

Learn about this joint effort to protect and manage the vast marine resources shared by California, Oregon and Washington. Our guest is Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary of Ocean and Coastal Policy for the Resources Agency of California.

For more information, visit

• West Coast Governors’ Agreement
• California Ocean Resources Management Program
• Office of Governor Kulongoski, Oregon
• Washington State Department of Ecology