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 Happy Winter! This month's e-news includes:
- Tip Line: Do you know
of illegal discharges into our storm drains? Your tips and
photos are needed for our investigations into violations of the Clean
Water Act. Call or email the office with information today.
Anonymous tips/photos are welcome. Learn more...
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Corporate Membership Levels: Learn what your invaluable support
will do for Waterkeeper, and how you will be recognized. Details here...
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Celebrate
40 years of Earth Day!
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Waterkeeper is hosting a Temescal Creek trash cleanup day on
Saturday, March 13 from 9am to noon to beautify a heavily used and
particularly lovely section of creek.
What you should bring:
Work gloves
Refillable water bottle
Sturdy shoes and protective clothing.
What we provide:
Snacks
Water
Hand sanitizer
First Aid kits
Sunblock
Waders (4)
Rubber boots (4)
**Parent signature on waiver required for under 18 volunteers**
INTERESTED? Email info@iewaterkeeper.org to sign up. Meet at
Nichols Road, west of I-15 freeway.
Provided
in part by Union Bank of California, the Cornell Douglas Foundation and
CR&R Waste Services. Thank you.
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Chino Creek Surveys Begin
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Our brave team
of volunteer surveyors has completed the Mill Creek trash surveys!
 What's Next?
Next we begin trash surveys of Chino Creek to complete by
end of March. Click for maps...
How
Can You Help?
Volunteer for a survey team! or
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for May 1 and May 2 to join Waterkeeper and Big Sunday to perform a large-scale trash
cleanup. Tasks available for all.
Stay
tuned for another cleanup project when we partner with Hands-On Inland Empire in April, 2010!
What else? JOIN our volunteers! Once a week our team surveys the
debris and other findings of three 300' transects on both sides of the
creek. Requires 2-4 hours. Call 951-689-6842 to learn how you can join. *Note:
rigorous terrain!*
This
project is possible through a partnership with Inland Empire Utilities
Agency and funded by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act.
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