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Ban the Bag campaign: Volunteers needed!

Plastic Campaign Web Mail Manager Needed! This technologically savy individual is needed to help merge all of our petition signers into a cooler email account so we can message to them and coalition groups. Please contact Charlie at cplybon@surfrider.org

Celebrate with us June 8 for World Ocean Day

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Come one, come all, bring a friend. Friday June 8, 4pm to sunset the Siuslaw Chapter of Surfrider Foundation will have a Love Your Beach casual gathering at the South Jetty of the Siuslaw River in honor of World Oceans Day! Hot dogs and fixin’s will be provided; bring your own beverages and food to share. Bring beach toys, surf toys, kites etc. Prizes will be awarded for coolest kite, worst wipeout, most pieces of plastic picked up in 5 minutes, and many more stellar challenges. A special invitation is extended to our members and friends who aren’t local or don’t make it to our regular 1st Wednesday evening meetings as well as anyone else that loves our beach. This is a family friendly gathering, please join us by the bonfire. Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches, this is a day for enjoyment and appreciation of our oceans, waves and beaches.
Hope for fair weather and fine waves- see you there!

Siuslaw River says: #thankyouforcleaningmenow

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Huge thanks to the 30 volunteers who came out to help clean the Siuslaw River & Estuary today! In only 3 hrs. the crew hauled in approximately 1400 pounds of trash, including over 60 tires, preventing all this rubbish from ending up in the ocean and on our beaches. The Siuslaw Chapter would like to thank our partners at SOLVE, Lane County Transfer and Recycling, and the Siuslaw Soil and Water Conservation District for all of their support, as well as the Wakonda Brewing Company for hosting the volunteer appreciation after party. Great work team!!!

March 24th Siuslaw River & Estuary Cleanup! Come float with us!

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The Spring Siuslaw River & Estuary Cleanup will be on Saturday March 24th 11:AM to 2:PM.

Pick up your supplies in Florence at the Old Town Port of Siuslaw Dock located at 1st and Harbor Street.

If you have a boat bring it! You can access the river or estuary by walking from the port dock along the bank,  or going to the parking area by the North Fork bridge on HWY 126.  If you’ve noticed a problem area elsewhere that collects trash feel free to go there.  Be prepared with a life jacket, rubber boots, wetsuit, spare clothes, and we hear neoprene booties work really well.

Join us after the efforts at Wakonda Tasting Room 1725 Kingwood for a volunteer appreciation BBQ!

Beach cleanup? Yes!

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As you can see we had an enthusiastic group of youthful volunteers at the February 4th  beach cleanup.  Oh what fun it was to comb the the south jetty beach with this crew of high school activists.  Thank you volunteers!!  With a total of 10 people in 2 hours we managed to fill 12 bags of trash,  and haul away a load of  Styrofoam and a disintegrating fiberglass boat.  Our ocean is that much cleaner, keep up the good work!

Loading out the white trash

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Big shout-out to all the great volunteers that showed up this past Saturday for the rapid response to white trash cleanup. Spearheaded by chapter volunteer Mark Chandler, small army of dedicated folks came out and cleaned up the North Jetty Beach from one end to the other in short order. Special thanks to our local folks at Oregon State Parks for taking care of the disposal of the small mountain of undesireables. We’re hoping to get a clean-up of the Siuslaw River organized soon, there is a great deal of flood debris littering the banks- stay tuned. Next beach cleanup, Feb. 4th. Get involved, get engaged make a difference, contact Melisa Buckwald to volunteer at: surflivelove@yahoo.com.

Siltcoos Outlet Beach Cleanup Success

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Sunshine & blue skies were welcomed on Saturday for the Siltcoos Outlet Estuary & Beach Cleanup. It has bean an eventful year with 10 cleanups throughout the Siuslaw.  Thank you to the Siuslaw High School Earth Club, Jesse, the Tucker family, Jamie, Jeff, Liz, Jon, and the Buckwalds for your dedication and commitment to protecting the ocean and our local special places.

Bag It Comes to Eugene

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Screenings

6:30 PM     Fri, Oct 07 Bijou Art Cinema

4:00 PM     Sun, Oct 09 Bijou Art Cinema

Filmmaker Suzan Beraza in person for both screenings!

Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes, disposable bags that they throw away without much thought. But where is “away”? Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to the environment, marine life, and human health?

Bag It follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb’s journey in this documentary film starts with simple questions: Are plastic bags really necessary? What are plastic bags made from? What happens to plastic bags after they are discarded? What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its effect on our waterways, oceans, and our own bodies. Our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up to us. And we can do something about it. Today. Right now.

Co-presented by:

BRING Recycling
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Surfrider Foundation

Film sponsored by:

http://www.sanipac.com

Ticket Prices

Tickets to screenings at Bijou Art Cinema general $8.00 students/senior $7.00

Siuslaw River Cleanup is Coming Aug 27

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Check in Locations:

Florence’s Port of Siuslaw Boat Ramp in Old Town
·North Fork at Bender’s Landing
·In Cushman at the Siuslaw Marina
·In Mapleton at Maple Lane & RV Marina
·Up HWY 36 at Rain Rock
·In Deadwood meet at the store

Volunteer Contact Melisa Buckwald

We Hope to See YOU There!

Foam Fest is Coming July 29!

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Don’t miss this great event!

RSVP on Facebook here!

Spring Rivercleanup Success!

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Under warm sunny skies, a total of 41 volunteers came out by boat and via land for just a few hours to help cleanup our beloved Siuslaw River. In total the crew hauled in a whopping 1600 pounds! Some of the more frequent items encountered included large chunks of styrofoam, plastic bottles, tires, and plastic bags. After all of the hard work, volunteers met up at the Wakonda Brewery Tasting Room for some cool libations and a BBQ, with some great music by the local band Sun House. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and helped to keep all of this trash from ending up in the ocean and on our beaches! Extra special thanks to Siuslaw Chapter Volunteer Coordinator Melisa Buckwald for her great leadership in organizing this event! The Siuslaw Chapter has officially adopted the Siuslaw Estuary from the Siuslaw Bridge up to Cushman through SOLV’s Adopt-A-River program, the next cleanup event will be on August 27th so mark your calendars now and tell your friends! Check out a few more pics that made the front page of the Siuslaw News here

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