This last Sunday, as part of an assignment for your daily thread, I headed out to Marina Del Rey to visit Malibu's coast with the Santa Monica Baykeepers. Some cool newspaper reporters and photographers also went along for the bumpy ride, which involved loosing our stomachs every time the boat leaped out of the water and came down. Whoa. Fortunately, all made it safe at the end of our 30-minute ride. We met representatives and activitists from Heal the Bay and the Surfrider Foundation at Zuma Beach. SMB is an environmental nonprofit dedicated to keeping Los Angeles' beaches squeaky clean. However, all three groups have been involved together and heavily invested in pushing a current act with the marine protected areas, which would basically make it illegal for fish boats to disrupt certain coasts along Southern California's beaches. Professional surfers and members of Surfrider and Heal the Bay came out that day for a "paddle out" to bring awareness to the cause. In a few weeks, I will travel with them on an aerial tour of their restored areas along the coast. I will post a link here to the story when it's live.
Pulling out plastic from the ocean.
Some dolphins came to check out what we were up to, we literally saw dozens all along the coast from Marina Del Rey to Malibu -- a very good sign indeed.
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