Help make a difference for local wildlife, including the Channel Island fox.
Friends of the Island Fox and the Channel Island Park Foundation invite you to join us for:
Coastal Clean-up Day 2013
at
Ventura Harbor Cove Beach
Saturday, Sept. 21
9am-12pm
Trash in our local waterways and ocean can be life threatening to wildlife. One of our friends took this photo of a female sea lion on the Channel Islands. If you look at the female laying along the bottom of the photo, you can see some kind of man-made debris wrapped around the animal’s neck and cutting into her flesh.
Island foxes searching for food at the water’s edge can also be injured by items that wash up on beaches. Find out about the island fox and the fishing lure
What might seem like benign trash can be dangerous to small animals. Last year a young island fox got its head caught in a small potato chip bag. In its panic to remove the bag, the island fox ended up in the surf and drown.
Some trash can even look like natural items on the beach. See items we found on the beach in June on Santa Cruz Island.
Help Clean-up the Beach and keep wildlife and people safe.
Volunteers can register the morning of Coastal Clean-up Day at either the Channel Island National Park Visitor Center or the east end of Spinnaker Drive (Surfer’s Knoll).
If possible, please bring your own buckets and gloves. Participants will be given data cards to record the trash they pick up. (Minors must have a parent sign a waiver for them to participate.)
For more information see the Channel Islands Park Foundation website at http://www.ciparkfoundation.org/
