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Weather Doesn’t Dampen Resolve to Get Answers

While most of you were trying to stay dry and cozy during this past storm, several intrepid volunteers offered to brave the elements and help us figure out the source of urban runoff pollutants. Urban …

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Project SWELL Inspires Students & Teachers Alike

When should you start your environmental education? No matter what your age, the answer is always right now! At a recent Project SWELL workshop, San Diego area 6th graders discovered that you are never too …

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2013 Reflections

We see ourselves in the water. When we play in the shorebreak, when we surf, when we kayak, when we swim, sail and fish. As we look at 2013, we look to the water to …

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Lake Morena and San Diego’s Water Supply

Shortly before the Governor declared an emergency state of drought in California, a question of supply arose. In the news recently is a story about the ongoing drawdown of water from Lake Morena. To sum …

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Top Ten: Tips for Sustainable Fishing (and Fish Eating!)

San Diego has a deep and rich history as a major west coast fishing capital. So why are so many San Diegans out of touch with where their fish comes from, and how do we …

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Water Monitor Poetry

We pride ourselves on our volunteers. Not only do they collect crucial information about our waters throughout San Diego County, but they are also poets, and they don’t even know it.  I took their comments …

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Coastkeeper’s 2013 Water Quality Monitoring Results

    Watershed Average Score Score Range Los Penasquitos Watershed 81 Good San Diego Watershed 81 Good San Luis Rey Watershed 79 Fair San Dieguito Watershed 72 Fair Carlsbad Watershed 64 Marginal Sweetwater Watershed 64 …

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Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable water for ALL of us

Protecting and restoring fishable, swimmable, drinkable San Diego waters. That’s San Diego Coastkeeper’s mission. Our mission echoes the goals of the Clean Water Act, which aims to protect all waters for all people–not just for …

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Delectable: A Barons Market Taste for Coastkeeper

Attention, San Diego! Do you like fishable, swimmable, drinkable water? What about craft beer? All-natural foods? Local businesses? We’re hoping most of you are shouting, “Yes!” when you read these questions. We certainly do, and …

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A Bilingual Coastal Cleanup Day

  A great Coastal Cleanup Day includes binational participation. That’s why four of our LEAP students, six Community Advisory Council members, two staff and I spent the day at the border focusing on marine debris. …

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Weather Doesn’t Dampen Resolve to Get Answers

While most of you were trying to stay dry and cozy during this past storm, several intrepid volunteers offered to brave the elements and help us figure out the source of urban runoff pollutants. Urban …

Read More

Project SWELL Inspires Students & Teachers Alike

When should you start your environmental education? No matter what your age, the answer is always right now! At a recent Project SWELL workshop, San Diego area 6th graders discovered that you are never too …

Read More

2013 Reflections

We see ourselves in the water. When we play in the shorebreak, when we surf, when we kayak, when we swim, sail and fish. As we look at 2013, we look to the water to …

Read More

Lake Morena and San Diego’s Water Supply

Shortly before the Governor declared an emergency state of drought in California, a question of supply arose. In the news recently is a story about the ongoing drawdown of water from Lake Morena. To sum …

Read More

Top Ten: Tips for Sustainable Fishing (and Fish Eating!)

San Diego has a deep and rich history as a major west coast fishing capital. So why are so many San Diegans out of touch with where their fish comes from, and how do we …

Read More

Water Monitor Poetry

We pride ourselves on our volunteers. Not only do they collect crucial information about our waters throughout San Diego County, but they are also poets, and they don’t even know it.  I took their comments …

Read More

Coastkeeper’s 2013 Water Quality Monitoring Results

    Watershed Average Score Score Range Los Penasquitos Watershed 81 Good San Diego Watershed 81 Good San Luis Rey Watershed 79 Fair San Dieguito Watershed 72 Fair Carlsbad Watershed 64 Marginal Sweetwater Watershed 64 …

Read More

Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable water for ALL of us

Protecting and restoring fishable, swimmable, drinkable San Diego waters. That’s San Diego Coastkeeper’s mission. Our mission echoes the goals of the Clean Water Act, which aims to protect all waters for all people–not just for …

Read More

Delectable: A Barons Market Taste for Coastkeeper

Attention, San Diego! Do you like fishable, swimmable, drinkable water? What about craft beer? All-natural foods? Local businesses? We’re hoping most of you are shouting, “Yes!” when you read these questions. We certainly do, and …

Read More

A Bilingual Coastal Cleanup Day

  A great Coastal Cleanup Day includes binational participation. That’s why four of our LEAP students, six Community Advisory Council members, two staff and I spent the day at the border focusing on marine debris. …

Read More