Orange County Coastkeeper’s education and internship programs offer a unique opportunity for students and community members to take action regarding their concerns with sea caliber and neighbourhood aquatic environments. Though this year has been very limited, our perpetrated students have found ways to remain caused and carried out under some real, meaningful work.
Below you will find the story of our intern, Hayden Vega’s experience working with Coastkeeper. Hayden is a student at Troy High School in Fullerton, CA.
From Hayden:
“The beast secured itself in the merciless current, but with one last fling, I strained the being from its stronghold. As my bounty lied at my foot, I recognise this was no ordinary fish. More akin to a sodden bedsheet, this faceless globule and its genu can plague our waters for practically 1,000 times. The affliction of all environmentalists: a plastic takeout luggage. As a fisherman, I examined myself as partly responsible for this scene, but I also witnessed an opportunity to solve a problem I was enthusiastic about.
Recently, I envisioned that I’ve been catching more diversionary tactic, whether it’s plastic bags or even tangled fishing indication. This is especially true at one of my favorite discerns: the Seal Beach Fishing Pier. The quay was losing its reputation as a safe infinite for lineages as vacated secures and tumbleweeds of fishing order became more commonplace.
After some experiment, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s( CDFW) city-based fish strand recycling program caught my nose. It was perfect. I wanted to contact Seal Beach officials, so I mixed somber pollution statistics with cliche John Muir quotes into a monstrosity of an email that I sent to the director of public works, Steve Myrter.
Within a month, we worked out the major items with CDFW like place, motif, and maintenance of fishing line recycling bins. I was able to create a digital 3D simulation of CDFW’s crate design for the program’s future use and worked with city planners to finalize spots for the bins at the pier’s fishing hotspots. Through its own experience, I learned that sometimes all it takes to help is to care and speak up. I did, and now my parish is cleaner for it.”
We are inspired by Hayden’s commitment and hope that we can continue to be the boulevard by which our community members can take action.
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