Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
The most interesting item found during Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's Keeping Fallbrook Litter Free cleanup day is discovered by a mother and her two sons from Scout Troop 731. From left, Jackson Liebes, Susan Liebes and Jacob Leibes find an antique box of Hudson's Dry Soap, while cleaning up in Zone 5.
Fallbrook Beautification Alliance volunteer Dan Clouse works in Zone 1 during the cleanup day.
Clean up participants include, from left, Jerry Murphy from Zone 15 who used his trailer to haul the big stuff out of culverts, Zach Kantor-Anaya, regional director of South Coast Preserves of the Wildlife Conservancy; Mark Mervich, Zone 14 captain, and Marta Donovan, coordinator of Fallbrook Beautification Alliance Keeping Fallbrook Litter Free who cleaned up in Zone 2.
This trash represents volunteer Joe Beyer's effort to clean up Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's Zone 15 and the area surrounding Old Bonsall Bridge.
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook's Keeping Fallbrook Litter Free volunteers joined an "army" of socially distanced volunteer environmental champions by cleaning up litter and pollution throughout Fallbrook Saturday, June 20.
The event, held in conjunction with I Love A Clean San Diego's Creek to Bay cleanup, was one of hundreds of small efforts across San Diego County which helped prevent tons of litter from entering local creeks, bays and the ocean.
This 18th annual cleanup is the largest single day environmental action event in San Diego and resulted in over 5,777 pounds of trash and over 1,549 pounds of recycled material being collected by 806 volunteers throughout the county.
Fallbrook's KFLF volunteers were a huge part of that effort, with 29 volunteers collecting 714 pounds of trash, 702 pounds of recycling including over 1,000 cigarette butts which were separated to be recycled by Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's recycling partner Terracycle.
In a "normal year," the Creek to Bay event brings together groups who gather at designated spots in their own communities. This year the goal was to stay close to home, making a difference by cleaning up local neighborhoods, storm drains and creek beds, contributing to this full day of environmental action at the time and place that best suited to the volunteer.
Volunteers logged their location, time spent and the weight of the trash and recycling collected and were able to upload photos at I Love A Clean San Diego's website, which helped the group track the success county wide. County information including Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's Keeping Fallbrook Litter Free accomplishments may be found at http://www.creektobay.org.
Fallbrook is uniquely situated within three different Southern California watersheds: San Luis Rey, Santa Margarita and Rainbow Creek. A watershed is defined as the divide between two drainage streams or rivers, separating rainfall runoff into one or the other of the basins.
Each of Fallbrook's watersheds ultimately run to the Pacific Ocean, allowing the trash that is discarded along Fallbrook's roadways and arroyos to end up in its streams and storm drains and eventually the ocean, impacting wildlife and sea life along its entire route.
While happy to participate in I Love A Clean San Diego's Creek to Bay clean up, Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's Keeping Fallbrook Litter Free volunteers engage monthly, participating in group and individual cleanups throughout the entire year.
Anyone interested in learning more about Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's efforts, the various clean up zones in Fallbrook, or other ways they can work to keep Fallbrook clean and beautiful, can go to http://www.fallbrookbeautification.org for more information.
Submitted by Fallbrook Beautification Alliance.
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