Photos: 40th Annual Coastal Cleanup – California’s largest annual volunteer event

Every September, evening temperatures begin to chill, high school football games kick off, pumpkins sprout in farm fields and tens of thousands of people flock to California’s beaches, lakes, rivers and streams to pick up litter as part of the state’s largest annual volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. The goal is to beautify the environment and reduce trash, which can harm fish, birds, sea lions, dolphins and other wildlife. This year’s cleanup, which took place Saturday from 9 a.

m. to noon, was the 40th anniversary of the event. The organization planned 761 cleanup sites around Bay Area and the state.



To participate next year, or for more information about the event, go to coastalcleanupday.org See full story here ..