Recently introduced

Volunteers keeping the Refuge clean!

Visitors and residents can now see the results of  the “NEW ” program,  Adopt-a-Highway. Recently introduced as a new program and volunteer activity of the Friends of Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. The State of California allows individuals or groups to participate in this program designed to keep our roadways clean. Roadside trash will now be collected and recycled along Pacific Coast Highway. The Southern edge of the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge borders P.C.H.. Volunteers have seen a need and are taking action to improve and beautify Pacific Coast Highway. This “New” program is intended to divert a constant flow of trash that makes it’s way into the Refuge and as a result will make Seal Beach a more attractive place to visit.

Volunteers keep liter in its place

Remember that storm drains and rivers carry more than water to our salt marshes and beaches. Trash is moved by water run-off from city streets and will follow the course of rivers and drainage channels, sometimes traveling for miles until it reaches the ocean.

Storm runoff along Pacific Coast Hwy.

If you can do your part to keep liter in its place we will be working together to save our local beaches the fragile Salt marsh habitat and the environment. Did you know that the Eastern Pacific Green Sea Turtle (also known as the Black Sea Turtle) uses the waterways of the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge? Green Sea Turtles’ natural food is sea grasses and algae, common plastic bags and trash are often mistaken for food. Eating this type of food may result in death or life threatening entanglement.

Green sea turtles, along with all six other species of sea turtles, are listed as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This means that they face a risk of extinction in the wild.

 

Please by careful as you drive by our team of volunteer workers, they are there to to help Seal Beach and the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge’s natural beauty shine.