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Beach Clean-up Project

DianaT - 9-23-2011 at 04:38 PM

It is good to know that some of the money one pays to the Vizcaino Reserve for sport fishing and other activities is now being used for a new federally sponsored and funded beach clean-up project.

The local Reserve representative, Jamie Morales Villavicencio sent us the good news and these photos. He is so happy this is happening and to be involved in cleaning up the area!

There are 40 people involved in the project and they are working in the mornings near San Pablo Bay and San Roque Bay and near Bahia Asuncion in the afternoons.

The workers and the project!













GOOD WORK!

shari - 9-23-2011 at 04:50 PM

way to go team....town is looking real spiffy now...even some roads have been fixed up, filled with nice dirt where the potholes were and graded. OUr new mayor is on a roll!!
since it's a federal project, I imagine these folks are being paid.

rts551 - 9-23-2011 at 05:17 PM

Great to see it, Diane. You should publish the names of all those people that put in such hard work.

shari - 9-23-2011 at 05:20 PM

I sure hope they pick up all the collected bags of trash they left on the sides of the roads...last big clean up, they were left for a long time and trash started fallling out of them and blowing around kind of defeating all their hard work.

rts551 - 9-23-2011 at 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by shari
I sure hope they pick up all the collected bags of trash they left on the sides of the roads...last big clean up, they were left for a long time and trash started fallling out of them and blowing around kind of defeating all their hard work.


It would have been nice if people that saw the bags picked them up. I have been guilty of not doing so. guess I need to change my ways.

BajaBlanca - 9-23-2011 at 07:03 PM

wow !!! that is so fantastic !!

Bajaboy - 9-23-2011 at 07:45 PM

I think it's a wonderful project. Unfortunately, their work will be undermined in short time. On many of my runs in the back country, I am saddened with all the dumping. Many of the areas that were previously cleaned up are worse now than before
.

So my hats off to Jaime and his crew. I just wish there was more education for the rest of the community. Or maybe the Police could "fine" those caught littering or dumping with so many hours of community service.

Thanks for sharing the news.

shari - 9-23-2011 at 07:48 PM

the bags are large flour sac types and there are several of them together every block or so...not a case of just picking up a garbage bag...dont get me wrong, I applaud the effort and would have helped if we had been in town but think that the follow up pick up of all the gathered garbage should be better coordinated...as I mentioned last time, it got strewn all over once again.

woody with a view - 9-23-2011 at 08:10 PM

why isn't the "dump" 2 miles back into the hills throughout baja? it seems like most of them are just past the first hill. then the wind blows and trash is everywhere....

maybe they/you/we can organize a pick up day and cart all the bag out to the sticks and burn it up. maybe not so eco-friendly, but at least it will be gone.

DianaT - 9-23-2011 at 08:28 PM

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Originally posted by Bajaboy
I think it's a wonderful project. Unfortunately, their work will be undermined in short time. On many of my runs in the back country, I am saddened with all the dumping. Many of the areas that were previously cleaned up are worse now than before
.

So my hats off to Jaime and his crew. I just wish there was more education for the rest of the community. Or maybe the Police could "fine" those caught littering or dumping with so many hours of community service.

Thanks for sharing the news.


Last November Jamie and the Reserve along with the university students from Guerrero Negro organized an environmental educational program for the primary students in Bahia Asuncion. With dance, music, games, and a theatrical presentation at the cancha, they taught the children about the importance of recycling, cleaning up trash, etc. They hope it will happen again.

I have some photos of the event, but cannot find them on this computer---must be on the other one and someday I will get organized.

I understand your frustration in seeing all the trash when you run---just driving the shortcut back from the dump, it is terrible to see the trash dumped on the way to the dump.

While a continual battle, it is a beginning.

DianaT - 9-23-2011 at 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
why isn't the "dump" 2 miles back into the hills throughout baja? it seems like most of them are just past the first hill. then the wind blows and trash is everywhere....

maybe they/you/we can organize a pick up day and cart all the bag out to the sticks and burn it up. maybe not so eco-friendly, but at least it will be gone.


Woody, our dump is about 7km from town---the old one was closer. And they do burn a lot of trash out there. Right now it is not a "managed" dump, but they hope to change that in the not too far future. Now, if everyone would just make it all the way out to the dump.

Bajaboy - 9-23-2011 at 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by DianaT
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Originally posted by Bajaboy
I think it's a wonderful project. Unfortunately, their work will be undermined in short time. On many of my runs in the back country, I am saddened with all the dumping. Many of the areas that were previously cleaned up are worse now than before
.

So my hats off to Jaime and his crew. I just wish there was more education for the rest of the community. Or maybe the Police could "fine" those caught littering or dumping with so many hours of community service.

Thanks for sharing the news.


Last November Jamie and the Reserve along with the university students from Guerrero Negro organized an environmental educational program for the primary students in Bahia Asuncion. With dance, music, games, and a theatrical presentation at the cancha, they taught the children about the importance of recycling, cleaning up trash, etc. They hope it will happen again.

I have some photos of the event, but cannot find them on this computer---must be on the other one and someday I will get organized.

I understand your frustration in seeing all the trash when you run---just driving the shortcut back from the dump, it is terrible to see the trash dumped on the way to the dump.

While a continual battle, it is a beginning.


I recall the event...kids are a great investment:!:

Much of what I see is building debris...especially just past the old dump, many of the arroyos along the bike course, and then along the coast road near your place.

Maybe the ex Pats could organize a day to clean up the community. I'm sure there would be a great deal of support. I'd volunteer in a heart beat.

rts551 - 9-23-2011 at 09:19 PM

Instead of organizing a separate Gringo event, why not participate with the locals. Builds great community relations!.It works for us in Abreojos anyway.
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Originally posted by Bajaboy
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Originally posted by DianaT
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Originally posted by Bajaboy
I think it's a wonderful project. Unfortunately, their work will be undermined in short time. On many of my runs in the back country, I am saddened with all the dumping. Many of the areas that were previously cleaned up are worse now than before
.

So my hats off to Jaime and his crew. I just wish there was more education for the rest of the community. Or maybe the Police could "fine" those caught littering or dumping with so many hours of community service.

Thanks for sharing the news.


Last November Jamie and the Reserve along with the university students from Guerrero Negro organized an environmental educational program for the primary students in Bahia Asuncion. With dance, music, games, and a theatrical presentation at the cancha, they taught the children about the importance of recycling, cleaning up trash, etc. They hope it will happen again.

I have some photos of the event, but cannot find them on this computer---must be on the other one and someday I will get organized.

I understand your frustration in seeing all the trash when you run---just driving the shortcut back from the dump, it is terrible to see the trash dumped on the way to the dump.

While a continual battle, it is a beginning.


I recall the event...kids are a great investment:!:

Much of what I see is building debris...especially just past the old dump, many of the arroyos along the bike course, and then along the coast road near your place.

Maybe the ex Pats could organize a day to clean up the community. I'm sure there would be a great deal of support. I'd volunteer in a heart beat.