Water Quality Exploration and Beach Clean-up at the Watershed Resource Center
The Watershed Resource Center is open every 2nd Sunday of the month with a beach clean-up at noon!
Please join Explore Ecology this Sunday at the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro Beach for a fun and educational day of water quality exploration!
The Watershed Resource Center (WRC) is a community education center located at Arroyo Burro Beach; it’s the blue building next to the park and the Boathouse Restaurant! The WRC is open every 2nd Sunday of the month for the public to explore and learn more about Santa Barbara’s Water and Watersheds; stop in and participate in the fun activities that we will have set up for you and your family. Have a question about our local water or our unique Santa Barbara Watersheds or Creeks? Come in and chat with our knowledgeable staff and learn more about our local environment and how your actions can have a major effect on the water around us!
Feel like taking a beach walk with your friends and/or family? Might as well pick up some trash on your way! Bring a bucket and gloves or just check in with us and we will have all the necessary supplies for you and your family to set out for a beach clean-up beginning at Noon.
We look forward to seeing you this Sunday!
Josh was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where his passion and curiosity for the environment began and has continued to grow. During his undergraduate studies, Josh pursued this interest at the University of California at Santa Cruz, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies.
Melissa Dodos developed her passion for creative reuse as a mother of four and elementary educator over the past 25 years. She loves to inspire creativity by connecting people with resources and ideas.
Veronica grew up in San Diego and spent four years in San Luis Obispo studying Animal Science at Cal Poly. As an undergrad she learned lots about livestock, agriculture, and wildlife.
Stephanie began her journey as an educator over twenty years ago working as a preschool teacher in Washington state for a cooperative preschool program affiliated with Whatcom Community College. She loved observing the wonder and curiosity of the children and bringing them out into nature to explore the natural world. She continued her love for learning and got her teaching license and then her Montessori certification and worked as an elementary teacher in Tribal, Public, and Montessori schools. She collaborated to create a school garden and her students loved it so much that it became a special place where they could garden, read, explore, play, and it provided a safe sanctuary for students to calm down and reset when they were having difficult moments.
Morgan’s mermaid soul is always seeking adventure—swimming a relay across the Santa Barbara Channel and taking the first photo of a newborn orca off Anacapa Island being standout experiences close to home.
Lindsay Johnson