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    What Can Students Do To Help?: Get Involved!

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    The document discusses how students can help clean up pollution in the Tijuana Estuary through various actions like volunteering, voting, and supporting established organizations. It notes there is no single solution to decades of trash and pollutants in the estuary, but students can make a positive impact by getting involved with community cleanups, paying attention to candidates' environmental policies, and donating time and money to groups working on restoration efforts like Heal the Bay and WiLDCOAST.

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    The document discusses how students can help clean up pollution in the Tijuana Estuary through various actions like volunteering, voting, and supporting established organizations. It notes there is no single solution to decades of trash and pollutants in the estuary, but students can make a positive impact by getting involved with community cleanups, paying attention to candidates' environmental policies, and donating time and money to groups working on restoration efforts like Heal the Bay and WiLDCOAST.

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    What can students do to help?

    Get involved!
    There is no single solution to cleaning up the decades of trash, chemicals, and pollutants that have been deposited into the Tijuana Estuary. Fortunately, there is a lot of ground that can be made up if we, as students, are willing to get involved. Vote! Research your candidates for local, state, and national offices. Pay close attention to the candidates environmental policies, stances on pollution control, and willingness to work in conjunction with Mexico to find a solution to the past, present, and future pollution in the Tijuana River. Volunteer! Many community organizations have river, beach, and community cleanup efforts which are already established. Every little bit helps! Whether we volunteer for one Saturday cleanup, or we give hundreds of hours of your time, we are still making a positive impact on our community! Support! Many established groups and organizations have big plans and processes in place to help to clean up the estuary. Educate yourself in the groups available, such as WiLDCOAST, Heal the Bay, and others need our help! We can donate our time, money, and resources to help in their efforts!

    Resources
    Heal the Bay -www.healthebay.org WiLDCOAST -www.wildcoast.net Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve -www.trnerr.org Surfline -www.surfline.com Tijuana River Action Network -www.tijuanariveractionnetwork.blogspot.com Surfrider Foundation -sandiego.surfrider.org

    PLACE PHOTO HERE, OTHERWISE DELETE BOX

    Tijuana River Estuary


    A Natural Habitat in Crisis
    PLACE PHOTO HERE, OTHERWISE DELETE BOX

    2012 Cleanliness Report Card GradesMission Beach- A+ La Jolla Beach- A+ Pacific Beach- A+ Ocean Beach- A+ Imperial Beach- F
    -Heal the Bay beach report cards-

    David Crowell Student, San Diego State University

    Tijuana Estuary
    More than a river mouth
    The Tijuana River Estuary is a protected habitat for thousands of species of wildlife, including over 370 species of birds. The estuary acts as a natural filter for the Tijuana River, which flows 115 miles through Mexico and 5 miles through San Diego before flowing into the Pacific Ocean at Imperial Beach. Unfortunately, the natural filter was meant to filter biological wastes and runoffs, not the anthropological junk which runs through it today. Since 2008, it has been estimated that the Tijuana Estuary and surrounding areas have collected over 10 million plastic bottles and over 5000 waste tires. This is just a drop in the bucket compared to the chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and sewage dumped there by the Tijuana River. Without immediate, comprehensive, and multinational cleanup and regulation efforts, the Tijuana Estuary will continue to be a breeding ground for filth and bacteria at the cost of the health of the environment, wildlife, and people of the area.

    Kids are swimming in sewage.


    -Serge Dedina Spokesperson, WiLDCOAST

    Both Countries to Blame


    Problems in the US A Good Start
    Fortunately for us, many organizations, PLACE PHOTO HERE, including the Department of Sciences at San OTHERWISE have already began to Diego State University, DELETE BOX take part in restoration of the Tijuana Estuary. SDSU funds and operates the Tijuana River National Estuarine Reserve, in charge of research and cleanup efforts. Organizations, such as WiLDCOAST, Tijuana River Action Network, Heal the Bay, Surfrider Foundation, and others, are raising funds, awareness, support, and efforts to clean up the estuary and establish precedence that will lead to a cleaner future for the Tijuana River. Tijuana, to most San Diegans, is out of sight, out of mind. We view problems in Mexico, such as drug trafficking, pollution, and poverty, as their problem, not ours. That needs to change because it IS our problem! The rise in US owned factories in Tijuana are some of the biggest culprits of pollution in Tijuana. These factories are generally less regulated than the factories in the US due to their location in Mexico even though they are owned by US companies.

    Problems in Mexico
    Poverty in the boroughs of Tijuana contributes to the urban runoff more than any other factor. Many of the neighborhoods surrounding the Tijuana River do not have adequate sewage systems, trash disposal systems, irrigation control, or the vegetation which is vital to keeping the soil from becoming mud runoff during rain. This leads to sewage, trash, mud, and other anthropological wastes draining into the river during rainfall. The industrial boom in Tijuana is largely contributing to the pollution footprint of the city. Without strict regulation and supervision, many factories are able to legally pollute their areas without any negative consequences.

    A Long Way to Go Water Pollution Sources


    Urban runoff from deforested Tijuana neighborhoods Sewage from inadequate or non-existent sewage systems dumping into the Tijuana River Littering from both sides of the border Illegal industrial dumping List your services or products here.
    In 2007, San Diego State University researchers found Hepatitis A and strains of poliovirus in the waters surrounding the Imperial Beach pier within three days of rainfall. Heal the Bays Beach Report Cards have consistently given the worst grade in California to Imperial Beach and the waters surrounding the Tijuana River outlet. Since the reports began in the 1990s, the Tijuana River mouth is the only beach in the state to receive a grade of F EVERY SINGLE YEAR!

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