Now that school is over, the volunteering and job hunting process begins. I chose Huntington Beach Wetland Conservancy, a non-profit organization that restores and conserves 118-acres of wetlands. Degradation of coastal wetlands from property development have fragmented and destroyed the wetlands to the point where constant maintenance and restoration is required in order keep a healthy ecosystem for the birds and marine organisms.
I am hoping to get more hands on experience with working with native coastal vegetation.
www.hbwc.org
Since conservation organizations are not well funded by the government, these internships will be unpaid, hopefully it will turn into a paid position eventually.
For those who would like to help, donations are always welcome to these non-profit organizations. (Friends of Colorado Lagoon, Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewart, Bolsa Chica Conservancy)
There are also lots of volunteer opportunities on Saturdays for trash clean-up, look on their websites for that information. Colorado Lagoon has trash clean-up every Monday morning at 9:00am, see you this Monday!!
yay!
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