How Can I Help?

Donate

Hundreds of community members volunteer their time and money to be a part of our programs and help keep our watersheds healthy. Every dollar you give helps support our monitoring, education and community stewardship programs, our three core areas in support of our mission to preserve and protect coastal watersheds.

Easy! Use Google Checkout to donate.

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Volunteer for Snapshot Day

This is an annual one-day event in May. Spanning more than 300 miles of coast from Pacifica in the north to Morro Bay in the south, Snapshot Day volunteers monitor water quality and collect samples to assess the health of as many streams as possible. Snapshot Day is a great excuse to explore our local streams while collecting important water quality information.

Learn more and find out how to sign up for Snapshot Day.

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Urban Watch

The Urban Watch Program provides volunteers an opportunity to learn about everyday impacts on water quality and help find local sources of run-off entering our creeks, streams and the ocean. Over the life of this program volunteers have found chlorine leaks, cooking oil spills and major detergent contributions discharging into streams and the Monterey Bay.

Learn more and find out how to sign up for Urban Watch.

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First Flush

First Flush is an annual volunteer monitoring event that samples storm drain runoff during the first significant rainfall of the wet season. During the first rain water washes significant amounts of pollution off street surfaces, driveways, and curbs and into storm drains. This concentrated mix of often polluted water flows directly from these storm drains into creeks, rivers and the Monterey Bay.

Learn more and find out to sign up for First Flush.

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Internships

CWC is always looking for interns. We can arrange for you to get school credit for your work with us. Our interns get up close and personal with the watersheds of Santa Cruz County. They split their time between working in our office and working out in the field with CWC staff. Please e-mail your resume, a 1-2 page writing sample, and why you are interested in a CWC internship to gpepping@coastalws.org