Blue Water Task Force 2011 Annual Report
Check out the excerpt below from Surfrider’s 2011 Blue Water Task Force Report, and then download the full report (PDF). The Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) supported by Emergen-C Blue® is the Surfrider Foundation’s volunteer-run, water testing, education and advocacy program. Designed to take advantage of the daily presence of surfers and beachgoers in coastal ...
Read moreHigh bacteria counts in some streams, coastal areas after storm
A March 20, 2012 article in The Garden Island Newspaper highlighted the latest Blue Water Task Force water quality test results after severe storms on Kauai. Check out the excerpt below and then read the full article. The results from the samples taken Saturday show that Kealia Beach, Wainiha Stream, Lydgate Beach Park, Hanama‘ulu Stream, ...
Read moreSpotlight on Surfrider Kauai members
An article in “Making Waves” magazine featuring Kauai Surfrider Executive Committee members Dr. Carl Berg and Dr. Gordon LaBedz. Check out the excerpts below and then read the full article. Way back in 1992, I started my career with the Surfrider Foundation where I met this Doctor-Hippie-Activist guy named Gordon Labedz. Little did I know ...
Read moreJapan Tsunami Debris Conference
Dr. Carl berg interviewed by Dickie Chang of Wala`au tv talking about the upcoming Japan Tsunami Debris Conference: The Japan Tsunami Debris Conference speaker presentations (4) are on Youtube with captions. The conference was sponsored by Kauai Surfrider and Kauai Community College Marine Option Program. Also being shown with closed captions on Kauai Oceanic Cable ...
Read more‘Working Vacations’ article features Kauai Surfrider
Kauai Surfrider was recently featured in AAA magazine’s Jan/Feb 2012 article on volunteerism. Check out the excerpts below and then read the full article. On a late August afternoon, when thin clouds streaked across the sun and trade winds chopped gray water, I joined a couple of dozen people, all but two of them strangers, ...
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