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Santa Barbara Harbor’s Operation Clean Sweep Set for May 9
By: Ambrosia Sarabia \| Monday, May 04, 2009 12:13:00 PM
Last updated: Monday, May 04, 2009 12:13:00 PM
Divers to remove underwater debris; unusual items may be found. <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="4" width="322"><tr><td><table class="forPhotos" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="318"><tr><td class="photoFrame"></td><td width="5"> </td></tr><tr><td class="photoCredit">Photo by: Courtesy of Santa Barbara Waterfront Dept.</td></tr><tr><td class="forPhotoCapture">Recovered Refuse -- Channelkeeper volunteer Jessie Alstatt sits above 2 tons of seafloor debris removed during last year’s Santa Barbara Clean Sweep event.</td></tr><tr><td width="5"> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> SANTA BARBARA -- Objects large and small that have taken up residence at the bottom of Santa Barbara Harbor will be removed by divers during Operation Clean Sweep, May 9. The harbor will receive a spring cleaning, of sorts, when a team of divers will plunge into the waters off the commercial fishing docks and remove underwater refuse. Twenty-five dock workers will catalog and cart off the items retrieved. Larger objects will be carried by safety boats. The event is supported by the city of Santa Barbara’s Waterfront Department, Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper and Surfrider Foundation. Local dive businesses and urchin fisherman also join in the effort. In the past three years that the cleanup has been held, divers have removed many unusual objects -- including steering wheels, barbecues and bikes. The public is invited to head down to the harbor and observe the dive starting at 8 a.m. For more information, contact the harbormaster’s office at (805) 564-5531.

Subject: Re: SB Harbor clean up Tue May 05, 2009 2:45 am

I can only imagine what they will find