Virtual Stormwater Pollution Prevention Events
February 2022
We all play a part in preventing stormwater pollution. Here are some ways to get involved in February and help protect our local waterways! All events are free unless otherwise indicated.
I Love A Clean San Diego Community Cleanups – Several in-person neighborhood cleanups are being offered in February to divert litter from their respective watersheds.
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February 5, 9am to 11am – Watershed Warriors Pine Valley Community Litter Cleanup – Attend the kick-off at the cleanup site at 9am and then collect trash from around the Pine Valley community to divert litter from the Tijuana watershed. Learn more or register.
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February 10, 3pm to 5pm – Sunset Sweep: Hollywood Canyon Community Cleanup – Join I Love A Clean San Diego, San Diego Canyonlands, and Think Blue for a litter cleanup in Hollywood Canyon community. Attend the kick-off at the cleanup site at 3pm and then get out there to beautify your canyon neighborhood and divert trash from the San Diego Bay watershed. Learn more or register.
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February 12, 10am to 12pm – Cupid’s Cleanup 2022 with Bay City Brewing Company – Join Love A Clean San Diego, Bay City Brewing Company, and Think Blue for a Valentine’s weekend litter cleanup in the Point Loma neighborhood to divert litter from the San Diego River watershed . Attend the kickoff at 10am for a talk about our watersheds and recycling right, then grab supplies and help clean up the neighborhood! Learn more or register.
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February 19, 9am to 11am – Watershed Warriors Rancho San Diego Community Litter Cleanup – Attend the kick-off at the cleanup site at 9am and then collect trash from around the Rancho San Diego community to divert litter from the Sweetwater watershed. Learn more or register.
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February 26, 9am to 11am – Watershed Warriors Mt. Woodson Community Cleanup – Attend the kick-off at the cleanup site at 9am and then collect trash from around the Mt. Woodson community to divert litter from the San Dieguito watershed. Learn more or register.
San Diego River Park Foundation River Cleanups and Water Quality Monitoring Events – Several river cleanups and water quality monitoring events are being offered in February.
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Saturday River Rescue Cleanups – February 5, 12, 19, and 26, 9am to 12pm – Come out and assist with river cleanups and support a healthy river while interacting with a group of like-minded people! Locations change weekly and will be emailed to you the Wednesday prior to the event. Learn more or register for the February 5th, February 12th, February 19th, and February 26th
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Water Quality Monitoring Events – Come join the RiverWatch team in various locations to see how they monitor the water quality of the San Diego River.
Surfrider San Diego Beach Cleanups – Join the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation in its ongoing beach and neighborhood cleanups. Meet at the designated locations below and look for the blue Surfrider tent.
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Ongoing – Solo Cleanups – Participate in safe, physically distant ‘solo’ cleanups on your own – at the beach, in your neighborhood, at your local park – or anywhere in your watershed. Learn more about solo cleanup guidelines, how to tally your trash cleanup activity, and how you can make a difference in preventing trash from reaching the beach in the first place.
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February 5, 9am to 11am – Oceanside Pier Cleanup – Help with a beach and street cleanup at Oceanside Pier. Meet on the north side of the pier, on the beach. Learn more.
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February 5, 9am to 11am – Ocean Beach Pier Cleanup – Help with a beach and street cleanup at Ocean Beach Pier. Meet at Ocean Beach Veterans’ Plaza. Learn more.
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February 19, 9am to 11am – Moonlight Beach Cleanup – Help with a beach and street cleanup at Moonlight Beach. Meet near the restrooms. Learn more.
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February 19, 9am to 11am – Imperial Beach Cleanup – Help with a beach and street cleanup in Imperial Beach. Meet at The Spirit of Imperial Beach Statue and look for the blue Surfrider tent! Learn more.
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve – Friday Stewardship Sessions – February 4, 11, 18, and 25, 9am to 12pm – Join stewardship volunteers on Fridays in February in caring for the resources of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve by establishing, restoring, and maintaining the native plant gardens and habitat, removing graffiti and litter, and helping to clean up the beaches. Learn more or register for the February 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th events.
San Diego Coastkeeper Six Cleanup Challenge – Form a group and participate in the Six Cleanup Challenge to positively impact communities and outdoor spaces up and down the watershed. Pick up trash from two challenge sites in three categories – coastal, inland, and urban – and receive a certificate of completion and appreciation packet as a prize. Learn more and see list of challenge sites.
WaterSmart Residential Landscape and Irrigation Online Webinars and Training – The San Diego County Water Authority’s WaterSmart Program is providing the following free online events during the month of February. These classes are sponsored in part by Member Agencies and the County of San Diego.
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February 12, 9am to 12pm – Plants: Inspiring Choices for Our Region – Learn about which plants to use in designing a low-water-use landscape and why some are more water-efficient than others. Learn more or register.
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February 26, 9am to 12pm – Water & Irrigation: Utilizing a Precious Resource – Learn strategies to use our limited water sources wisely, including integrating stormwater capture elements into your landscape and conserving water through simple irrigation system retrofits. Learn more or register.
University of California Cooperative Extension’s (UCCE) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Healthy Garden – Healthy Home Program – UCCE IPM’s Healthy Garden Healthy Home Program is offering free online webinars in February that will help improve your garden, manage pests, and conserve water.
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February 12, 10am to 11:30 – Irrigation and Runoff Management – Learn about irrigation management including how to evaluate and improve your irrigation systems, avoid runoff and erosion issues, and how to customize your irrigation methods to fit your landscape. Learn more or register.
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February 26, 10am to 11:30am – Growing Fresh Herbs! – Learn how to grow herbs in containers and your garden along with safe ways to prevent and control pests and disease of herbs. Learn more or register.
University of California (UC) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – The UC IPM program is offering a variety of online pest management and pesticide safety webinars during the month of February.
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Manejo integrado de plagas (IPM) de la Universidad de California (UC)- talleres de capacitación de instructores a través de Zoom en ESPAÑOL (tarifa de $650) – 4 de febrero de 8am to 4:30pm (La inscripción cierra el 26 de enero 2022) –. Los participantes en este programa serán calificados para entrenar a los trabajadores de campo y a los aplicadores de pesticidas, como es requerido por las regulaciones del estado de California, incluso el Estándar de Protección del Trabajador revisado por EPA. El Departamento de Regulaciones de Pesticidas de California (CDPR) aprobó esta capacitación. Cada participante recibirá un certificado y CE está disponible. Haz clic aquí para registrarte.
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Train the Trainer Refresher Online Workshops (fee $300) – February 25, 8am to 11am (Spanish class held 12pm to 3pm) – Includes a review of the required annual training topics for fieldworkers and handlers. This workshop does NOT certify you as trainer. Learn more or register.
Rose Creek Native Plant Garden Work Party – February 12, 9am to 11am – Join the Friends of Rose Creek to work on The Nature School’s native plant interpretive garden behind Rose Creek Cottage in Pacific Beach. Help weed, water, remove invasive non-native plants and trash, and plant native species. Easy one to two hour project and great for children of all ages. Learn more.
The Water Conservation Garden – The following garden events will be offered in February.
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February 16, 9:30am – Storytime with Ms. Smarty-Plants – Join Ms. Smarty-Plants™ on the 3rd Wednesday of every month for a featured holiday-themed story followed by a craft. Storytime is free with Garden Admission. Learn more or register.
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February 16, 3pm to 4pm – That’s Swale Online Class – Landscape contractors, Wild Made Design, will show you techniques to ensure your landscape can handle and harvest as much water as possible through slowing, spreading, and sinking water through earthwork applications like swales and basins. Sponsored by the County of San Diego Water Protection Program. Learn more and access Zoom link.
Landscape and Water-Savings Webinars – A series of landscape and water-savings webinars are being offered throughout the month of February. Dates and times vary. Hosted in part by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. See calendar and learn more or register.
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California-Friendly Native Plant Webinar – Learn how to design a yard using the four principles of gorgeous and watershed-wise landscaping including building healthy soil, capturing rainfall, selecting native plants that minimize water use, and controlling irrigation.
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Turf: Remove, Replace, or Maintain Organically – Learn how to design your yard using principles of watershed-wise landscaping including removing your lawn without chemicals, building healthy soil, and selecting climate-appropriate and water-wise plants.
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Drip Irrigation Maintenance & Trouble Shooting – Learn how to save your landscape by understanding soil moisture balance, key components of a properly installed drip system, typical problems with drip and how to avoid them, and developing a successful maintenance practice.
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Garden Design Workshop – Learn how to identify critical steps for successfully designing a watershed-wise landscape including developing a successful planting plan, developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants, and sizing/siting rainwater capture area.
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Deciphering Your Irrigation Controller – Learn about your irrigation controller including understanding irrigation’s role in maintaining a soil moisture balance, outlining the purpose of a weather-based controller, reviewing basic terminology and programming principles, identifying special functions like cycle & soak, and troubleshooting typical problems.
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Rainwater Harvesting – Learn how to design your yard using watershed-wise landscaping including criteria and considerations when selecting rain capture methods such as swales, berms, cisterns, and integrating hardscapes.
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Irrigation & Water Use Efficiency – Learn how to design a yard using the principles of watershed wise landscaping. Topics include overview of an irrigation system, programming a controller, why drip over spray, and easy ways to conserve water.
 Organic Waste Recycling
I Love A Clean San Diego Waste Reduction Events – Join I Love A Clean San Diego and its partners in the following waste reduction events during the month of February.
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12 de Febrero de 10am to 11am – Seminario de Reciclar Correctamente- Biblioteca Malcolm X/Valencia Park – Únase con I Love a Clean San Diego el sabado 12 de febrero para aprender sobre las relgas de el reciclaje. El reciclaje es el primer paso para muchas personas en su trayectoria hacia un estilo de vida bajo en residuos o “cero residuos”. A través de este seminario, podrá obtener una mejor entendimiento de cómo identificar los materiales reciclables y la importancia de reciclar. Regístrarse para recibir más detalles.
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February 26, 10am – 11am – Zero Waste Bathroom In-Person Workshop – Participate in a free Zero Waste Bathroom in-person workshop at Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) Farm Lab in Encinitas. Topics include information on bulk bathroom products, identifying specific low-waste swaps, reviewing how to recycle right, and sharing DIY recipes that can help us reduce what we’re sending to the landfill. Learn more or register.
Solana Center for Environmental Innovation Waste Reduction and Rain Barrel Events – The following residential and business events are being offered in February.
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February 16, 6pm to 7:30pm – Producing Compost On-Site with the Healthy Soils Program Webinar – This webinar for Healthy Soils Program awardees will cover how to get started composting or improve your existing compost system while meeting Healthy Soils Program requirements. Topics include the benefits, considerations, and options for creating compost on your cropland, orchard, vineyard, or rangeland, and how it fits into your funded project. Funded by California Climate Investments. All are welcome to attend. Learn more or register.
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February 16, 10am to 2pm – Free E-Business Waste Pickup – Coastal North County Cities – A FREE e-waste pick-up service is being offered to businesses in coastal North County cities. Register by the second Friday of the month. Urban Corps will contact you to confirm pick-up. Offered in partnership with Urban Corps. Learn more or register.
On-Site and Virtual Compost Workshops – The Living Coastal Discovery Center and City of Chula Vista are offering the following compost workshops in February where participants will learn the basics on how to start their own compost pile and turn food waste into nutrient-rich soil. Pre-recorded video compost workshops also available. Learn more or register.
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Every Sunday in February, 2pm to 3pm – On-Site Workshop free with admission
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February 6, 2pm to 3pm – Virtual Workshop. Chula Vista residents can purchase a Soil Saver compost bin for $35 after attending virtual workshop.
San Diego Audubon – Love Your Wetlands Day – February 5, 10am to 4pm – Join the UC Natural Reserve System and the San Diego Audubon Society for Love Your Wetlands Day at the Kendall Frost Marsh Reserve to learn about, explore and protect Mission Bay's wetlands! Participate in family-friendly activities that include guided walking tours, live animal presentations, booths from environmental organizations, habitat restoration, and more. Learn more or register.
What to Know About H2O Webinar – Money Savings Rebates from the City of San Diego – February 8, 4pm to 5pm – Join I Love A Clean San Diego in partnership with Think Blue San Diego for this webinar focused on learning about where our water comes from, some easy tips for conserving water, and how to prevent pollution in our neighborhoods and local waterways. Discussion will also cover money-saving rebates offered by the City of San Diego to help your home become more water wise. Learn more or register.
Center for Watershed Protection – Tools & Technologies to Evaluate Watersheds – February 23, 10am to 11:30am (fees vary) – This webcast will highlight some new tools and techniques that will be of interest to watershed managers to improve data collection and the use of cloud-based technologies for real time monitoring and management of treatment practices. Note time on website posted as Eastern Time. Learn more or register.
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