The clean up was organized in solidarity with Friends of the San Juans, a grassroots conservation organization, who coordinated similar clean ups on San Juan, Lopez, Shaw, and Orcas Islands to show that the Islanders oppose the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which, if built, would increase tanker traffic transporting crude oil in BC waters sevenfold. Looking out into Semiahmoo Bay and the Straight of Georgia, we all felt a collective need to speak up for the voiceless; for the water, the orcas, and the salmon of The Salish Sea.
Semiahmoo Resort graciously allowed us to dump the litter gathered on the spit in their receptacles, and even volunteered two workers, a jackhammer, and a flat bed to help us haul away the concrete and styrofoam from the dock that had washed up on Semiahmoo Bay. Thanks again to everyone who showed up to Stand for The Salish Sea.