Rotarians at Work Day Saturday April 24th

The Rotary Coastal Clubs of Cayucos Seaside, Los Osos and Morro Bay came together at the Morro Strand State Beach Park to work on a Sand Dunes Restoration Project for Rotarians at Work Day. Under the guidance of California State Parks staffers Jodi Isaacs, John Sayers and Park volunteer Lauren Danner, the 22 volunteers put on their boots and gloves to pull out dead non-native European beach grass on the dunes. This grass was planted many years ago to stabilize the dunes and it has helped create unnaturally large, tall and steep dunes not characteristic to the area. Perched and balanced on the tall dunes, Rotarians worked to eradicate the beach grass. The cleared space will allow more room for native plants and animals and benefit endangered species like the Snowy Plovers and the Morro Shoulderband snail thus restoring the dune community to a natural functioning ecosystem. Rotary volunteers enjoyed the perfect weather, had fun working and left feeling accomplished and informed after coming together for this truly "grassroots" project for the betterment of our beautiful Coastal area. Thanks to Dan Costley, Daudi Kaliisa, John Weiss, Jude Long and all of the volunteers who participated.