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The most useful volunteer work stops trash before it reaches the pumps and collectors that keep sewage out of the river. Here is where your time, money or voice goes furthest.

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The Imperial Beach Pier in silhouette at dusk, seen along the sand, its lamps lit and the pink and orange sky reflected in the wet beach.
The pier at dusk from the sand. This is the beach the work is for. Photo: Stuart Duncan Smith / iStock
Volunteer and cleanupsPre-storm sweeps in the river valley, canyon cleanups with local partners, and collecting data.Donate to a projectGroups working on different layers of the problem, from canyon trash to legal pressure.Get told when there is something to joinSome of the cleanups described here are not organized yet. Sign up to hear when they are.Speak upWhere public comment and pressure on funding actually change what gets built.