Remove storm-washed debris from the marsh inflow channel, the Zedler Marsh unit trail, Los Cerritos Wetlands, Long Beach, CA 90803.

The last storm washed trash and driftwood debris down the upland channel into this marsh unit's tidal inflow, snagging on the culvert and choking the flow the whole system depends on; clearing it from the bank keeps the tidal exchange working.

Where

the Zedler Marsh unit trail, Los Cerritos Wetlands, Long Beach, CA 90803 · Open the map

Pay

$400 proposed

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Proof

before/after photos + debris weight/volume log + disposal photo + GPS + never-enter-water confirm

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-19

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• GPS phone
• pH meter or strips
• conductivity meter
• ammonia + iron test kit as specified
• surfactant screen if specified
• gloves
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the outfall/reach; record GPS; photograph it, capturing any visible flow or staining.
2. 2. Note whether flow is present in dry weather (yes/no).
3. 3. Measure and record pH, conductivity, and each specified analyte per kit instructions.
4. 4. Log any color, odor, floc, or aquatic-life observation.
5. 5. Enter all readings with units, GPS, time, and photos into the proof record; sign.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the snagged debris at the inflow channel
• Debris weight or volume log
• After photo of the cleared channel from the same vantage
• Disposal photo (recyclables separated) + confirmation all work stayed on the bank/boardwalk

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Watershed Health. A watershed is everything the land pours into a stream, and the stream keeps the record. The EPA's bioassessment method reads that record through the small creatures living in the gravel: mayflies and caddisflies mean clean water, only worms and midges mean trouble. Mastery looks like a person who can wade one riffle with a net and tell you how the whole valley is doing. That skill is built sample by sample. This packet is one of them: one site, one careful count, one entry in the long record of a stream.