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Dockwalker conducting boater education prompted by the CA Boater Kit and its questionnaire. Source: Civicorps
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"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”~Jane Goodall
Become a Partner Dockwalker in 2024 by taking one of our FREE trainings!
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Click the hyperlinked dates below to register for one of our virtual or in-person training classes.
NORTHERN CA TRAININGS:
• Saturday, March 2, 10 am to 12:45 pm – Virtual Training
• Saturday, March 30, 10 am to 12:45 pm – Virtual Training
• Thursday, April 11th, 9 am to 11:45 pm – Virtual Training
• Saturday, April 20, 10 am to 12:45 pm – In person-Training - Oakland Yacht Club 1101 Pacific Marina, Alameda, CA 94501 (Regatta Room)
• Saturday, June 15th – 10 am to 12:45 pm, Virtual Training
SOUTHERN CA TRAININGS:
• Saturday, March 16, 2024, 10 am to 12:45 pm – Virtual Training
• Saturday, April 13, 2024, 10 am to 12:45 pm – In person-Training - Silver Gate Yacht Club, 2091 Shelter Island Dr., San Diego, CA 92106.
• Saturday May 4, 2024, 10 am to 12:45 pm – In person-Training Long Beach at the Shoreline Yacht Club (386 E. Shoreline Drive Long Beach, CA 90802)
• Thursday, June 6, 2024, 10 am to 12:45 pm – Virtual Training
Refresher Trainings If you have been trained in the last three years, please register for a refresher training, as follows:
Northern CA:
• Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 10 am to 11:30 am – Virtual Training
• Thursday, May 2, 2024 – 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm -Virtual Training
Southern CA:
• Saturday, March 23, 2024, 10 am to 12:45 pm – Virtual Training
• Thursday, April 25, 2024, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm – Virtual Training
Once you are registered for a training, you will receive an email with the Disclaimer form needed to complete and the training handouts AND a Zoom link to the training (no account needed), which requires a computer with internet access (if no computer microphone, you can use a phone to call in while online).
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Dockwalkers are trained to safely engage members of the public and the boating community to adopt clean boating practices. Dockwalkers share clean boating information with boaters and distribute educational 2024 California Boater Kits, while visiting marinas, launch ramps, marine supply stores, boat shows special events, or wherever boaters are. "Dockwalker" is only a general term because you are not limited to "walking the docks" in order to talk to boaters about safety and clean boating practices. Remember safety and the environment go hand in hand.
Dockwalking is a fantastic way to interact with boaters to help keep California's marinas, waterways, and ocean clean and healthy. The training provides an overview of potential sources of boat pollution, federal and state laws, environmentally-sound boating practices, information on how to conduct Dockwalking, and an overview of the educational materials Dockwalkers will distribute.
Since 2000, more than a 1,400 Dockwalkers have taught 110,000 boaters about oil, fuel, sewage, trash and marine debris prevention. Participation in the program, including the training sessions, qualifies as community service.
Anyone from 15 to 100 years young with an interest in water quality and sharing clean boating information (regardless of your background) can become a Dockwalker!
Learn what Partners Dockwalkers are saying about the program
This program provides tons of benefits to:
Boaters and Water Enthusiasts
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Marinas, Harbors and Yacht Club Operators and Staff
America’s Boating Club former United States Power Squadrons
Program implemented by the California State Parks, The California Coastal Commission and The Bay Foundation in partnership with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, the US Power Squadrons, Save Our Shores, Lake Berryessa Partnership and many more organizations.
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