Led by All Positives Possible

In this project SFEI is collaborating with and supporting All Positives Possible, a non-profit, grassroots, community-based organization serving low-income disadvantaged communities.  The project will provide shoreline education, fish testing, garbage abatement, and preservation process that will engage members and train leaders of disadvantaged communities living on the shorelines near Vallejo, CA. Community participants will be trained in setting up and monitoring misting gardens in fishing hotspots, shoreline restoration, preservation, fish collection and testing (which has not occurred in the area in 30 years), and garbage cleanup. The project will support underserved communities through community-led activities that will lead to the development of multiple shoreline preservation and restoration projects bringing environmental and economic benefits in South Vallejo and other areas. SFEI is leading the fish monitoring element of the project, which will generate high-quality data on the exposure of subsistence fishers to mercury, PCBs, and PFAS to inform risk communication and cleanup efforts.