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August 6th, 2012
Kill this thing quick. A mobile tide pool truck is an abomination. On the beach at little C it would produce pollution by the ton, crowding, uglification and waste.
Mobile Tidepool’s Launch Delayed
posted: August 6th, 2012 05:11 am |
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Plans for a mobile tidepool vehicle that was to be unveiled this summer at Little Corona Beach have been delayed, a city official confirmed.
The Traveling Tide Pool vehicle will cost more than $125,000, and will be funded with grants and part of a collaborative project among Newport Beach, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Newport Bay Conservancy. The vehicle, which will have two touch tanks and possibly a display aquarium, will replace the Department of Fish and Game’s shark tank, which has been retired because of age.
But plans to have the new tidepool vehicle in place this month have fallen through, said Michelle Clemente, the Newport Beach marine education supervisor. The truck has been ordered, she said, but it will be several months before the customization is complete.
“We’re hoping to have it ready by January,” she said.
The vehicle will visit Little Corona Beach on summer days and weekends throughout the year and make visits to schools the rest of the time. The goal, Clemente has said, is to teach beach visitors about tidepools while protecting sea creatures.
Read our earlier story here.
