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Unit 12 - The Steward of Ormond Beach

Walter: I will get up about 7:30, try to put my artwork out for the general public to see. Put some bird seed out. I'll walk down to the beach, and I'll also do a bird survey. My name's Walter Fuller, and I'm the steward for Ormond Beach. I've had another title, protector of birds of Ormond. But the steward, I like the title better. I was a janitor for 28 years when I was still working at Point Mugu. I would be coming here on my days off and then my time off. That's when I first started out here. Carmen: Ormond Beach, in particular, is pretty much the last wetlands on the Southern California coast. David: Ormond Beach are these important pieces of habitat left because these species now have been so confined and there's limited numbers of places where they can breed. And without a presence there to reinforce what the regulations are and sort of keep an eye on these places these birds are just not going to survive. Walter: You know what, I would recommend you go down the trail and go around that way. . . Carmen: I knew he was a volunteer, completely volunteer person out here trying to protect the wetlands when we didn't have and we still don't have enough protection for it. And he would come out here and talk to the people and try to engage them about bird watching. Walter: Cindy Hartley is a bird monitor; she's out there right now doing a quick survey. Carmen: About not doing negative things on the beach that would hurt the environment, hurt the endangered species. Woman: When you see one, who do you call? Walter: I call Marine Mammal Rescue. Carmen: The word was starting to get out, and more and more he's become a legend. And we count on him and hopefully can get him a little more help. Walter: The last year of my high school, my science teacher asked me to do a project for earth science, and I picked the eagle family. I got my pair of binoculars, got my field guide, and off to the mountains I went. That gave me the inspiration to watch and study birds in the wild. Here's a picture, one of the pictures of my bald eagle that we had out here, number 67. Carmen: I don't think of him as quote unquote "caretaker." I like what's on his uniform, it says steward. It's a person who takes the protection of whatever they're responsible for very seriously. Walter: [Inaudible] put a nest down right here. First they're walking with the sun beating down on them, they just calmly walk by and step on it, and they wouldn't even think about it. Man: The coastline is to Oxnard what I think Yosemite National Park is to Californians. It's arguably some of the most beautiful parts of not just the State of California, but anywhere in the United States, if not the world. This should become a national seashore. And I see that Walter Fuller is the one, he is the guardian of that. Walter: You got to be in the documentary. Man 2: Well, you don't mind? Walter: Come on! What motivates me? Nature motivates me. I love being out in nature, I love taking care of nature. That what motivates me. I'm the steward for Ormond Beach, but technically we're all stewards for this earth.