On April 16, 2026, Beacon coordinated the 2026 Ventura Sand Summit, a remote information sharing and exchange opportunity held annually for the past six years. The Sand Summit brings together several dozen representatives of regional harbors, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Navy, local government decision-makers, community and environmental organizations, interested stakeholders, and members of the public.
Summit participants heard presentations from Santa Barabara Harbor, Ventura Harbor, Channel Islands Harbor, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, and Naval Base Ventura County. Maintenance of local beaches with beach nourishment in the Santa Barbara Littoral Cell at our local area beaches requires periodic and regular harbor dredging at three harbor locations in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Channel Islands. Each of the three harbors require federal funding to support the operation and maintenance of federal navigation channels.
This year’s Sand Summit also featured a presentation on Regional Shoreline Erosion of the Hueneme-Mugu coast by Dr. Jon Warrick from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This part of the southern California is the most threatened from coastal erosion in the region. Dr. Warrick presented analysis from the historical and current data remote satellite data.
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