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BEACON Board Meeting – 7/20/2018
Dan Hoover with USGS, Glen Shepard with Ventura County Wathershed Protection District, and Matt Roberts from City of CarpinteriaPart IMaureen Spencer from Santa Barbara Flood ControlPart II
Sand Movement
Sandshed: The Sand Is on the Move! There is a constant flow of sand from the land into the ocean. Watershed run-off and bluff and hillside erosion bring sand to the beach. Sand grains travel southward down the coast, while finer particles of sediment are carried and...
Montecito Debris Flows
A Beach Nourishment Opportunity Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment Sequence of Events Thomas Fire – December 2017 Montecito Debris Flows – january 9, 2018 Perhaps 500,000 cy made it to the beach About 70,000 cy deposited on public streets &...
U.S. Geological Survey Erosion Report – May 19, 2017
USGS Coastal Erosion Report May 19, 2017 by Dan Hoover, Lead Researcher.Report given during BEACON Board of Directors Meeting, Carpinteria, CA.