Goleta Bay Kelp Project update

At its July 2026 Board meeting, BEACON committed up to $15,000 to fund portions of Phase 2 of the Goleta Bay Kelp Project to examine innovative octo-cylinders to expand the project within Goleta Bay. The Board authorized the Executive Director to enter into an...

Sand Summit 2026 Recap

  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...

2026 Sand Summit

Attached is the agenda notice for the upcoming Sand Summit. BEACON and its partners: the City of Port Hueneme, Channel Islands Harbor, and the Navy, have been holding an annual sediment management meeting focused on Ventura for the past 5 years. The agenda notice...