BEACON Connections
American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
State Chapter of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association.
asbpa.org/california
Social Media Link
BeachSmart
Beach Sediment Management and Resilience Tactics for southern Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Link for BeachSmart
California Coastkeeper Alliance
Statewide waterkeeper programs
https://cacoastkeeper.org/
Social Media
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA – National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration)
University of California Santa Barbara
Ocean Science Education Bldg 514, MC 6155
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155
(805) 893-6437
channelislands.noaa.gov
Social Media Link
Management Plan
Clean Oceans – Project Clean Water
County of Santa Barbara Public Works Department program
countyofsb.org/sbpcw
Coastal Keepers
Oxnard Chapter
Focus: Ormond Beach and Oxnard
Instagram
Environmental Defense Center
Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
906 Garden Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-1622
Environmentaldefensecenter.org/
EDC@Environmentaldefensecenter.org
Heal the Ocean
1430 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 965-7570
https://www.healtheocean.org/
info@healtheocean.org
Merito Foundation
3775 Market St. Suite 200
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 620-8510
https://www.meritofoundation.org/
info@meritofoundation.org
Santa Barbara Channelkeepers
714 Bond Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 563-3377
Social Media
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
(858) 246-5511
Wave Forecast Resource
Surfrider Foundation
PO Box 73550
San Clemente, CA 92673
(949) 492-8170
info@surfrider.org
surfrider.org
Surfrider Foundation
PO Box 1028
Ventura, CA 93002
(805) 856-3137
info@ventura.surfrider.org
https://ventura.surfrider.org/
Ventura Audubon
PO Box 24198
Ventura, CA 93992
www.venturaaudubon.org/
Ventura County Ocean Water Quality Monitoring Program
Hotline: (805) 662-6555
Staff Specialist, Paolo Quinto: (805) 654-5040
Monitoring Program
BEACON recent posts
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.