The City of Malibu celebrated the Marine Protected Areas that preserve our coastal environment at Honor the Ocean, Saturday, October 20, at Zuma Beach. The day started off with a traditional blessing ceremony led by Chumash Elder Mati Waiya next to a Tomol, a hand-constructed Chumash canoe. Malibu Mayor Pro Tem Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner… Continue reading Honor the Ocean
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Life Finds a Way: Native Species Get a Helping Hand from Restoration Efforts in the LAX Dunes
Standing amid the sand and brush on the north end of the LAX Dunes, it’s strange to think there once was a neighborhood here — and very hard to believe that a few decades ago this nature preserve was slated to become a golf resort. The LAX Dunes stretch 302 acres between Vista Del Mar… Continue reading Life Finds a Way: Native Species Get a Helping Hand from Restoration Efforts in the LAX Dunes
Decommissioned Ocean Sensor Revived by Public/Private Partnership
A coalition of local water safety organizations has revived a previously decommissioned sensor at the Santa Monica Pier to provide updated data as part of a Federal ocean monitoring program. Divers from the Bay Foundation, Los Angeles Waterkeeper and the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) dove below the Pier this week to refurbish… Continue reading Decommissioned Ocean Sensor Revived by Public/Private Partnership
Restoring Abalone in Santa Monica Bay
Gone are the days where freedivers or scuba-divers can collect abalone in Southern California. Deep in the crevices of the rocks on the reefs live Abalone, a common name for a group of small to very large sea snails. The Santa Monica Bay was once thriving with seven different species: red, pink, green, white, black,… Continue reading Restoring Abalone in Santa Monica Bay
Groomed to Death
Urban beaches around the world have less garbage than remote beaches, but less life too. The City of Santa Monica hopes to change the image of a clean beach. As Gavin Andrus takes a seat at the helm of a green John Deere tractor, it’s still dark out at the Santa Monica Pier. The stationary… Continue reading Groomed to Death
Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria: Interview with TBF’s Heather Burdick
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, science journalist Cara Santa Maria is joined in studio by Heather Burdick, the Director of Marine Operations for The Bay Foundation. They talk about Heather’s Marine Program work on various projects involving research, monitoring, and ecological restoration throughout Santa Monica Bay. They specifically discuss the Palos Verdes Kelp Restoration… Continue reading Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria: Interview with TBF’s Heather Burdick
Educational Video for Boaters + Honey Pot Day
Two “Off the Wire” posts, about The Bay Foundation’s new vessel sewage ‘how-to’ video, and the Honey Pot Day program. (Page 8)
Image of the Day: Ab Lab
Disease and overharvesting have depleted the types and quantities of abalones (Haliotis rufescens) found in Santa Monica Bay. The Bay Foundation has been trying to replace the marine snails to their natural habitats since 2010. Most recently, the organization has been spawning abalones in a research laboratory with plans to reintroduce them into the kelp… Continue reading Image of the Day: Ab Lab
What’s Being Done to Revive L.A.’s Decimated Abalone Population
In the Bay Foundation’s two-year-old Abalone Research Laboratory on Terminal Island, abalone of varying sizes pass their days submerged in white tanks of saltwater. They look more like bewhiskered stones than snails, but when a palm-size one is removed from the water, the mollusk rises up on the muscular foot it uses to attach to surfaces… Continue reading What’s Being Done to Revive L.A.’s Decimated Abalone Population
SCAS Member Project Update: TBF Abalone Research and Restoration
The Bay Foundation (TBF), a research based environmental non-profit and affiliate of Loyola Marymount University’s Coastal Research Institute (CRI), constructed a laboratory for abalone research and restoration projects in 2016. This research lab allows TBF to conduct controlled experiments to better understand abalone broodstock conditioning and spawning behavior. The “Ab Lab” is located at the… Continue reading SCAS Member Project Update: TBF Abalone Research and Restoration