Topic Category: Climate Change

‘Re-wilding’ a Santa Monica Beach to Protect Against Sea Level Rise

At the north end of Santa Monica Beach, there’s a fenced off 2-acre section that looks a bit unkempt. It’s an experiment in “re-wilding,” or restoring the beach to what it looked like before humans altered it. The pilot project, a partnership of The Bay Foundation and Santa Monica, could also help protect the city… Continue reading ‘Re-wilding’ a Santa Monica Beach to Protect Against Sea Level Rise

Water and Energy Conservation: Project Activity Book

This Activity Packet, created to be an educational piece for kids, contains ten engaging online and offline activities on water, energy, and climate change. Activities include: 1) Water Knowledge quiz 2) Water Knowledge word search 3) Calculate your “water footprint” online 4) Energy Knowledge crossword puzzle 5) Taking an energy nap 6) Calculating your “ecological… Continue reading Water and Energy Conservation: Project Activity Book

Calif. City Tries Shifting Sands Amid Disappearing Beaches

Santa Monica’s beaches, famed as the birthplace of the mid-20th-century fitness boom, have been as intentionally sculpted as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pecs at the peak of his beachside bodybuilding career. In 1934, the same year that a New Deal program brought fitness equipment to what would become Muscle Beach, the city of Santa Monica installed an… Continue reading Calif. City Tries Shifting Sands Amid Disappearing Beaches

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Santa Monica Beach Restoration Pilot Project – Implementation and Monitoring Plan

This pilot project aims to restore approximately three acres of sandy coastal habitats located on the beaches of Santa Monica by utilizing existing sediments to transform a portion of the current beach into a sustainable coastal strand and foredune habitat complex resilient to sea level rise. This document details the goals, implementation and monitoring plan… Continue reading Santa Monica Beach Restoration Pilot Project – Implementation and Monitoring Plan

Santa Monica Beach Restoration Pilot Project – Project Update Report December 2016

This report summarizes activities for the Santa Monica Beach Restoration Pilot Project from the time period December 2015 through the end of November 2016. During this time period, substantial outreach was conducted, the partnership and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Bay Foundation (TBF) and the City of Santa Monica was finalized, permitting was applied… Continue reading Santa Monica Beach Restoration Pilot Project – Project Update Report December 2016

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the SMBNEP Bay Restoration Plan – September 2016

In 2016, The Bay Foundation (TBF), with support from the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC), was awarded an EPA grant to conduct a broad, risk-based, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) of the objectives in the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program (SMBNEP’s) Bay Restoration Plan (BRP). The CCVA identifies risks associated with individual objectives… Continue reading Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the SMBNEP Bay Restoration Plan – September 2016