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Action Alerts |
Free the Otter
Since 1987 the No Otter Zone has prevented the Southern Sea Otter from repopulating its historic range below Point Conception. Without this kelp-forest top predator keeping urchin populations in check, our prized underwater forests have become severely depleted. Currently, the House of Representatives is considering a bill, that would keep the “No Otter Zone” in place. Sign this petition, and set the otter free!
For more information, please visit FreetheOtters.org.
2012 is the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
Unfortunately, this is also the year in which the House of Representatives passed a bill that can strip the federal government's ability to enforce the Clean Water Act. This bill is currently pending in the Senate. Let your voice be heard, and sign this petition before it's too late.
MPA Watch
Santa Monica Baykeeper has issued a public statement on the importance of the new southern Californian Marine Protected Areas, and the role of our program M.P.A. Watch. Please click here to read. And spread the word.
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Recent News |
April 27th, 2012 |
CBS Local |
Santa Monica Baykeeper & Ventura Coastkeeper vs. Magic Mountain |
April 26th, 2012 |
Washington Examiner |
Magic Mountain discharge of untreated storm runoff and trash into the Santa Clara River. |
April 26th, 2012 |
SUP Connect |
SUP4CleanWater 7 year-old contestant Cade. |
April 26th, 2012 |
LA Times |
Environmental groups are accusing Six Flags Magic Mountain of polluting the Santa Clara River. |
April 24th, 2012 |
Huffington Post |
The history of the Waterkeeper Alliance, SMBK’s win in Malibu, & the 1st annual Stand-Up for Clean Water Earth Day Festival & SUP Race |
April 21st, 2012 |
SUP Racer |
SUP4CleanWater race results coverage |
April 16th, 2012 |
LA Stormwater |
Interview with Liz Crosson |
April 16th, 2012 |
Santa Monica Daily Press |
Community profile on Liz Crosson about SMBK & SPLASH |
April 14th, 2012 |
ABC Local |
Malibu to pay $1M settlement over water contamination lawsuit |
April 13th, 2012 |
LA Times |
Baykeeper & NRDC win suit against Malibu! |
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Calendar |
New Water Quality App!
The Waterkeeper Alliance Swim Guide App officially launches on May 30th, and is now available for Los Angeles County beaches.
Look for your local beach, discover new beaches, and get to know the stats on your local water quality.
CALLING ALL SCIENTIFIC DIVERS and RESCUE CERTIFIED DIVERS
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in 2012
Divers are needed for our Kelp Monitoring and Restoration Project. Santa Monica Baykeeper has been restoring kelp forests acre by acre off of the Malibu and Palos Verdes coasts for the past 15 years. This legacy program touts a record urchin relocation in 2011 of over a half a million purple urchins! For more information on how to get involved with this project, please contact Brian Meux at bmeux@smbaykeeper.org, or call (310) 305-9645 ext. 107.
STONE CANYON CREEK RESTORATION
Saturday, May 19th & June 9th
Please help Santa Monica Baykeeper and Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission restore Stone Canyon Creek on UCLA's campus from 10am-1pm!
Please click to RSVP or see the flyer for more 2012 dates and information.
MPA WATCH IS UNDERWAY!
Baykeeper staff and volunteers are conducting monitoring and outreach in our LA County Marine Protected Areas.
To volunteer for MPA Watch contact Michael Quill, mquill@smbaykeeper.org, and check out our brand new MPA Watch blog!
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Kelp Project Photo Gallery
Established in 1997, the internationally recognized Santa Monica Baykeeper Kelp Monitoring and Resoration Program has been made possible by our passionately devoted marine program staff, hundreds of dedicated volunteer divers, and other partners and stakeholders in what has become a truly historic restoration effort.
To help document our program, illustrate the project, and express our appreciation of our volunteers' Herculean efforts, we're collecting photographs and artifacts to be added to our expanding documentation of the history and practices of the Kelp Program.
If you're a veteran or current Kelp Program diver and want to contribute some of your favorite pictures, please send them in and we'll make sure they become part of the official archive. We'll add many of them to these pages throughout 2011 with credits and captions to tell the story.
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Urchin Barren Before
Restoration |
After
Restoration |
Volunteer
Joe Couce |
Tom
Ford with Volunteers Heather Wilson
and GT Bradley at SCUBA Show 2006 |
Volunteer
diver records data underwater |
Volunteer
Will Hartung collects urchins at the Long Point restoration site |
Volunteer diver Ricardo Caivano reels up a
transect tape used to mark the edge of the
restoration site
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Restored kelp canopy at the surface of the Escondido
Beach restoration site
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Urchins are hand collected and floated to the
surface with a lift bag |
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