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Nine projects awarded more than $6 million to advance California’s 30×30 goal

California Sea Grant: Funded by the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC), California Sea Grant will administer more than $6 million to nine research and restoration projects to inform the state’s goal of conserving thirty percent of its lands and coastal waters by 2030… OPC selected the projects through a highly competitive review process that was… Continue reading Nine projects awarded more than $6 million to advance California’s 30×30 goal

Urchins, robots, and a race to save kelp forests

Oceanographic Magazine: Oceanographic columnist Mark Schrope dives into a restored Santa Monica kelp forest and explores the innovations – from urchin-smashing robots to sea star rearing – helping scale kelp restoration efforts globally.

Summer 2026 Research Spotlight: LMU Coastal Research Institute Interns Support Dune Restoration Across LA Beaches

LMU: This summer, four students from the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University spent six weeks monitoring and surveying sand dune habitats across various Los Angeles County beaches through a partnership between the LMU Coastal Research Institute and The Bay Foundation.

Protecting our coastlines: How The Bay Foundation is restoring Santa Monica’s sand dunes

CBS News: The Bay Foundation is working to protect the coastline along Santa Monica. CBS LA Meteorologist Marina Jurica reports.

Good Jibes & the Dockwalker Program

Latitude 38: This week, Latitude 38’s Good Jibes podcast host Ryan Foland chatted with The Bay Foundation’s Delores Chan and the California State Parks & the California Coastal Commission’s Vivian Maturk about the Dockwalker Program.

How underwater heroes are saving out kelp forests

CBS LA Climatologist Marina Jurica takes us from the marine lab at San Diego State University to the waters off Palos Verdes with The Bay Foundation, where scientists say kelp forests are one of our most powerful, and most overlooked natural climate buffers.

LAist: On a recent morning, traffic sped by the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica where San Vicente and Ocean boulevards meet. A few hundred yards away, the waves crashed on the shore. But 100 years ago, when Hollywood starlet Marion Davies lived in this once-rural spot of coast, standing this close to the house would… Continue reading Santa Monica’s sand dunes are mounting a low-tech resistance to rising sea levels

Protecting the Shoreline: 30 Acres added to Santa Monica Beach Dunes

The Argonaut: The city of Santa Monica and The Bay Foundation have launched an expansion of their dune restoration project, the Santa Monica Beach Dunes, which will restore almost 30 additional acres of beach along the shoreline back to a natural state. The Feb. 24 announcement marked Phase III of a resilience plan to see… Continue reading Protecting the Shoreline: 30 Acres added to Santa Monica Beach Dunes

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