The Log: For Southern California boaters, protecting the ocean doesn’t have to begin with a research vessel, scientific diving operation or major restoration project. Sometimes it can start at the fuel dock, at the washdown hose or with a better understanding of what’s happening beneath the boat. That connection between recreation and responsibility will be… Continue reading Blue Waters Boating Festival Celebrates Boating and Ocean Stewardship
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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.
A nonprofit grows native plants to protect against rising sea levels
CBS News: Tom Ford, CEO of The Bay Foundation, discusses dune plantings in LA County to protect beaches against rising sea levels.
Sand dune project underway in Santa Monica
KNX News: The Bay Foundation is doing one of its largest sand dune restoration projects by far in Santa Monica. KNX News’ Karen Adams reports.
Santa Monica’s sand dunes are mounting a low-tech resistance to rising sea levels
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