Santa Monica Daily Press: The Santa Monica Conservancy will recognize an architecture firm, a coastal restoration effort and a volunteer at its 2026 Preservation Awards on Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club… The Bay Foundation will be honored for restoring coastal dunes. The work helps revive native habitats and strengthen the… Continue reading Santa Monica Conservancy to honor architecture, coastal restoration at Preservation Awards
News Type: Articles
Letters to the Editor: Santa Monica project shows a better way for California to handle beach erosion
LA Times: To the editor: The article on California’s struggle to protect homes and infrastructure from storms and rising seas without sacrificing its beaches points to a larger problem: We keep treating coastal erosion and flooding as emergencies to clean up after rather than threats to prepare for (“California’s plan to save coastal homes from… Continue reading Letters to the Editor: Santa Monica project shows a better way for California to handle beach erosion
A Century of Sand Debt Comes Due in Malibu
Inside Climate News: A new study finds the world’s great surf breaks are vulnerable to climate change. In Malibu, the problem is more specific: a coast with few defenses, with a record El Niño winter closing in.
Blue Waters Boating Festival Celebrates Boating and Ocean Stewardship
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
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.
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.
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
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