Protect & Enjoy – California

Interview with Donne Brownsey, Chair of the California Coastal Commission

Easy way to wrap gifts

Support the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary! Plus, Olivia‘s plastic free holiday gift guide!

• Olivia's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide 
• Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary - Public Comment Guide 
• Surfrider's Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Blog 

Shifting Baselines - Coastal Armoring in California, New Research on Whale Entanglements, and Giving the Gift of Experience

Simple Swap

The King Tides are coming! Plus common foods that contain micro plastics and what is an Ichthyosaur?

• About King Tides 
• NOAA Tide Predictions 

• Send your King Tide photos (with subject “King Tides”) to ssekich@surfrider.org

• 5th Annual State of the Beach Report

• 7 COMMON FOODS THAT CONTAIN MICROPLASTICS

• Extinct swordfish-shaped marine reptile discovered

Mangroves Being Amazing, A Critical Moment for Poseidon, and Some Holiday Swaps

• Surfrider's 2021 State of the Beach Report
• Sea Grant's Dec 8 & 9 Coastal Dunes for Resilience Workshop
• Olivia for the Ocean's Simple Swap

Ocean and surf safety with “The Core Project.” Plus, plastic free food storage!

• Big Wave Risk Assessment Group ("BWRAG")
• The Core Project  
• @thecore_projectt
• PLASTIC-FREE FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS

Storm Season is Upon Us (Interview with CW3E‘s Dr. Julie Kalansky), Plus Spotlight on the HB Chapter and Single Use Ban at Nat Parks Campaign Updates

• Ban Single-Use Plastics at National Parks! Action Alert & Campaign Page
• Disposable Plastic Water Bottle Recycling and Reduction Program Evaluation Report (2017)

Introducing new CA Policy Manager Laura Walsh! Plus MPA Decadal Review and your factoid of the week

• Help Strengthen CA's Marine Protected Areas
• Register for MPA 2022 Decadal Management Review: Non-Consumptive Users Community Meeting
• River beds that can shift naturally are more efficient carbon sinks than straightened rivers

Big victories, how to have a plastic free Halloween, and a gory factoid

• Oil Spill Beach Impacts Reporting App
• Bay Area Beaches Remain Free
• Plastic Free Halloween 
• Surfrider Bioplastics Toolkit 
• Fungal Outbreak in Marine Mammals Began on Land

The Ocean is Moving In (Interview with OPC Executive Director, Mark Gold), plus will Huntington Beach stop offshore drilling?

• Sealevelrise.ca.org
• CA Ocean Protection Council 
• OPC Sea Level Rise Guidance Document 
• Surfrider Oil Spill Updates