Coastal Groups Hold Annual Conference to Discuss Ways to Improve Beaches, Wetlands and Water Quality in CA

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Coastal Groups Hold Annual Conference to Discuss Ways to Improve Beaches, Wetlands and Water Quality in CA

CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6 -/E-Wire/-- This Thursday through Saturday, more than 200 elected officials, scientists, coastal engineers and environmentalists will meet in San Diego to hear presentations on the science, policy and funding of coastal restoration projects and studies in California. The conference is being co-organized by the California Coastal Coalition (CalCoast) and the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA).

Sponsors include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, L.A. District, California Coastal Commission, CA Department of Boating and Waterways, CA State Coastal Conservancy, CA State Lands Commission, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and USC Sea Grant.

Keynote speakers will include former Assembly Budget Chair Denise Moreno Ducheny and COL. Richard G. Thompson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A lively debate on the pro's and con's of seawalls and other coastal structures will take place during the Saturday session of the conference.

Awards to be given out at this year's conference include the following:

1. "Coastal Achievement Award 2001"

Recipient: Southern California Caluerpa Action Team (SCCAT)

SCCAT is a unique workgroup of local, state, federal officials that is working hard to eradicate caluerpa taxifolia along the coast. Known as "killer algae," caluerpa is a non-native species that is threatening the Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad, CA and Huntington Harbour in Huntington Beach, CA.

2. "Coastal Project of the Year 2001"

Recipient: SANDAG Regional Beach Sand Project

This award will be given to the elected officials and staff of the Shoreline Preservation Committee of the San Diego Association of Governments for completeing the state's first regional beach sand replenishment project this past summer. As a result of that project, 12 severely eroded beaches in the San Diego region were restored with beach sand dredged from the ocean.

The complete conference program is posted at http://www.calcoast.org/events/conf2001/conf2001.htm.

CalCoast (www.calcoast.org) is a statewide non-profit advocacy group comprised of 31 coastal cities; six counties; AMBAG, BEACON, SANDAG and SCAG; committed to restoring California's beaches and wetlands and improving water quality along the coast. CalCoast was the co-sponsor, with CSBPA, of the California Public Beach Restoration Act (AB 64-Ducheny) which created the state's first beach restoration fund in October, 1999.

CSBPA (CSBPA) is an educational and professional association with members from academics, coastal engineering and other professions, as well as property owners and individuals and groups interested in the coast of California. CSBPA is the state chapter of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. ASBPA was founded in 1926 to promote the "protection and proper utilization" of the shores of the United States.

http://www.calcoast.org/events/conf2001/conf2001.htm

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