The Mission of Orange County Coastkeeper is to protect and preserve the region's marine habitats and watersheds through education, advocacy, restoration, research and enforcement.

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Coastkeeper News & Press Releases

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Special Projects

Coastkeeper Garden

Garden ready for visitors – OC Register, 6-4-2013
Coastkeeper Natural Play Garden – Fun Orange County Parks, May 2013
Youth Action Team gives local garden a boost – OC Register, 5-10-2013
Coastkeeper Garden Grand Opening and Fundraiser – Coastkeeper Press Release, 4-10-2013
Coastkeeper Garden Robbed for the Second Time – Coastkeeper Press Release, 8-14-2012
Coastkeeper Garden features native plant habitats - OC Register, 3-24-2012
“State Awards $596,698 to Coastkeeper Gardens Project” - Coastkeeper Press Release, 4-21-2011

Santa Ana River Connection

Kayaking the Santa Ana River Becomes Reality – Coastkeeper Press Release, 8-22-2012
Kayaking the Santa Ana River - Huffington Post Green Blog, 9-25-2012
White water kayaking in North O.C.? Yes, it’s true – OC Register, 10-23-2012

SmartScape

Smartscape – One Year Later - Coastkeeper Press Release, 4-10-2012
“SCE Pilot Sustainable Landscaping Project” - Coastkeeper Press Release, 4-7-2011
“Edison substation gets revamped landscape” - OC Register, 4-11-2011

Swim Guide

New Smart Phone App Helps Beachgoers Find Closest, Cleanest Beach in California - Coastkeeper Press Release, 5-30-2012
New app allows beach goers to check water quality - Daily Pilot, 7-2-2012
Orange County Clean Beaches? App-solutely! - OC Weekly, 6-12-2012
New smartphone app locates the cleanest beach near you - Pacific Swell – 89.3 KPCC, 5-30-2012

Education

Kids Ocean Day

Kids Ocean Day 2013 – Coastkeeper Press Release, 5-29-2013
Teaching kids about healthy seas – Huntington Beach Independent, 6-5-2013
More than 1,000 kids gather for beach cleanup, aerial artwork – OC Register, 6-5-2013
Kids Ocean Day 2012 - Coastkeeper Press Release, 5-29-2012
“Hundreds ‘Defend the Sea’ at H.B. Kids Beach Day” – OC Register, 6-6-2012
Garden Grove Students are Cleaning up for Kids Ocean Day – Garden Grove TV3, 6-18-2012
“Kids Ocean Day: Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup”- Orangecounty.com article and photos
“Protestwelle” - Natur + Kosmos (German Magazine) August 2009
“750 students help clean the coast for Ocean Day” - OC Register, 6-4-2009

Outreach

Costa Mesa High School Green Career Fair - Daily Pilot, 3-13-2012

WHALES

WHALES expands to South Orange County - Coastkeeper Press Release, 5-18-2012
“Kids get chance to be keeper of the coast” - OC Register, 10-18-2012
“San Onofre Foundation, Coastkeeper Hosts Kids” - San Clemente Patch, 10-19-2012
“Hankey students go on watershed education field trip” - OC Register, 5-25-2012
“San Onofre Foundation, Coastkeeper Hosts Kids” - San Clemente Patch, 5-21-2012
Coastkeeper receives $75,000 gift for Watershed Education Program - Coastkeeper Press Release, 11-29-2010

Advocacy

Huntington Beach Desalination

“Private Equity Purifies Pacific to Boost California Water“, Bloomberg Businessweek, 2-8-2013
“Poseidon invites cities to talk water rates“, The Huntington Beach Independent, 2-5-2013
“Huntington Beach’s Poseidon Mis-Adventure“, OC Weekly, 1-31-2013
“H.B. desalination debate heats up again, this time over costs“, The OC Register, 11-29-2012
Water Purchase Agreement Bad News for Orange County, Coastkeeper Press Release, 11-27-2012
Groups appeal Huntington Beach desalination permit - D&WR, 3-19-2012
Huntington-Poseidon Ocean Desalination Decision Appealed to State Board - Press Release, 3-14-2012
Permit approved for desalination plant at Huntington Beach - LA Times, 2-12-2012

The Cadiz Project

Orange County water district delays decision on Cadiz pumping project after 7-hour meeting - 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio, 7-26-2012

Restoration

Copper Reduction Project

“Water Board Considering Copper Limits for Newport” – The Log, 4-11-2013
“Curbing the copper tide” – The OC Register, 11-26-2012
“Eco-Friendly Hull Paint Funds Set to Expire Soon” – The Log, 9-24-2012
“Newport Bay Copper Reduction Program Offer Boater Incentives”- The Log, 7-9-2010
“Push for ‘green’ paint”- Daily Pilot, 6-18-2010

Eelgrass

“Coastkeeper’s Eelgrass Project is Growing Strong” – Newport Beach Independent, 2-1-2013
Upper Newport Bay Eelgrass Restoration Update – Coastkeeper Press Release, 1-31-2013
Marine Habitat Restoration Taking Place in Upper Newport Bay - Coastkeeper Press Release, 6-14-2012
Volunteers working to restore Upper Newport Bay estuary - 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio, 6-25-2012
Coastkeeper Kicks Off Eelgrass Restoration Project – Newport Beach Independent, 6-26-2012
“Eelgrass a boon to the ecology, a bane to boaters” - LA Times, 12-18-2010

Native Oyster Restoration

Native Oyster Restoration Taking Place in Alamitos Bay – Coastkeeper Press Release, 6-18-2013

Marine Debris

Memorial Day Travel Brings Massive Influx of Trash to OC Beaches – Coastkeeper Press Release, 5-15-2013
Coastkeeper Releases Debris Survey in Conjunction with Beach Cleanup - Coastkeeper Press Release, 7-22-2010

Rhine Channel

Rhine Channel dredging beats deadline - The Daily Pilot, 11-14-2011

Research

King Tides

“King Tides” Illustrate Vulnerability of California Shoreline - Coastkeeper Press Release, 12-10-2012
“‘King Tide’ Photos Sought as Coastal Warning” - Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Patch, 12-11-2012
“High tide and rain put Newport on alert” – The OC Register, 12-12-2012
“Officials: we’re lucky conditions weren’t worse” – The Daily Pilot, 12-13-2012
“Sunset Beach flooding damages homes, cars” – The OC Register, 12-13-2012
Coastkeeper rallies behind photo event to capture abnormally high “King Tides” - Coastkeeper Press Release, 2-11-2011

Enforcement

Coastal Access

Coastkeeper to Celebrate Coastal Access - Coastkeeper Press Release, 6-8-12
Huntington’s beach going to get a bit bigger - Huntington Beach Independent, 6-2-2012
Off-limits strip of Orange County beach now open to public - LA Times, 6-21-2012
New SUP launch area opened in Huntington Harbour - OC Beach Blog, 6-26-2012

Marine Protected Areas

First Annual Report for MPA Watch Program Released with New Map – Coastkeeper Press Release, 4-16-2013
Volunteers to help patrol new marine sanctuaries - LA Times, 12-31-2011
Making sense of California’s proposed MPAs - ESPN, 12-7-2011

Scrapyards

Permit to Reduce Scrapyard Runoff Pollution Wins Approval - Coastkeeper Press Release, 2-14-2012

Inland Empire

Illegal Dump Near Lake Elsinore Being Cleaned Up - Coastkeeper Press Release, 7-27-2012

Other Events/Projects

Protecting Crystal Cove

The Blue 42 - Coast Magazine, August 2012 (also features Coastkeeper on King Tides, Copper, MPAs and SIMA)
Pelican Hill honored as green golf resort - OC Register, 2-17-2012

Rigs to Reefs