Coastal Blog
May 20 2013
Surfrider Chapters Join Hands to Say No to Offshore Drilling
This weekend, over 25 Surfrider Chapters participated in Hands Across the Sand events across the country, joining thousands of activists around the world in saying NO to offshore drilling and YES to clean energy!
May 20 2013
The 2012 BWTF Annual Report
The Surfrider chapters, volunteers, teachers & students that make up the Blue Water Task Force supported by Emergen-C Blue®, undertook a massive water monitoring effort at their local beaches during 2012.
May 20 2013
The Story of Bacterial Problems at Larrabee State Park
Blue Water Task Force Partnerships Solutions Source Identification Water Quality
Read about the long and complicated path the Northwest Straits Chapter has followed to discover, investigate and help solve water pollution problems at Larrabee State Park in Bellingham, Washington. Written in the Chapter Chair, Eleanor Hines, own words.
May 17 2013
Progressive Stormwater Permit Approved In San Diego
Know Your H20 Low Impact Development
On May 8th, 2013 the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) unanimously approved a new regional MS4 permit implementing a watershed-based approach to stormwater management with an increased reliance on Low Impact Development (LID).
May 16 2013
Gradients of Surf Protection
A look at how strategic approach, local community action and legal protection predicts the likely outcome of surf protection.
May 13 2013
Bag Ban Legislative Season Heats Up!
As the legislative season heats up in areas around the country, there is an increase in plastics related legislation. "The largest single subject of all these bills at the state level is plastic bags. Thirty-five plus bills would either ban plastic bags or put taxes on them or require their…
May 13 2013
Surfrider Club At Florida Elementary School Plants First Ocean Friendly Garden
Students with the Surfrider QUAD Club decided that their first project would be a hands-on experience with installing an Ocean Friendly Garden. Now it's a permanent solution to pollution and a great learning tool for them and for the community. It may spark changes off campus, too!
May 01 2013
Global Wave Conference: #gwc2013
The third Global Wave Conference (GWC2013) will take place in Rosarito, Baja California Mexico from May 5th - 8th. The conference is being organized by Wildcoast and Surfrider and is a gathering of the world's surf protection NGOs, researchers and academic institutions to focus on collaboration to protect the globe's…
April 29 2013
Say No to Atlantic Seismic: Sign the White House Petition!
Actor and ocean advocate Ted Danson has launched a White House Petition asking President Obama to cancel planned seismic airgun testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean. The goal: to collect 100,000 signatures by May 15 to compel the President to provide an official response on the issue.
April 29 2013
Watershed Adventures Of A Water Bottle
Check out this great children's book that was recently published to help raise awareness about the impacts of plastic pollution and how kids can help prevent it. Jennifer Chambers does a nice job of telling a story that is compelling and interesting while the artwork from Jesse Auth illustrates the…
April 29 2013
What Does a Plastic Packaging Bill Look Like?
The enormity of the plastic pollution problem in our oceans is staggering. Surfrider Foundation has been hard at work advocating for local bag bans, polystyrene foam foodware bans and regulations of cigarette butts, amongst other efforts. But what else can we do to make sure we are targeting other forms…
April 28 2013
Congress Gets Poor Marks on Offshore Drilling Safety
A new report by Oil Spill Commission Action gives Congress a "D+" for its failure to improve the safety and environmental oversight of offshore drilling.
April 27 2013
Blue Vision Summit: May 13-15
Registration is open for the Blue Vision Summit in Washington DC on May 13-15. Join ocean activists from around the country as we make our voice heard in the nation's capitol!
April 26 2013
Thousands See News Clip & Millions Will Walk By Strand OFG
Though Ocean Friendly Garden principles apply along the coast as well as inland, it's great when an OFG is installed along a high-profile beach boardwalk. To top it off, the ribbon cutting was covered by a major tv station, including a water district director giving the Surfrider OFG pitch!
April 26 2013
The Potential of Stormwater
Know Your H20 Low Impact Development Water Recycling
It’s a basic idea: When it rains, we need to be able to capture that water, store it and then use it later. Today, about half the water from rain that could be used to replenish groundwater basins and increase local water supplies ends up turning into polluted stormwater runoff.
April 26 2013
Congress Looks to Bypass Environmental Protections for Beach and Water Projects
Coastal Preservation Beach Dredge & Fill
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote in the coming weeks on a Water Resources Development Act, or "WRDA" for short. Several bad provisions make this bill unacceptable and it needs to be reworked.
April 25 2013
With Us - NYC Expands Recycling!
Rise Above Plastics Bag Bans Expanded Polystyrene Foam
On Wednesday, Mayor Bloomberg hosted a press conference to announce that New York City is expanding its household recycling program to include all rigid plastics, not just #1 or #2 bottles and jugs. This will be a great opportunity to divert materials from the landfill and provide more recycled source…
April 20 2013
Surf Protection in the UK
Surfrider Foundation and Surfers Against Sewage co-present on surf protection at the International Coastal Symposium 2013
April 18 2013
Surfrider OFG Teams Up With Habitat For Humanity
A Ventura, CA Surfrider activist with the Ocean Friendly Gardens Program learned about Habitat rehabbing a house and asked them about partnering on re-doing the landscape. The local Habitat rep liked the idea and loved the result. The next door neighbor may be next and including a curb cut, and…
April 16 2013
White House Releases Final Ocean Plan
The Obama Administration has released its final National Ocean Policy action plan, outlining more than 50 actions the U.S. will take to protect our nation’s oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes.
