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This is a sampling of related links, which may assist you in obtaining additional information on the issues facing Goleta Beach.  We encourage you to contact community groups as well as other agencies to further your understanding of issues.
LOCAL
BEACON (Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment) - Goleta Beach Restoration.
NRAC 2nd District Natural Resources Advisory Committee - Public Lands Inventory
PROJECT CLEAN WATER - Established in 1998 to identify and implement solutions to creek and ocean water pollution on the South Coast.
SANTA BARBARA DRAFT AIRPORT FACILITIES PLAN and EIS/EIR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WETLANDS RECOVERY PROJECT
STATE

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION - Planning for and regulating land and water uses in the coastal zone consistent with the policies of the Coastal Act.
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION - PUBLIC RESOURCE CODE  Division 20 California Coastal Act

CALIFORNIA COASTAL CONSERVANCY - Preserves, protects and restores the resources of the California coast.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT of BOATING and WATERWAYS - Beach Erosion Control
DRAFT REVIEW OF CALIFORNIA COASTAL Erosion Planning and Response - A Strategy for Action.
CALIFORNIA COASTAL SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT WORKGROUP - The State Resources Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched a new Web site that will assist federal, state, and local governments in protecting California’s watersheds and beaches.  The Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup (CSMW) Web site consolidates information essential to people who are involved professionally or personally in sediment management.  The goal is for the new CSMW Web site to serve as a communication tool to help coastal management professionals throughout the state share information.
FEDERAL
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - National Shoreline Management Study.
ADVOCACY & INTEREST GROUPS
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COALITION - Committed to restoring California's coast.
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COALITION - Beach Issues News
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COALITION - Wetlands Issues News
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COALITION NEWS - Battle over the Bluffs - Solana Beach weighs the retreat.
COALITION TO SAVE GOLETA'S BEACHES - protecting natural resources and restoring the natural processes at Goleta’s beaches.
     A Community Discussion on Goleta Beach - July 29, 2003 (PDF)
     Map - Short-Term Concepts for Goleta Beach 2003-2004 (JPG)
     Map - Mid-Term Concepts for Goleta Beach 2005-2010 (JPG)
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION - Santa Barbara Chapter
UCSB BEACH: 30 Years of Waxing and Waning.
RELATED SITES

CALIFORNIA COASTAL RECORDS PROJECT - View photos of the California coastline, including Goleta Beach.
PBS NEWS HOUR with JIM LEHRER - Article and Video on Beach Erosion in California.
CALIFORNIA COAST & OCEAN - Beach Grooming Takes Away Shorebirds' Dinner, "A Feast Interrupted"