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Surfrider Foundation Washington: Why is Marine Spatial Planning Important for Surfrider?

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Why is Marine Spatial Planning Important for Surfrider? All this talk about Marine Spatial Planning can be a bit confusing. The truth is that the entire process of Marine Spatial Planning is really based upon the people, first and foremost. Understanding how Marine Spatial Planning relates specifically to you and your recreational enjoyment is vital to the process. Access to Recreational Areas. Health of Recreational Areas. Keeping our recreational areas healthy is an importan...

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Tracking shorelines

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Monday, April 7, 2014. The map above motivates me. This is a screen grab from the NANOOS Beach and Shoreline Change site. Showing shoreline monitoring sites in Washington State. Kudos to NANOOS for including data on shoreline change in their incredible site (which is a compendium of all things related to oceanography data) - but the map makes it clear that we in Washington State are dropping the ball when it comes to understanding trends related to shoreline morphology. Well - my ...

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Second Beach

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Thursday, March 5, 2015. The view from Second Beach, Olympic National Park, this weekend. Had the opportunity to visit Second Beach over the weekend, and survey First Beach at La Push a few days ago with students from the Quileute Tribal School and Forks High School. Its been a beautiful stretch of weather, and the coast is the right place to be at times like these. A few observations from Second Beach. On the upper beach, many large logs were partially buried by sand:. Also (rela...

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Coastal Washington Network: July 2011

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Detailing northwest coastal and marine issues, information, announcements and events. Sunday, July 31, 2011. Environmental aftermath of capsized fishing vessel in Westport, Washington. It gives new meaning to the definition of boater safety which obviously should refer to not just learning about the safety of those traveling in the boat and other boats but also the safety of our environment and habitats that fall prey to poor decision making, faulty equipment, unsafe vessels, or bad weather. At 4 am, Coa...

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: December 2014

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Friday, December 26, 2014. Hollywood Beach (foreground) and the Fiero Marine Life Center (background). Photo courtesy of http:/ portangelesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/. So it surely appears that I've been allowing my own blog to lapse.this is my first post in the month of December! But I've been guest-blogging up a storm! And another on the seasonal pattern of beach wrack on Hollywood Beach. Adjacent to the marine life center. Enjoy! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Rialto Beach

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Its been a while. Had the chance to survey Rialto Beach earlier this week, on the coast of Washington in Olympic National Park, as part of my shoreline morphology monitoring program. Which is, by the way, looking for a better name.should you have any ideas). And I decided to post about it because.MAN, WHAT A BEACH! Rialto is so very cool.every time I go out there I am blown away by its morphology and the degree of variability it exhibits. Above, for examp...

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Coast Nerd video

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Last weekend was the 2nd Annual River and Ocean Festival. Held in Forks, WA in association with the Washington Coast Clean-up. Make sure you make room for the 2016 film festival in your schedule! Here is a nice little series. I found just last night, by the St. Petersburg (Florida) Coastal and Marine Science Center. Of the USGS. I love this! From Ireland takes the grand prize. Here is an example:. I love this stuff! Here is an example:. Peering into the ...

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: March 2015

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Thursday, March 5, 2015. The view from Second Beach, Olympic National Park, this weekend. Had the opportunity to visit Second Beach over the weekend, and survey First Beach at La Push a few days ago with students from the Quileute Tribal School and Forks High School. Its been a beautiful stretch of weather, and the coast is the right place to be at times like these. A few observations from Second Beach. On the upper beach, many large logs were partially buried by sand:. Washington...

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The Coast Nerd Gazette: The night-time intertidal at Freshwater Bay

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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. The night-time intertidal at Freshwater Bay. A juvenile Octopus doeflini found foraging in the intertidal by one of my Oceanography class students. This is the third year in a row. That I've offered a special night-time tide-pooling field trip to the students from my Peninsula College Introduction to Oceanography class. Sharp-nosed crab, mollusc eggs of some kind, and this (dead) female Red Rock crab carrying an egg mass:. Check out this interesting (an...