CSBPA Needs Your Help to Build a Database of California Beaches’ Grain Sizes In collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CSBPA kicked off a California “Snap the Sand” campaign at the September 2022 ASBPA National Coastal Conference. SandSnap is a community-developed tool for collecting beach sediment grain size information, essential for engineers, scientists, and…
CSBPA is excited to share a new interactive website…. “Through the Lens of Orville Magoon” is a collection of Orville’s 4,000+ slides (site photos), along with stories of the California coast. Check it out, learn about the amazing Orville Magoon, and add your own story: Through the Lens of Orville Magoon (arcgis.com). Many thanks to…
CSBPA 2021 Webinar Series – The Changing Sediment Landscape & Future of California’s Shores and Beaches Webinar series completed; stay tuned for follow-on events planned for 2022. 11 March – Climate and our coastal future. Watch the webinar here. Featured Speakers: Jon Warrick, Research Geologist, US Geologic Survey Sam Veloz, Climate Adaptation Group Director,…
Past CSBPA-sponsored conferences and events Coastal Conditions Conference (2018) Orville Magoon Bench Dedication Ceremony (2017) Headwaters To Oceans Conferences Recent Advances in Coastal Analyses and Management (2009) Recent Advances in Coastal Analyses (2008) April 2007
Congratulations to our 2021 winners! Each year CSBPA awards two cash prizes at the California State Science Fair. The awards are made for the “Outstanding Project in Coastal Ocean Science or Engineering” to a junior high school student ($250 award) and a senior high school student ($500 award). Past recipients are listed below. 2021 Science…
CSBPA gives this award every year at our fall conference to recognize a deserving coastal scientist, planner, engineer and/or innovator that makes a significant contribution to the advancement of coastal preservation in California. Specifically, the nominee has to have: 1. worked diligently to support the many activities and concerns of CSPBA and/or 2. worked to…
2022 call for applicants for Wiegel scholarships Applications due October 14, 2022. See flyer at this link. In 2002, the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA) established “The Robert L. Wiegel Scholarship for Coastal Studies”, named for Bob Wiegel, Professor Emeritus of Coastal Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Annual…
Coastal Regional Sediment Management California Coastal RSM Plans California Coastal Sediment Master Plan RSM Implementation – CSBPA Perspective Restore America’s Estuaries 2018 Summit RSM Session National Perspective on RSM Building Regional Sediment Management in San Francisco Bay Managing Sediment Resources for Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration Identifying Opportunities: Sediment and Policy Connections Santa Barbara Littoral Cell Southern…
California Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s 2018 Conference April 17-19, 2018 Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, California Come learn from invited speakers, participate in pop-up and poster sessions, and provide input for CSBPA action. CSBPA Coastal Conditions Conference