The RIGHT Places: Where California’s Critters are Hiding Aug 8, 2008
The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is a 1,700-acre coastal wetland sanctuary and is home to nearly 200 birds and 50 species of marine life. The 114-acre Huntington Beach Wetlands, including Talbert Marsh, offers the largest colony of nesting California least terns in North America, in addition to herons, egrets, stilts and pelicans. (Human Events Online)
Surfrider Foundation Opposes Governor's Plan To Close California State Beaches Jan 12, 2008
State beaches that will see reductions in lifeguard staffing include Bolsa Chica, Huntington, San Onofre, Carlsbad, Cardiff and nearly a dozen others. The Surfrider Foundation maintains that the proposed closures and staffing reductions would profoundly impact the lives of Californians throughout the state. (PR Newswire)
Recovery plan touted for plover Sep 26, 2007
Hendron said plovers build nests at the Tijuana River estuary, Silver Strand, Naval Air Station North Island, South Mission Beach, South Carlsbad State Beach, San Elijo Lagoon and at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, and at Bolsa Chica State Beach, Salt Creek Beach and Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station in Orange County. Phil Unitt, curator of birds and mammals at the San Diego Natural History Museum, said the highest concentration of plovers in the region is at Camp Pendleton, with most nests... (North County Times)
Los Angeles Beaches: Orange County May 20, 2007
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve: To the north of Huntington Beach, the salt-marsh reserve shelters hundreds of rare birds and many endangered species ... 5-mile loop trail, which carries on to Bolsa Chica Cliffs where you can also spot sea life such as stingrays and sharks ... Bolsa Chica State Beach also has good surfing. (Suite101.com)
O.C. Wetlands to Reunite With the Sea Jul 31, 2006
For Bolsa Chica's advocates, it's a dream decades in the making ... By David Reyes, Times Staff Writer July 31, 2006 When bulldozers finally smash through the wall of sand separating the Pacific from the Bolsa Chica wetlands, allowing millions of gallons of seawater to rush into the marsh for the first time in 107 years, a hard-core group of supporters will be on hand to cheer ... Project officials want to slow the velocity of the water as it pours into Bolsa Chica and are expected to order the... (Los Angeles Times)
Beach Bacteria Take Economic Toll Jul 22, 2006
Newport, Hermosa, Abalone Cove, Manhattan, Torrance and Bolsa Chica beaches had the best water quality, exceeding the bacterial standard less than 5% of the time. The three beaches with the lowest incidence of gastrointestinal illness were San Clemente's city beach, Nichols Canyon and Las Tunas, largely due to smaller numbers of visitors there. (Los Angeles Times)
