"We're extremely blessed and lucky." Coastal community works together to attack creeping threat at local beaches: 'This is a really special place' first appeared on The Cool Down.

California's coastal protection agency planned to close the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area to off-roaders. A state court said it broke the law. Now, it's appealing that ruling, arguing ...

Shaped by the Central California coastal winds is the vast sandbox known as the Oceano Dunes. Trudging up the 200-foot sand piles can be daunting, but if you have a sandboard, you can cover a lot ...

Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its ...

Northern California Congressman Kevin Riley has introduced the Coastal Commission Accountability Act, a bill aimed at ...

The Center will speak at today’s California Coastal Commission meeting asking for enforcement action against State Parks and for Oceano Dunes to remain closed to vehicle traffic through September, ...

Study by UCSB marine scientists demonstrates the ability of natural dune formations at Santa Monica Beach to withstand more ...

The dunes there would replace some rock riprap ... The next step for the project is to get a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission, Timberlake said.

The size and morphology of coastal dunes is dependent on the complex interaction between controlling winds, sediment supply, and the geomorphology of the nearshore and beach environment.

Fewer than 400 coastal martens remain in four highly isolated populations in Oregon and California. Approximately 71 of these martens live in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, which the ...

There’s a functional reason for these updates, and that’s to give the duo a bit more grit and endurance when it comes to going off-road, most notably in the desert dune landscapes of Southern ...