Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. Vegetating the sand dunes is part of the city’s answer.
Tag: Ocean Beach
Parks
What to Do With SF’s Great Highway? Here’s the Skinny on Prop. K.
San Francisco voters will decide this year whether to authorize the Great Highway to go car-free, and maybe become a park.
Fall Issue 2024
Fall 2024 Editors’ Letter: A Deep Dive
One way we work toward a more sustainable relationship with the ocean is to establish a culture that feels connected to the ocean, and a culture that has the opportunity to look closely, to explore, and to understand.
Wildlife
Ocean Beach’s Sand Supply Dries Up, Leaving Plovers Squeezed
San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, already struggling with foot traffic and free-roaming domestic pets, faces a serious erosion problem.
Art and Design
Circles in the sand
Now you see it. Now you don’t. Jim Denevan creates art –very large art — out of the most ephemeral media: patterns in sand which will wash away with the tide, tracings in the earth that will disappear with the first rain, etchings upon icy lakes that must melt with the coming of spring. Beach aficionados know him as “that surfer dude,” but his artwork is reminiscent of masters like Christo and Goldsworthy.
Climate Change
Sea Level Rise Could Wipe Out Ocean Beach
A new study finds flooding and episodic storm events could result in an estimated $20 million in damages by 2100. And accelerated landward erosion from an estimated 1.4-meter rise in sea-level by 2100 could result in $540 million in damages. Along the way, we’d lose habitat for plovers and bank swallows and a favorite recreation spot for millions of people.
Art and Design, Kids and Nature, The Ocean
Kids Clean Up and Make Art at Ocean Beach
How do you get 500-plus kids to sit still on the beach? Tell them a helicopter is about to fly overhead and take their collective photograph, and that by the way, they’ll also be on television. It happened at Ocean Beach, and all in the name of ocean conservation.
Archive, Art and Design, Kids and Nature
Kids’ Ocean Day: Cleaning Beaches and Making Art
On May 19 thousands of kids from San Diego to Vancouver will gather on seven West Coast beaches to pick up trash and create impressive aerial art. These kids are participating in Ocean Day, part of the California Coastal Commission’s Adopt-A-Beach Program.
Wildlife
Welcome Back, Snowy Plovers
Despite the fog, we still think of summer as beach season here in the Bay Area. And that’s one thing we have in common with the western snowy plover, a small bird that needs a lot of help to brave the crowds on San Francisco’s beaches. Volunteering to watch, walk, and talk for the snowy plover at Ocean Beach or Crissy Field may be just right for you.
