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Regional group Beacon urges continued sand bypass and regional funding to preserve Port Hueneme beach
Summary
Beacon executive director Mark Baylor and coastal scientist Dr. Kiki Pesch told the Port Hueneme City Council the long-running sand bypass at Channel Islands Harbor is the principal tool to sustain Hueneme Beach and urged continued federal, state and local coordination and funding.
Representatives of Beacon, a regional coastal-sediment management partnership, told the Port Hueneme City Council on Oct. 20 that continued sand bypass and coordinated regional funding are central to maintaining Port Hueneme’s sandy beaches.
Mark Baylor, Beacon’s executive director, described the Santa Barbara littoral cell and said the combination of civilian port and naval base development historically interrupted alongshore sediment transport and made mechanical bypassing and regional sediment-management…
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