Keeping Watch for Clean Water
On June 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a court-ordered prohibition on offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.The Supreme Court’s decision leaves in place last year’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act,… Read more
Curious about Channelkeeper’s clean water work and legacy of environmental accomplishments? Check out this 805 Focus interview hosted by Dr. Cynder Sinclair. During the 20-minute segment, Executive Director Ted Morton highlights the organization’s community education and water quality monitoring programs, as well as its political advocacy and energetic corps of volunteers.Click here to view.
Santa Barbara County Flood Control District maintains a network of debris basins that help reduce the risk of flooding during rain events. These debris basins fill with mud, silt, and rock and require ongoing clearing to function properly. Historically, the County disposed of excess material cleared from the basins in upland locations. However, following the 2018… Read more
Areas of the Santa Barbara Channel are the focus of future aquaculture development, including harmful finfish aquaculture projects. Channelkeeper recently joined the Center for Food Safety, fishermen organizations, other nonprofits, and the Quinault Indian Nation in suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its issuance of Nationwide Permit 56, which authorizes the development of offshore… Read more
In response to a Trump-era Executive Order, federal agencies have begun steps to identify locations as potential sites for commercial aquaculture operations. The Santa Barbara Channel—along with areas in the Gulf of Mexico and waters off Marina del Rey, California—was selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as one of the first areas to… Read more