{"id":1942,"date":"2023-11-01T20:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/uscseagrant\/?page_id=1942"},"modified":"2024-05-22T19:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:46:29","slug":"dunes-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/dunes-in-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunes in Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Sea level rise threatens the longest barrier system in California \n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All coasts are divided into sections called littoral cells, which contain a complete cycle of sediment\/sand, including sources, transport paths, and sinks. The 32-mile shoreline of the Eureka littoral cell (ELC), which includes sand dunes, is the longest barrier system in California. The barriers protect not only three local estuarine systems but also neighboring communities and critical infrastructure. The resilience of the barrier system is at risk from the ongoing impacts of accelerated sea-level rise (SLR). University of Southern California (USC) Sea Grant funded a study to provide critical insights on where, how, and why various locations are exposed and vulnerable to ongoing and future impacts of SLR, coastal erosion, and flooding. In turn, the work is providing crucial tools for community partners, landowners, and managers for future resiliency planning efforts for the coastline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><b>Key Results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project\u2019s completed monitoring and assessment revealed that environmental vulnerability was above average, while the socioeconomic vulnerability was extremely high in some areas\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project provided a publication in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Project Impacts &amp; Application:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presented at the Humboldt Dunes Cooperative Public Meeting and the Friends of the Dunes Annual Public Meeting of the Humboldt Coastal Dunes Cooperative\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted a Coastal Dunes for Resilience Workshop<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final presentations of the results are being planned for various stakeholders in the region, including Tribes, public landowners\/managers, Humboldt County, Manila Community Services District, and the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results were shared with the Coastal Commission and in California Naturalist Courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results have informed several local dune restoration projects to date as viable \u201cnature-based\u201d resilience solutions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the current results, the team was awarded additional funding from the University of California Climate Action Fund Seed Grant Program to continue this work.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Principal Investigators:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ian Walker, Ph.D., Arizona State University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrea Pickart, United States Fish and Wildlife Service <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Funding: <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California Ocean Protection Council, 2018-2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Additional Info and Publications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilientcoastlines.com\/projects\/humboldt-coastal-resilience-project\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.resilientcoastlines.com\/projects\/humboldt-coastal-resilience-project<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthedunes.org\/hcrp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.friendsofthedunes.org\/hcrp<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.asu.edu\/asu-research-group-helps-address-critical-california-sand-dune-restoration-knowledge-gaps\">https:\/\/gis.asu.edu\/asu-research-group-helps-address-critical-california-sand-dune-restoration-knowledge-gaps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hilgendorf, Z., <strong>Walker, I.J., Pickart, A.J<\/strong>. &amp; Turner, C.M. (2022) Dynamic restoration and the impact of native versus invasive vegetation on coastal foredune morphodynamics, Lanphere Dunes, California, USA. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 47(13), 3083\u20133099. Available from: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.5445\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.5445<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/publications-database\/\">Access our Publications Database to view publications from this project or other related topics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dunes in Danger - USC Sea Grant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/dunes-in-danger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dunes in Danger - 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