{"id":2619,"date":"2023-11-04T01:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T01:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/uscseagrant\/?page_id=2619"},"modified":"2024-07-30T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:08:30","slug":"better-beaches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/better-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Beaches"},"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          Evaluating nature-based beach restoration projects to inform policy\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapting to sea level rise (SLR), storm erosion, flooding, and other coastal hazards in the face of climate change poses difficult challenges, particularly for Southern California\u2019s sandy beach ecosystems. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Degraded coastal strands and dune habitats on these extensively used and highly urbanized beaches provide exceptional opportunities <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) restoration projects that enhance coastal resilience. These projects can provide an innovative adaptation strategy to increase resilience, and there is an increasing need to inform coastal adaptation strategies. University of Southern California (USC) Sea Grant funded a study to measure the physical and biological responses of beach systems to NNBF implementation to address key data gaps. The goal is to develop realistic and feasible expectations for coastal resilience from beach NNBF projects and inform coastal management, adaptation, and policy.<\/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;\">2023 publication in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frontiers in Marine Science<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accumulation of over 1,700 cubic meters of sand across the site, with the formation of foredunes up to a meter in height. Vegetation cover increased to approximately 7% cover by the sixth year. No vegetation cover or foredune establishment occurred on the adjacent groomed control site.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LA Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and National Public Radio press.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field surveys of 10 other dune restoration sites; data is being analyzed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8749\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Research_Dugan_SMDunes-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Research_Dugan_SMDunes-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Research_Dugan_SMDunes-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Research_Dugan_SMDunes-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Research_Dugan_SMDunes-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Research_Dugan_SMDunes.jpg 1539w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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;\">Partnerships with The Bay Foundation; BEACON; Santa Barbara Coastal Long-Term Ecological Research; The California Dune Science Network\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annual presentations at the Beach Ecology Coalition Annual Meeting; American Shore and Beach Preservation Association National Conference; California Dune Science Network Annual Workshop; Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presentations to the California Coastal Commission, State Coastal Conservancy, California State Parks, California Ocean Protection Council, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">USC Sea Grant Trainee, Karina Johnston, won Best Student Presentation at the 2024 International Shore and Beach Symposium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Principal Investigator:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenifer Dugan, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Funding: <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA, 2022-2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Additional Info and Publications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnston, K.K., <\/span><strong>Dugan, J.E.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Hubbard, D.M., Emery, K.A., and Grubbs, M. (<\/span><b>2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) \u201cUsing Dune Restoration on and Urban Beach as a Coastal Resilience Approach.\u201d Frontiers in Marine Science, Special Issue: Sandy Beach Ecology in the Anthropocene. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2023.1187488\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2023.1187488\/full<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9145 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/07\/Research_Dugan_2024.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/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-2619","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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