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The Surfrider Foundation is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and preserve the world's oceans, waves and beaches. [4] It focuses on plastic reduction, water quality , beach access, beach and surf spot preservation , and sustaining marine and coastal ecosystems .
Martin's Beach. Mark Massara and team members discuss public access rights at Martin's Beach. In 2014, Massara put together a team of renowned lawyers, including Joe Cotchett and Pete McCloskey of Cotchette, Pitre & McCarthey, to represent Surfrider Foundation in a California Coastal Act violations case against Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla.
Malibu Lagoon State Beach in Malibu, California, United States, is also known as Surfrider Beach. [1] It was dedicated as the first World Surfing Reserve on October 9, 2010. [ 2 ] The 110-acre (45 ha) site was established as a California state park in 1951. [ 3 ]
The suit is the latest in a series of high-profile legal actions California officials have taken against petrochemical corporations and plastic manufacturers. ... Savage of the nonprofit Surfrider ...
In 1984, the California Coastal Commission approved a proposed 900-foot jetty to protect a marine terminal and underwater pipelines at a Chevron facility in El Segundo, California. The Surfrider Foundation fought the decision and an agreement was made that the company would pay $300,000 to build an artificial surfing reef if it could be proved ...
Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally owned land, on private land, within coastal limits, in-state conservation areas, in-state parks and in locally governed municipalities.
International Surfing Day was established in 2005 by Surfing Magazine [6] [7] and The Surfrider Foundation. [6] [7] International Surfing Day closely follows the spirit and intent of the World Surf Day, established by the Usenet newsgroup alt.surfing in 1993. [8] International Surfing Day is a worldwide [9] celebration of the sport of surfing.
Airbnb, Lyft and Uber are helping those displaced by the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have already destroyed almost 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to evacuate.