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Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County is closed as crews repair winter storm damage. Refugio State Beach closed for repairs, but officials hope to reopen it later this summer Skip to main ...
Refugio State Beach (Chumash: Qasil, "Beautiful" [3]) is a protected state beach park in California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Santa Barbara. [4] One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast , it is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of El Capitán State Beach .
By the next day, the state parks agency closed Refugio State Beach and El Capitán State Beach. Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency. [26] [27] [28] Santa Barbara County also declared a state of emergency. The Santa Barbara emergency management team eventually recommended that the Board of Supervisors keep the proclamation of ...
Plans to restart a pipeline in Santa Barbara County have angered residents worried about an oil spill similar to the massive one near Refugio State Beach in 2015.
The Refugio oil spill on May 19, 2015, immediately north of Refugio State Beach, leaked 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels; 541,000 liters) of crude oil out of one of the pipelines. [12] In July 2015, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council submitted aa nomination of the ocean area off the Gaviota Coast for inclusion in a national marine sanctuary.
On May 19, 2015, Plains’ pipeline 901 ruptured near Refugio State Beach, spilling up to 630,000 gallons, or 15,000 barrels, of crude oil onto the shoreline and into the ocean.
El Capitán State Beach: 241880: Santa Barbara: El Capitán SB: Emma Wood State Beach: 1702920: Ventura: Emma Wood SB: Gray Whale Cove State Beach: 1723276: San Mateo: Gray Whale Cove SB: Greenwood State Beach: 1724191: Mendocino: Greenwood SB: Half Moon Bay State Beach: 1786144: San Mateo: Half Moon Bay SB: Huntington State Beach: 243744 ...
The state also plans to plant 4.2 million trees, manage and restore 1.6 million acres (647,000 hectares) of grasslands, and protect more than 233,000 acres (94,000 hectares) of wetlands and ...