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A letter from our Founder and
Executive Director, Hillary Hauser:
I’m reaching out with some very important news to share. Heal the Ocean is starting the process of looking for a new Executive Director to lead our great organization into the future.
• The Goleta Sewage Spill
• Water Quality in Goleta
• Join Us for an Art Exhibit Benefitting HTO
• Cate School Shows Love for the Ocean on Valentine’s Day
• HTO Earns 2024 Candid Platinum Seal
• Don’t Miss HTO’s Upcoming Events!
"Greetings from Summerland" is a documentary premiering at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), exploring the history and detrimental impacts of offshore oil wells along the coast of Summerland, CA. Directed and produced by Harry Rabin and Joey Szalkiewicz of On the Wave Productions, the film is the first in a series of short films about managing leaking legacy wellheads around the world.
• Three boats crashed on East Beach
• World Wetlands Day: Celebrating the Silent Heroes of Coastal Resilience
• A Conversation with Rosanna Xia about the Impact of Sea Level Rise on the California Coast
• Help Identify and Track Lost Lobster Traps
• In Memory of Chris Potter: Celebrating a Santa Barbara Icon
• BEHOLD THE KING TIDES! - Join the CA King Tides Project
• HTO’s Summerland Geology Study Starts – With the Sky
• Where did all the Styrofoam Go?
• Leaving Things Behind Makes for Big Cleanup – by Somebody Else
• Leaping into 2024 with Gratitude
As we reflect on the closing chapters of this transformative year, Heal the Ocean is profoundly grateful for the collective efforts that have propelled us forward in our mission for a cleaner ocean!
Dear HTO Supporters,
Heal the Ocean is thrilled to invite all our supporters to join us for a momentous occasion tomorrow—the check presentation ceremony for $500,000 in state funding. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Senator Monique Limón for her invaluable support in securing funding for Heal the Ocean's Summerland Oil Mitigation Study (SOMS).
With Thanksgiving upon us, Heal the Ocean is taking a moment to express our deepest thanks to all of you for your continued support.
Your commitment to our mission is the driving force behind our efforts and our successes. From beach cleanups to innovative research projects, your generosity plays a pivotal role in our mission to preserve the health and vitality of our ocean.
HTO held a Thank You Happy Hour Party, for the Sponsor and Supporters of the Imaginary Gala 2023, at the Santa Barbara FisHouse on Thursday night as part of our Imaginary Gala 2023 celebration. The evening was nothing but smiles and fun – a rip-roaring toast to the donors who pushed our fundraising over the TOP. Civic leaders came, other Executive Directors came, the former fire chiefs (City and County) came, HTO co-founder Jeff Youngcame – it was a giant smiling jamboree!
In this E-Letter:
HTO’s Imaginary Gala has been a Major Success!
Jean-Michel Cousteau to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Surf Legend Marge Calhoun Recognized with "Silver Surfer" Award
Bookmark HTO’s Santa Barbara Resource Guide!
HTO Salutes our Military Veterans
In this E-Letter:
Take Part in HTO’s Biggest Fundraiser of the Year!
California Coastal Cleanup Day Was HUGE – and HTO was there
Earthcomb Springs into Action on Creeks
Lobster Season is Here! How to Report Beached Traps
Boat Task Force is Gearing up for Winter
In this E-Letter:
HTO’S Silver Anniversary Event Topping Records
Post-Abandonment Geologic Work Begins After Summerland Well Capping of Treadwell 1&5
Join us in supporting SBMM Paddle-Out Party Sept. 10 (this weekend!)
Here Comes Coastal Cleanup Day - September 23
Come see us at the Lemon Festival September 30 - October 1
With the encouragement of Senator Monique Limón (D-19), guidance from the California State Lands Commission (CSLC),and funding from a long-time supporter of Heal the Ocean (HTO), HTO has contracted Bubbleology Research International (BRI), whose principal investigator, Ira Leifer, will lead the Summerland Oil Mitigation Study (SOMS) to produce a comprehensive geologic analysis of the ocean floor beneath the leaking oil wells off Summerland.
Heal the Ocean has received the following announcement from Beacon West Energy Group, the full contract operator group working with the CA State Lands Commission to clean up the leaking oil off Summerland:
In this E-Letter:
HTO is TURNING 25!
Andrew V of Earthcomb Pulls off Difficult Hillside Homeless Cleanup
Fiesta is Around the Corner – Ditch the Confetti!
Come Join Us at the Plastic Free July Expo!
In this E-Letter:
Juvinile Humpback Whale Lands on Padaro Beach
New Oil Leaks appear off Summerland
Noah Boland Joins the HTO Team as Research Analyst
The Problem of Fool’s Anchorage seems to be Fading?
In this E-Letter:
HTO's Latest Scientific Gear Propels Big Ocean Work Forward
Check Out the Annual Isla Vista Move-out!
Don’t Miss the Star-Studded Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival – June 9 & 10
Community Effort Removes Beached Whale at Padaro Beach
In this E-Letter:
HTO Guide to Report Beached Lobster Traps
HTO Executive Director Hillary Hauser Earns 2023 Women of Achievement Award
HTO’s Statistics of Boats Recently Crashed on SB Beaches
Take Part in California Biodiversity Survey
Come say Hi at HTO’s Earth Day Festival Booth
In this E-Letter:
HTO Takes Charge in Removing Derelict Lobster Traps from the Beach
What a Way to Start the Week… a Big Beach Cleanup!
HTO Program Director Harry Rabin Honored by Montecito Fire Department
In this E-Letter:
• HTO Executive Director Hillary Hauser Earns 2023 Women of Achievement Award
• The Luna Sea Boat Wreck has been Removed off Butterfly Beach
In this E-Letter:
• Too Many Boats Breaking Anchor & Crashing
• HTO Monitoring the Summerland Oil Leak
• Keeping our Beaches Clean Post-Storm
• King Tide (January 21-22): Singular Event, or the New Norm?
• Drake Rabin and Sofia Cavaness Join the HTO Team
• HTO/MarBorg Styrofoam Recycling Program is Going Strong
Two big issues kept Heal the Ocean busy in 2022 – derelict boats hitting the beach and cleaning out abandoned homeless camps. In the coming year, we’ll be continuing these efforts and much more!
Here is what this past year presented to us:
Heal the Ocean has new, joyful cards to make your gift-giving easy.
This holiday season, Donate to Heal the Ocean in the name of a friend or relative, and we will send this card to them letting them know your gift has been made in their honor!
This week, 3 more boats broke free of their moorings off East Beach and landed at various places on our coastline, including the East Beach Bathhouse and below “Graveyards,” near Butterfly Beach.
In this E-Letter:
Harry Rabin Receives Celebrated NOGI Award Tonight!
HTO Celebrates Veterans & PCVF Silver Anniversary
In this E-Letter:
HTO Tackles the Homeless Encampment Problem in the Santa Ynez Riverbed
Yet another Derelict Boat on East Beach
Recap of Hillary’s Book Signing at Chaucer’s
Heal the Ocean's Honorary Chair Julia Louis-Dreyfus invites you to Journey into the Past Fantastic for Heal the Ocean's Imaginary Gala 2022. It is guaranteed to be the "best party you never went to!"
Watch the above short video, and please join us in this timeless fundraiser.
During the early morning hours of this past Saturday, the extreme high tide and surf pushed an anchored sailboat onto East Beach, near the foot of the Laguna Creek Channel. While beach-goers escaping the heat looked on at this disaster, Heal the Ocean Field Advisor Harry Rabin began to work on the problem.
In this E-Letter:
• The Origins of Labor Day
• Coastal Cleanup Day 9/17 – Please Dive In!
• Charles Vinick talks about his Work with Whales at SBMM (9/15)
• Ablitt’s Back in Recycling Business, Sign Up!
• HTO Joins Drive for Goleta Clean up Measure B
• Hillary Hauser Dancing on Waves Book Signing at Chaucer’s Sept. 21