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:

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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

In this E-Letter:
• Santa Barbara Gets a Fiesta Cleanup from HTO & the Magic Earthcomb Team
• Visit Deep Blue Sea on Stearns Wharf for a Free HTO bracelet
• Cheers for Beer at Figueroa Mountain Brewing
• State Street Turns Blue Again - HTO Flags are Going up!

In this E-Letter:

• VIVA LA FIESTA!! (GREAT FUN, BUT LET’S BE COOL ABOUT IT)

• DANCING ON WAVES…FIRST PUBLIC REVIEW!

In this E-Letter:

• HTO Leaps into Action to Prevent a Homeless Camp from Washing into the Ocean

• HTO Helps with the Fiesta Confetti Problem

• Win Two Jack Johnson Tickets & Double Your Donation!

• Get your Copy of Hillary Hauser’s book, Dancing on Waves

In this E-Letter:

• Alison is Going to Yale!

• Jasmin Tupy joins HTO as Operations Manager

• Hillary Hauser’s New Book Dancing on Waves is here!

• HTO Removes 6.81 Tons of Trash from Homeless Encampment in Los Padres National Forest

• One Week Left to Try the 'Great Wave' Cocktail at Finch & Fork!

In this E-Letter:

• HTO Funder Bill Poehler struck down in bike accident

• Lucy Lefkowitz joins team HTO as Policy Analyst

• Rabin update on Summerland Oil

• Ralph Clevenger kicks off HTO's Arts & Environment Program

• Andrew Velikanje tackles Montecito homeless camp cleanups

• Support HTO at Finch & Fork Restaurant this month for World Oceans Day!

In this E-Letter:

• It’s A Momentous Earth Day!

• HTO & EF Santa Barbara, San Francisco & San Diego Join Hands in Giant Earth Day Beach Cleanup

• Next Steps for Summerland Oil

• HTO Puts “Fast Response” Vehicle in Service

• The Madness of Microplastics

• A Salute to HTO’s New Dog Bag Dispenser Sponsors

• Harbor Operation Clean Sweep is May 7, 2022!

In this E-Letter:

• Join HTO at the Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival Friday & Saturday - March 18-19, 2022

• Santa Barbara's "Ring Net" Partnership for Resilient Communities Receives Prestigious National Award

• Next Steps for Summerland Oil Well Capping

In this E-Letter:

• HTO to Release Results of New Homeless Survey

• Andrew Velikanje/Earthcomb Funded by HTO Donor to Clean Up Homeless Camps

• Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival to be held March 18-19

• Partnership for Resilient Communities Receives Prestigious Prize

• Kirby-Jones Foundation Donates to HTO in Honor of Ralph Clevenger

• Cate School Tackles Beach Cleanup at Carpinteria State Beach

• Become a Dog Bag Dispenser Sponsor!