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:

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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