Goleta Beach Restoration Project, Sand Berm Construction, Page 1

Mid November 2000. West end of Goleta Beach before construction of sand berm. Boulder revetment in left half of photograph was emplaced in 1985/86 and is still present today. ©AGS2000.

29 November 2000. View ENE of west end of Goleta Beach. Banked-up white sand berm in center replaces boulder revetment to protect parking lot from further erosion. Black pipe protruding from base of berm carries slurry of sand also dredged from slough creek. ©AGS2000

21 December 2000. Brown sand dredged from creeks in Goleta Slough added to white sand berm at west parking lot. ©AGS2000

15 January 2001.West end of Goleta Beach after the hightides and storm waves of January 8-12, 2001. Note how white and brown berm sand has been eroded from the stretch between the palm tree and the black dredge pipe. ©AGS2001.

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