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Opinion: We should embrace, encourage responsible whale watching

Wed, 31 July 2024, 4:43 pm
San Diego’s stunning coastline, along with the allure of rich ocean ecosystems and diverse marine life, have long captivated residents and visitors alike. With everything from playful white-sided dolphins to majestic gray, blue and humpback whales, our coastal waters have been called the blue Serengeti.…
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The Story Behind ‘The Stinkiest Beach in America’

Wed, 31 July 2024, 4:33 pm
Once a world-class surfing destination, Imperial Beach is now plagued by pollution, with over 100 billion gallons of raw sewage washing in from Tijuana over the past five years. This has severely affected its reputation and environment, making it one of the stinkiest beaches in…
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WILDCOAST Launches New Campaign to Promote Safe Whale Watching Practices

Wed, 31 July 2024, 4:32 pm
WILDCOAST announced Friday the launch of “Protect the Locals,” a new campaign dedicated to raising awareness and promoting safe whale watching practices in California and beyond. The Del Mar-based nonprofit’s campaign comes in the midst of a recent uptick in boats violating the Mammal Protection Act, which…
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San Diego Union Tribune Scene: WILDCOAST’S Baja Bash

Wed, 31 July 2024, 4:30 pm
WILDCOAST held its 2024 Baja Bash last month and raised $281,000 that will go directly into the organization’s programs in the field to protect global coastal and marine ecosystems and endangered wildlife. Click here to read more!
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High heat + big talk: Mexico president hopefuls flunk climate test

Mon, 24 June 2024, 1:17 pm
MEXICO CITY - It has never been hotter in Mexico - and the women and men who want to run the country have never tried harder to come up with solutions to the climate crisis. Nor ever fallen quite so short, according to analysis of…
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Wild Coast Wisdom: Strategies for Rewilding Iconic Coastal Ecosystems with Serge Dedina

Tue, 30 April 2024, 1:14 pm
WILDCOAST co-founder and executive director Serge Dedina joins Jeff Johnson on the Nature Junkie podcast to discuss our mission, key programs (like protecting sea turtle nesting beaches in Mexico, mangroves, gray whale habitat, and coral reefs), barriers to conservation, the importance of blue mind, opportunities…
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Opinion: When celebrating Earth Day, don’t forget our coast and the ocean

Tue, 30 April 2024, 1:13 pm
You don’t have to travel far to experience one of the most important wildlife migratory corridors on the planet. Just offshore from San Diego is a Blue Corridor or superhighway for fin, blue, gray and humpback whales. These leviathans are joined by white and mako…
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Opinion: Blue carbon ecosystems have the power to protect fragile coastlines, but time is running out

Tue, 30 April 2024, 1:12 pm
The salt marshes and salt ponds of southern San Diego Bay are 450 miles north of the mangrove fringed Laguna San Ignacio, a gray whale birthing lagoon on the Pacific Coast of the Baja California Peninsula. While geographically separated, these coastal embayments are connected by…
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Atmospheric river trashes San Diego beaches with debris from Tijuana

Tue, 30 April 2024, 1:11 pm
SAN DIEGO — Bottles, plastic wrappers, cigarette butts, used batteries.  You name it, it’s cluttering our coastline after all the rain. It flows from Tijuana and from storm drains all over San Diego directly into our ocean and onto our beaches. Lillie Mulligan is with Wild Coast, working to…
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Community works to protect San Diego coastal ecosystem

Fri, 19 January 2024, 10:19 am
For the people working to clean up Agua Hedionda Lagoon, the area is more than just a beautiful body of water. Carlos Callado said it's a protection against climate change. He's part of the conservation group Wildcoast, which organized the work day as part of…
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