BOLSA CHICA RESTORATION - TIDAL INLET OPENED! A small gallery of the historic morning, August 24, 2006:
Mid-day, Thursday, August 24, 2006, the Pacific flows freely into the restored Bolsa Chica wetland. Photo courtesy of Jack Fancher, USFWS
Crews working through the night to remove the sand dam. Photo: Dave Carlberg.
Photo by Mark Bixby
The first tide rising through the new channel. Photo: Mark Bixby
A toast to the inlet and to Amigos de Bolsa Chica! Photo: Mark Bixby
A crowd of over 100 people gathered on PCH bridge to watch the historic occasion. Photos: Dave Carlberg and Mark Bixby
Amigos members l to r: Margaret Carlberg, Thomas Anderson, Dave Carlberg, Brian Westcott, Shirley Dettloff, Mel Nutter and Chuck Nelson. Photo: Laurie Payne
Amigos board member, Margaret Carlberg, is interviewed by KNX radio. Photo: Dave Carlberg
The new inlet looking from the ocean towards the bridge.
Photo: Mark Bixby