| BOLSA WETLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT |
BOLSA CHICA
TIDAL INLET OPENING PHOTOS
PROJECT
IN PHASES
PROJECT
PHOTOS - FLASH MOVIE
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August
24, 2006: newly constructed tidal inlet is opened at 6:00 am. Crews worked
through the night during the low tide to remove the sand dam that stood between
the ocean and the Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Project area. For the
first time in 107 years, the tide was once again flowing into parts of
the Bolsa Chica wetlands that had been cut off from the ocean in 1899.
It was an historic occasion for Amigos de Bolsa Chica who have worked for
over 30 years to acquire, preserve and restore the wetlands. Amigos, Steering
Committee members and others who gathered to watch, commemorated the occasion
with a champagne toast. Read the newspaper articles about this historic event |
