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Sea lions rest on a floating dock in a Pacific Ocean marine area that is part of the proposed Chumash Heritage national marine sanctuary along California’s central coast near Avila Beach, US. It would be the first national marine sanctuary in the country nominated by an Indigenous tribe and protect ocean ecosystems, marine life and cultural sites while prohibiting energy development. Tribal members of the Chumash would also co-steward the 5,617 sq mile area with 134 miles of coastline

Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

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BREAKING NEWS: NOAA releases proposal for national marine sanctuary

Following input from the public, stakeholders, Indigenous communities, scientists, and federal and state agencies, today NOAA released its proposal to designate Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, a 5,617-square-mile area offshore of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in central California.

NOAA invites the public to comment on the proposed sanctuary designation documents of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary by October 25, 2023.

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any friends who are living in California--

The Northern Chumash Tribal Council is having an event tomorrow to celebrate the public comment period for Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, September 20th at 11am-3pm at Morro Rock Jetty Beach, on the south side of Morro Rock at the end of Coleman Rd.

This rally is a great way to learn more about the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, which is a really important initiative by the Chumash peoples to preserve the coastal ecosystems as well as protect important sacred sites. If you're not able to go, check out the website and sign up for the mailing list.

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Deep Sea Bubblegum Coral and Friends

This deepwater bubblegum coral, a host for California king crab, was observed during the 2020 Exploration Vessel Nautilus exploration of the Santa Lucia Bank, which lies within the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Corals and sponges that make up the area's seafloor habitats provide food and shelter for recreationally and commercially important fish species.

Image courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA.

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Antonio Velardo shares: Behind a Proposal to Create a Marine Sanctuary Along California’s Central Coast by Lauren Sloss

By Lauren Sloss The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would be a tribal-led effort that would protect more than 7,500 square miles on and offshore. Published: October 24, 2023 at 09:00AM from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/074EIZN via IFTTT

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Sea lions rest on a floating dock in a Pacific Ocean marine area that is part of the proposed Chumash Heritage national marine sanctuary along California’s central coast near Avila Beach, US. It would be the first national marine sanctuary in the country nominated by an Indigenous tribe and protect ocean ecosystems, marine life and cultural sites while prohibiting energy development. Tribal members of the Chumash would also co-steward the 5,617 sq mile area with 134 miles of coastline.

Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images / Guardian Newspaper #chumash #pacific #ocean #heritage #marine #sanctuary

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The Biden Administration is currently considering the creation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) to protect sacred Northern Chumash sites, hotspots of biodiversity, and vital marine habitats along the California coast near San Luis Obispo. 

The Chumash are one of the few ocean-going tribes among the First People of the Pacific Coast — the island and marine ecosystems co-evolved with the culture and traditions of the Tribe. As such, the climate crisis disproportionately affects their way of life and their long standing historical relationships with land and sea. 

The ancestral home of the Northern Chumash is also home to 25 threatened, endangered, or critically endangered species, including humpback whales and leatherback sea turtles, and one of the largest remaining kelp forests on the Western Seaboard. 

Urge the Biden Administration to advance the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary immediately at only.one/chumash

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Support Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary!

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In California, groups are targeting a solar farm and an offshore wind power farm.

A proposed wind farm off the Santa Barbara coast. From the LA Times:

Along the wind-blasted shores of the Gaviota Coast, near the rocket gantries of Vandenberg Space Force Base, lazy breakers claw at the base of sandy bluffs and dunes, while farther out to sea, great white sharks cruise beneath churning whitecaps.

It’s a stunning and uniquely Californian vista, a place where pristine headlands overlook the submerged remains of sacred Chumash villages and launchpads fire the nation’s newest and most secret technology into orbit.

But in recent months, this stretch of the Santa Barbara County coastline has become a bitter collision point for several national and global imperatives — the reduction of planet-warming greenhouse gasses, the conservation of natural habitats and the atonement for injustices committed against Indigenous populations.

A plan by private corporations to float up to eight wind power generators less than three miles offshore has run headlong into efforts to designate a vast area of ocean off the Central Coast as a Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.

The turbine proposal has sparked outrage among conservationists and members of the Northern Chumash Tribe, who say the sanctuary is intended to preserve Chumash tribal history and protect the area’s rich biodiversity. Building a network of floating turbines that are tethered to the seafloor and connected to one another and the mainland with electric cables is an affront to preservation, they say.

A proposed solar farm, in Jacumba Hot Springs (San Diego County). From The San Diego Union-Tribune:

Preliminary work has begun on a major solar and battery storage project immediately adjacent to Jacumba Hot Springs that backers say will add a crucial piece to San Diego County’s efforts to develop local sources of clean energy but is opposed by many in the backcountry town of fewer than 600 residents.

Crews hired by BayWa r.e, an international renewable energy company, are just about done clearing a portion of the site after knocking down the remnants of an old dairy farm on the east side of the project. In the coming months — pending likely approval of permits from the county — the company plans to begin construction.

“I just want to reiterate that we feel that this is a well-sited project that’s in support of state and local goals,” said Geoff Fallon, executive vice president of development at BayWa r.e.

Although early work has started, local hotel owner Jeffrey Osborne hopes a lawsuit he and other Jacumba residents recently filed in San Diego Superior Court will upend the project.

“We’re a tourist town and they’re placing a gigantic industrial development that is six times the size of the town itself right next to it,” Osborne said. “What’s that going to do to our tourism?”

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on a 5-0 vote last August approved construction of the project — called the JVR Energy Park — during a packed, sometimes raucous hearing that attracted dozens of Jacumba residents who argued that if the project were to be built, it should take up a much smaller footprint.

A hearing on the merits of the lawsuit is scheduled for June 17.

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Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary represents a unique and special opportunity to recognize and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ modern day and historical cultural connections to the place, and to actively involve Tribal entities in collaborative management, inclusive of their values, knowledge, and traditions.

We invite the public to comment on the proposed sanctuary designation documents of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary by October 25, 2023.

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Antonio Velardo shares: Clean Energy, Cherished Waters and a Sacred California Rock Caught in the Middle by Lauren Sloss

By Lauren Sloss The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary could create a new model for Native co-management of public lands. But the sanctuary faces headwinds with a last-minute boundary change to accommodate a wind farm. Published: October 24, 2023 at 05:01AM from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/m6aVJMr via IFTTT

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Each year, members of the Chumash community journey from the California mainland to Limuw, or Santa Cruz Island. 

Paddlers, or pullers, voyage using a tomol, a traditionally-built redwood plank canoe. It has a six-person crew, and unique abalone inlay designs. Along their way, the pullers travel through Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. They are supported by the sanctuary's Research Vessel Shearwater, which sets course, hosts resting paddlers, and helps protect the tomol and its pullers from vessel traffic. 

Read one tomol puller's story here. 

(Photo: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA) 

[Image description: Tomol paddlers on the ocean at sunrise.]

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🚨 BIG NEWS: We invite you to participate in the possible designation of a national marine sanctuary on the central coast of California.

The Northern Chumash Tribal Council submitted the sanctuary nomination in July 2015, and NOAA is considering sanctuary designation to protect the region’s important marine ecosystem, honor the cultural values of the local Indigenous communities, and protect a collection of historically significant shipwrecks and cultural sites. The nominated area stretches along 156 miles of coastline connecting the boundaries of Monterey Bay and Channel Islands national marine sanctuaries.

We want to hear from you! Visit sanctuaries.noaa.gov/chumash-heritage/ to learn more about the proposal and how you can submit an official comment online or by mail.

(Photo: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA. Image description: Morro Rock, a volcanic plug, is located at the entrance to Morro Bay, tribal place names Salinan Le’samo and Chumash Lisamu’.)

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🚨 Important Update!

The public comment period for proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary has been extended through January 31 to give the public additional time to provide comments!

The Northern Chumash Tribal Council submitted the sanctuary nomination in July 2015, and NOAA is considering sanctuary designation to protect the region’s important marine ecosystem, honor the cultural values of the local Indigenous communities, and protect a collection of historically significant shipwrecks and cultural sites.

Visit sanctuaries.noaa.gov/chumash-heritage/ to learn more about the proposal and how you can submit an official comment online or by mail.

Image: Morro Rock, a volcanic plug, is located at the entrance to Morro Bay, tribal place names Salinan 𝘓𝘦’𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘰 and Chumash 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘶’. (Photo: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA)

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The waters surrounding Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary provide a window into local heritage.

 Pictured here is a tomol, a traditionally-built redwood plank canoe of indigenous Chumash design. The tomol is central to Chumash heritage as a traditional way of traveling around the Channel Islands. “As with other coastal indigenous nations, Chumash people are restoring our heritage of intimacy with the sea for the dual purpose of protecting her and as a means of rediscovering our dignity and identity as a people sprung from this place.” -Roberta R. Cordero Member and co-founder of the Chumash Maritime Association. Photo: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA. Image description: The silhouette of six people paddling in a tomol in front of a bright orange sunset.)

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