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Bottlenose dolphin / NASA image

According to witnesses, a bottlenose dolphin named Moko swam up to two distressed sperm whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety. Anton van Helden, a marine mammals expert at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, said the reports were believable because dolphins have "a great capacity for altruistic activities." Full story at CNN.com

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 March 2008 )

Don't eat these oysters

An adult oyster filters 5 to 50 gallons of water every day, removing nitrogen, algae and bacteria. That's the reason you don't want to eat oysters that live near a sewer outfall. It's the same reason that oysters might be the best way to clean water that's less than pure. New York City is now embarking on a test that will use oysters as living water filters. Similar projects are under way in dozens of states. Here's the story from the NY Times.

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Trestles toll road vetoed

At 11:20 pm last night, 14 hours after the hearings began, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 against a proposed 6-lane highway that would have divided and diminished Trestles. SoCal surfers cheered the result. Sometimes progress means doing nothing. Here's a link to the story. Add Comment (0) Hits: 441
Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 February 2008 )

6 lane highway may divide premier SoCal beach

Del Mar, CA - The California Coastal Commission met today to weigh a proposal for a six lane highway that would cut San Onofre State Beach (the beach area that includes Trestles) in half. It's not news that Southern California highways are insufferably crowded. The proposed highway, a toll road, would reduce congestion for a while. However, the congestion will return when new developments are built. The road has been planned since 1981 and would connect Orange County with San Diego County. Twelve miles have been completed. The 16 mile section that includes Trestles would finish it. In addition to making the 405 flow faster the new road would make it easier for inland folks to reach the coast at one of SoCal's best surfing spots. It's a classic tradeoff. Do we give more people access to paradise and diminish paradise in the process? Or is paradise kept (relatively) hard to reach?. Surfrider has come out strongly against the new road.

One of the saving graces of that section of Southern California is the Camp Pendleton Marine Base, twenty miles of prime undeveloped coastal real estate between San Clemente and Oceanside. If the Marine Corps ever decides to vacate the area that gem needs to be a National Park.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 February 2008 )

Captain Kidd ship found off Dominican island

The Quedah Merchant, a ship captured by the pirate (or was it privateer?) Captain Kidd has been found untouched in ten feet of water off Catalina Island in the Dominican Republic. "When I first looked down and saw it, I couldn't believe everybody missed it for 300 years," said Charles Beeker, a scuba-diving archaeologist who teaches at Indiana University. "I've been on thousands of wrecks and this is one of the first where it's been untouched by looters." The site will be turned into a national park. Captain Kidd sailed the entire length of the East Coast of the United States. It is rumoured that he buried treasure on several beaches between the Carolinas & Cape Cod.