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About Santa Monica Bay and the SMBRPAbout the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project (SMBRP) SMBRP Management Structure Major Accomplishments of the SMBRP SMBRP -- List of Publications Reaching the SMBRP Exploring Santa Monica Bay
The Bay and its Ecosystems
Human Impacts on the Bay
Play in the Bay
Restoring the Bay
Government Actions for Bay Restoration
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Overview of Santa Monica BaySanta Monica Bay is one of the country's most important natural resources, providing the two million-plus humans who live in its watershed with a mild climate, aesthetic beauty, recreation, food, fresh oxygen, and commercial opportunities. It teems with life, serving as home to over 5000 species of birds, fish, mammals, plants and other wildlife -- some of the largest and smallest organisms on Earth. Its 50 miles of coastline, with 22 separate public beaches, provide recreational opportunities for an estimated 45 million visitors each year -- more than 500,000 a day at the height of summer. The Bay and its environs also provide essential habitat for a number of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, as well as for threatened and endangered species. The Bay's intertidal areas (rocky shores and tidepools) are home to a multitude of small fishes, invertebrates, and other organisms. Santa Monica Bay's natural boundaries extend from Point Dume to Palos Verdes Point. However, for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project (SMBRP) study purposes, the Bay has been defined as extending from the Ventura-Los Angeles County Line (west of Point Dume) to Point Fermin (south of Palos Verdes Point), and offshore to water depths of about 1,650 feet. |
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