MSB Organizations

Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.

Important Interactions
(with different levels of government)

**CA Beach Monitoring Funding Restored

*The Surfriders foundation and several chapters, (San Diego included) worked to restore the funding for the California beach water quality water monitoring program. Several organizations urged the California legislature to restore the funding, and Surfrider urged their members to call their elected officials. They had the funding restored for 2008 and part of 2009. The description of this accomplishment also mentions that there was an option to extend the funding through 2010.


link to information...scroll down to number 105


**City of San Diego Sewage Settlement
In 2001 the Surfrider Foundation and San Diego Coastkeeper sued the City of San Diego for chronic sewage spills. When this happened, the city was averaging nearly a sewage spill a day and they had spilled more than 45 million gallons of sewage into local waters during the five years prior. The suit was meant to bring the city into compliance with the law and to improve the quality of our waters after a spill.

On May 22, 2007, the San Diego City Council approved a final settlement. The settlement forced the City to invest almost 1 billion dollars into the sewage infrastructure.

link to information...scroll down to number 76



WiLDCOAST

WiLDCOAST protects and preserves coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the Californias and Latin America by building grassroots support, conducting media campaigns and establishing protected areas.

Important Interactions
(with different levels of government)

**WiLDCOAST is funded by several government angencies, including the City Of San Diego, Port of San Diego, San Diego Airport Authority and Combined Federal Campaign.

A link to a list of their supporters

**In early 2008, WiLDCOAST began a partnership with Mexico’s National Commission for Protected Natural Areas (CONANP)to protect coastal areas in Northwestern Mexico. Since then, they have made progress to preserve the coastlines of Laguna San Ignacio, Bahia Magdalena, the Valle de los Cirios and the islands of the Gulf of California.

link to the story