One Beach - Barefoot Wines

Barefoot Wines and the Surfrider Foundation have partnered to present:

The First 70 Film Project

The First 70 Film Project


The Project

Last May, California announced plans to close one quarter of their 278 parks, a devastating move that is intended to save the state a mere $22 million per year. The closure list includes thousands of acres of park land, recreation areas, wildlife reserves, and 50% of the state's historic parks. By July 2012 Californians will be bereft of 70 magnificent natural parks. The media has done little to disclose the ongoing closures or emphasize their impact.

Not wanting to miss the chance to see these places before they were gone forever, we decided to make our way across California in a converted airport shuttle bus, shooting as many parks and people as possible. Individuals we met along the way were concerned about the closing of their local parks, but no one had a collective firsthand experience of the overall picture. As we connected dots on a map, a pattern emerged. No one knew exactly what the conditions of closure would be, nor could they see how the state would ultimately benefit.

The First 70 is a short film about Californians banding together to enact change and develop solutions in the face of a glaring bureaucratic oversight. Volunteers have been forced to lend even more of their time and effort to support the already grossly underfunded state park system. Independent organizations and nonprofits have become obligated to step up to the challenge of keeping parks open, supporting them financially while working within the state's guidelines.

View the film:

Additionally, Back Country Pictures has produced a great new film called California Forever. For a preview, click on California Forever

California Coastal Cleanup Day

Greetings!

These photos were taken on California's Coastal Cleanup Day, organized by Coastwalk California, on the coast of Sonoma County on September 17th, 2011. Coastwalk wants to thank Whole Foods and REI for their partnerships, and a special thanks to Redwood Empire Boy Scouts, Sonoma State University, and the Ecclesiastical District of Northern California.

Coastal Political Aboutface

Greetings!

I'm angry at the California Citizens Redistricting Committee. For the past 40 years, I have lived in Marin and Sonoma Counties along the 101 corridor. In every election, I have voted for candidates whose districts included the Northern California coast, and who paid attention to its issues. When I lived in Marin, I was sometimes represented by politicians from Sonoma. The reverse was also true. But grew to understand that, though each county's residents viewed the others suspiciously, they all shared a love of the coast and voted for candidates who protected it well.

The Committee released its new redistricting maps yesterday, and disenfranchised the coast from most of Sonoma County's residents along the 101 corridor. In some or all of the cities of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Cotati, and Petaluma, residents will now be voting for candidates for state or federal offices who have not one foot of Sonoma County coast in their districts. The political views which will be debated in those races will turn an about face from the coast and Redwood Empire to the Napa Valley and the Vallejo Hwy 80 corridor. Issues such as marine sanctuaries and coastal access will be replaced by port facilities and highway interchanges.

I don't think Sonoma County residents will like being moved to the inland empire. And I'm hoping they will show their love of the coast by electing strong environmentalists to the whichever political offices remain representing stretches of the coast. The 2nd and 10th Assembly Districts include the Marin and Sonoma coasts, and every resident except those in Rohnert Park and those along Hwy 12 from Kenwood to Boyes Hot Springs. The latter group is included in the 2nd Senate District which covers the Marin and Sonoma coasts. Unfortunately, residents of Rohnert Park have no representatives of any coast. And the coast loses federal representation in the 2nd Congressional District from most all of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, and Cotati residents.

Mendocino Coastwalkers, June 30th, 2011

Greetings!

Yesterday, I joined the members of the Mendocino Coastwalkers for dinner. I drove up from Santa Rosa to Van Damme State Park where they were spending the last night of the hike, and was able to take some of their time to describe Coastwalk's entire program activities, and listen to their feedback.

I was able to show them the new website, and they had plenty of useful ideas about improvements to it and to Coastwalk operations.

Geocaching on a Coastal Scenic Trail

Greetings!

Fran Gibson, Coastwalk's recent Past President of the Board, sent me a link to a great article about an effort by the Great Lakes Seaway Trail to engage geocachers in the promotion of and use of their coastal resources.

Check it out:

For those of you headed to Portugal, here's another good resource for touring the coasts of that country:

Gregory

2010 California Coastal Views Film Festival

Greetings!

Once again, California Coastal Views is hosting a video festival made up of scenes of the California coast which appear on YouTube. For the next month, I'll be looking on Google Earth, and querying entrants from the previous festival, to assemble here the nominees.

Eligible videos must show the California coast, must not have competed in previous CCV festivals, and be loaded on YouTube no later than July 15th, 2010. No real estate sale promotions or chamber of commerce ads. The divisions and categories will be developed to account for the length (shorts, up to five minutes, feature length) and amount of features (music, transitions, advanced editing). I'm currently scanning Google Earth starting at Wright's Beach and heading north to the Oregon border. Then, I'll start again south to Mexico. Nominees are invited to submit links directly to me at gfearon@sonic.net. Deadline for submission is October 31, 2010. Finalists will be announced on December 31st, and winners on January 31st, 2011.

This post will be updated with nominees, in divisions and categories as they are developed.



1. Chasing the Wing at Goat Rock
2. Soaring with Omi
3. KayakSurf2
4. Goat Rock Atos Flight
5. The Thin Red Whine
6. The End of Science
7. Russian River Estuary Breach
8. Freckles
9. Sonoma Wine Country - Gerard Nebesky's Paella
10. Suited up after diving in the ocean
11. Pacific Ocean west of Sebastopol
12. Jerry and Elaine Meet the Ocean
13. Looking over the Cliff
14. Sea Ranch View
15. Kristynka's tatou
16. Sea Ranch je na pobrezi Ticheho oceanu
17. The Sea Ranch
18. Gualal in March 2009
19. Sunset to Sunrise Time Lapse Movie
20. Bowling Ball Beach
21. Climbing out of Bowling Ball Beach
22. Waves at Pt Arena Lighthouse, Pt 1
23. Waves at Pt Arena Lighthouse, Pt 2
24. Looking South from Pt Arena
25. Navarro Beach, Mendocino
26. Seaside Beach, Mendocino
27. Mendocino Madness
28. Fogbank Mendocino
29. Canoe Trip @ the mouth of Big River
30. 43 seconds in Mendocino
31. Mendocino RC Aerial Video
32. Mendocino
33. Mendocino Coast:Beauty and the Coast
34. Sonoma-Mendocino Coast, California by 71Miles.com
35. TAKS Russian Gulch Paddle
36. Floating Rocks, Living Water
37. RC Aerial Video Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
38. Mendocino Ca Photo slideshow
39. Mendocino Coast from the Ft Bragg Botanical Gardens
40. Waves near Ft. Bragg, California
41. RC Aerial Video Noyo Bay
42. Mendocino Rock Garden Whitewater Kayak
43. 090202 Mendocino Rock Garden Sea Kayak
44. Dream Ride with Lari Shea
45. View of Glass Beach, Ft Bragg
46. Ft Bragg, Glass Beach
47. 360 degree pan at Pudding Creek
48. Ft Bragg March 1984
49. 10 Mile Beach, Cleone
50. Inglenook Beach Hack 2003
51. Up the California Coast
52. The California Coast
53. ZX10 kneedown 2
54. Hwy One Near Westport
55. Lost at the Coast
56. Lost Coast
57. Paralyzed Baby Seal
58. Landing Shelter Cove
59. I Miss You My Loves RIP!
60. Black Sands Beach near Shelter Cove
61. Something
62. The Green Flash is Real
63. Boat Fire Mirage and Green Flash
64. Irideus fly boxes #2
65. Table Bluff
66. Humboldt Bay Tow-In Surfing
67. Harbor Entrance
68. Samoa Dunes Eureka
69. Fire in the Hole
70. Baby Seal Looks for Mother
71. Here it Goes Again
72. Downhill Dune-ing
73. Pyramid Boulder at Moonestone Beach
74. Cliff Watch
75. Big Starfish
76. Wild Octopus Hunting a Fish
77. Sea Lions Rafting in Humboldt
78. Tidepools of Humboldt County
79. Is this a Great White Shark?
80. A Hitchhiker's Guide to the USA - HWY 101 NorCal
81. Ocean Romp at Pacific Coast '06
82. Waves Roll in as Sun Sets
83. Road Trip: Northern California Coast
84. Minya Tells about Thomas
85. Klamath River Sept 2002 part 5
86. Aug 22nd Crescent City, California
87. January 2009, Crescent City
88. Westies at Shell Beach
89. Sonoma Coast
90. Portugese Beach Surf
91. Blue Green Ocean
91. Returned to the Wild
92. Bodega Bay
93. Kitesurfing near Bodega Bay
94. Nickel Creek - The House of Tom Bombadil
95. Trike flying - buzzing the beach
96. Jan 11 2009 Bodega Bay
97. Bodega Bay Waves Part 3
98. 24 Novembre
99. High Tide - Original Song by Stan Wells
100. Casey Fetches at Dillon Beach
101. Nitro Evader BX on the sand
102. Casey Fetches at Dillon Beach
103. Dillon Beach Kite Fight
104. RC Aerial Video - Lawson's Landing - Pt Reyes, Calfornia
105. Brenda Bike Rides
106. Front flips - Don't try it at home
107. Lawson's Landing July 2009
108. Joe Plays Guitar
109. Lawson's Landing Veteran's Day 2005
110. Mazie at the Beach
111. Dillon Beach Storm, just arrived
112. Earth 2004
113. Heath Taka Tomales Bay Oyster Tour
114. Anti-MS Crew at Waves to Wine 2008
115. Weasel at Point Reyes National Seashore
116. Waves at Point Reyes
117. Tomales Pt 5-09
118. Tamilya Hotshot in the Sand
119. Tamilya Brat on the Beach
120. Point Reyes National Seashore
121. Estimated Reyes
122. Point Reyes Lighthouse
123. Point Reyes Flight
124. Oysters Overload
125. Mega Yacht Malteze Falcon headed for Marin
126. Kayaking Surf Start and Landing
127. Cup Chasing
128. Scott runs with Pups
129. Point Reyes, Coast Camp Beach
130. Lion King Finishes American Discovery Trail
131. Alamere Falls 4th Nov 2008
132. Surfing in Bolinas
133. Nice Landing Stinson Beach
134. Skt Hans on Muir Beach
135. Marin Headlands Casio EX-FS10 Slow Motion
136. Trip to SF-GGNRA
137. Harbor Seal Pup
138. Kirby Cove Fete 2
139. Vista Point at GG Bridge
140. GGBridge Bike Ride on a foggy day
141. Golden Gate Bridge at Night
142. Golden Gate to Baker Beach
143. Batteries to Bluffs Trail
144. Sutro Baths
145. San Francisco 5
146. Surfing Ocean Beach at Kelly's Cove
147. Thom Ross - Buffalo Bill at Ocean Beach
148. RIP-Son of City
149. Hangglide Fort Funston
150. Supervictorio Hoopin at Mavericks Break
151. Crabbing in Half Moon Bay
152. Herb's shot on the 18th hole at Half Moon Bay
153. San Gregorio Beach
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