EL MORRO BY:

-A COMING OF CHANGE-

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HISTORY OF THE BEACH• 300 trailers sit on this site

(75 on the beach)• Once privately owned,

bought by Irvine Co. in 1979 as part of C.C. State Park

• $32.5 million in tax dollars (most expensive purchase at time…)

• 20 year extension (takes 25 years)

• Fights on both sides

Residents kicked outdec 31 2004

• The residents of El Morro have taken superb of the beach (claimed private ownership)

• Trash/Crowds etc..• Current fear that

having it open to the public will cause the beach to loose its beauty (lesser sense of responsibility)

THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

• LAGUNA BEACH CHAPTER

• Trailers will be transformed into something that is environmentally sensitive and available to all the public. 

• Everything will be removed from the beach, including not only the 75 trailers but a lot of associated wooded, concrete and metal reinforcing in front of and underneath the trailers. 

• The Moro Creek valley area will be restored after removal of the trailers, with a lot of paving removed and a day-use parking area added.  The "terrace" above the valley will become a 60-unit campground.

Information thanks toRick Wilson

Surfrider Foundation949-492-8170

IMPROVEMENTS• Environmental restoration• Water quality improvements

(less impervious surfaces, decreased density of use; elimination of septic tank/ leach field system for sewage)

• Increased public access• Removal of structures and

coastal armoring on the beach (deposition – beach profile will see changes)

CONCLUSION• Join at

www.surfrider.org/join

• Next meeting – 21st

Tidewater “docent”

Training involves the 2.5 to 3 hr class and an on-the-job shift at the tidepools with one of our experienced docent trainers