Our Citizen Science program is in full swing under the amazing direction of our Citizen Science Chair, Serena Milne. She coordinates the safe data collection of beach transects from North Carlsbad beaches to the North Jetty in Oceanside, spanning some 4 miles of beach. An all-volunteer program since 2020, the SOS Citizen Science Program continues to conduct monthly data collection and situational monitoring for storm and dredging activities. This work is in collaboration with our City Coastal Zone Administrator and Dr. Adam Young of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Adam’s lab processes the data and provides visual and raw data for anyone’s use on the Coastal Process Website. This data is provided as a free service to coastal scientists and engineers for their studies of our coastline performance. Organizations using the data include US Army Corps of Engineers, GHD (Oceanside’s prime contractor for the Pilot project), ContractorSpecific organizations using the data: US Army Corps Navigation Dredging Team, US Army Corps Mitigation Study Team, GHD Coastal Engineers (Prime contractor) for RE:BEACH & Pilot Project Team, Rincon Consulting, Oceanside Coastal Dunes Project, Dudek Consulting, Loma Alta Creek Maintenance Program and SANDAG Regional Beach Sand Project 3 (RBSP 3). SOS – continuing to make a difference in a big way! Go, SOS Citizen Science Team!
