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Armoring the shore at Goleta Beach

By Office of Communications February 2017 (approx.)
Photo of shoreline with very little sandy beach. Heavy equipment is piling up large boulders (rip rap) along the eroded shore
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Installing large boulders as rip rap to armor the shore against further erosion at Goleta Beach in Southern California. The tide is very low (negative).

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