Dan Haifley
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Finding Sanctuary: Thank you for sharing our journey
Finding Sanctuary’s 14 parts were written about the history of and current projects for the sanctuary in tribute to its 30th anniversary and the 50th year of the act that established today’s system… → Read More
Finding Sanctuary | Thank you for sharing our journey
Finding Sanctuary’s 14 parts were written in tribute about the history of and current projects for Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in tribute to its 30th anniversary and the 50th year of the… → Read More
Finding sanctuary: The birth of Monterey Bay’s marine sanctuary
Congressmember Leon Panetta had obtained authorization for a national marine sanctuary and by 1992, our environmental coalition and many others had been promoting the scientific case and public sup… → Read More
Monterey Bay | Finding sanctuary: The birth of a marine sanctuary
Congressmember Leon Panetta had obtained authorization for a national marine sanctuary and by 1992, our environmental coalition and many others had been promoting the scientific case and public sup… → Read More
Finding sanctuary: Oil spills, science and bipartisanship
Pushing the potential Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s boundary far north enough to protect waters coveted by the oil industry between Santa Cruz and San Francisco was a priority in the lat… → Read More
Monterey Bay | Finding sanctuary: Oil spills, science and bipartisanship
Pushing the potential Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s boundary far north enough to protect waters coveted by the oil industry between Santa Cruz and San Francisco was a priority in the lat… → Read More
Finding Sanctuary: Many hands helped to stop drilling threat
The proposals to sell off tracts of ocean floor to the oil companies over that time met with so much resistance that they became a contentious issue in California and other coastal states in the 19… → Read More
Monterey Bay | Finding sanctuary: Many hands helped to stop drilling threat
California’s coastline features rock outcroppings, sandy beaches, tide pools and wetlands. It’s also defined by what we don’t see — along California’s central and northern coast, there are no offsh… → Read More
Finding sanctuary: An idea comes to fruition for Monterey Bay and beyond
California’s beautifully complex coastline features rock outcroppings, sandy beaches, tide pools and wetlands. → Read More
Monterey Bay | Finding sanctuary: An idea comes to fruition
California’s beautifully complex coastline features rock outcroppings, sandy beaches, tide pools and wetlands. → Read More
Take action now to protect Central Coast public lands from fracking
In 1978, a group of eight volunteers responded to the potential threat of offshore oil drilling by forming a group called Save Our Shores. Since that time, the group has worked with legislators and… → Read More
Rachel Kippen to continue our ocean story
After 20 years as executive director of O’Neill Sea Odyssey and seven years as director of Save Our Shores in addition to other tours of duty, I’ve just retired. As part of my duties with O’Neill S… → Read More
Exxon Valdez, danger of offshore oil transport and production
March 24, 2019 will be the 30th anniversary of the grounding of the tanker Exxon Valdez on a reef near Prince William Sound, Alaska, which ruptured its hull and sent more than 10 million gallons of… → Read More
Circular living for the sea
Sailing home to Long Beach from Hawaii in 1997, Charles Moore took a shortcut and was surprised to encounter an area of waste, much of it plastic. To learn the scope of the problem, he started the … → Read More
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Elkhorn Slough’s fight to adapt to climate change
Stretching 7 miles inland from the center of Monterey Bay at Moss Landing, Elkhorn Slough is a tidal marsh whose waterway is part of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. It is known by visitors … → Read More
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: The philosophy of tide pools and our interconnected environment –
On Saturday I was privileged to review “The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival” by Stephen Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka, for an event for Friends of Aptos Library and Aptos… → Read More
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: In an octopus’ garden, in the sanctuary
In October, explorers made a surprise discovery in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary – an octopus community on an undersea mountain. Readers of this column know that Davidson Seamount, which w… → Read More
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: King tides headed our way
On Dec. 21 and Dec. 23, and on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, waves will crash higher and ocean waters will stretch their fingers of water inland farther than they usually do during a high tides. This will … → Read More
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Next step on offshore oil is coming
From Jan. 4 until March 9 of this year, more than 2 million online comments were submitted in response to President Donald Trump’s plan to open approximately 90 percent of federal waters to offshor… → Read More
Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Lighthouse lighting precedes Lighted Boat Parade
The holiday lights at the Derek Walton Lighthouse’s at the Santa Cruz Harbor will be switched on at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 1, then the 33rd annual Lighted Boat Parade will get underway. What will be differ… → Read More