Chumash Marine Sanctuary

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14                                                                                                                                          PROGRAM #10547 12:00 PM PT

Chumash Marine Sanctuary. 

The US government is a step closer to designating a large area of more than 100 miles along California’s central coast as the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, the third largest national marine sanctuary in the National Marine Sanctuary System. Advocates are also pushing for four other sites with indigenous leadership as national marine sanctuaries. This would help conserve and restore coastal lands and waters and contribute to environmental justice, they say. On National People’s Indigenous Day, political and tribal leaders reflect on the area that would become the first Tribally-nominated sanctuary in the United States.

Guests: Ruben Tapia, Reporter, Los Angeles, CA; US Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Washington, DC; US Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Washington, DC.

Photo: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA

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