A California Beach Town Is Desperate to Save Its Vanishing Sand – the New York Times
![Girl on the Jetty, Oceanside, California - April 18, 2009 (by Brian Auer CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3797989079_6a7d4d9e92_o-798x532.jpg)
Sea-level rise and man-made projects have left Oceanside with precious little beach space. That’s a problem if coastal life is part of your city’s identity…
The Not-So-Natural Beach – Ryan Anderson
![Groin in Oceanside California, built in 1961. © 2019 Ryan Anderson.](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sm-2019-3A1A7502-BW-1-798x532.jpg)
Growing up, I always imagined the beach to be a natural place. I think it’s safe to say that this sentiment may be pretty common among many beachgoers. It’s easy to think of the beach as being somewhat “natural,” or at least close to that thing some people call “nature.” This is a short piece, so I won’t go down the what is nature!? rabbit hole for now. By natural I mean something along the lines of “not caused or created by human intervention.” So here’s the thing: many beaches are actually far less “natural” than many people assume or know…