The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition brings together organizations and individuals with a common goal of protecting and restoring marine life, conserving biological diversity and maintaining healthy, sustainable marine habitats.
Latest News: On January 1st our new Underwater Parks became a reality.
See ALL the entries and winning photographs at Results of Bluebelt Photo Contest which celebrated our new Marine Protected Areas and Underwater Parks Day.
For a summary of the 1st and 2nd prize-winning photographs see our Newsletter.
Protect Our Sealife
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Your participation is important to the success of our marine reserves. The reserves are ours to restore or lose.
We ask that you all become stewards and proponents of our new ocean reserves. More Info
Marine Reserves at Work
Positive Results
The marine reserve at Cabo Pulmo in the Baja has shown dramatic recovery in just 10 years. Scripps Institute has documented the total amount of fish in the reserve increased over 460% from 1999 to 2009. More Info
Community Support
Protect & Restore the Marine Life Habitat
The MLPA planning effort has sparked an outpouring of public support from elected officials, local businesses, community organizations and scientists.More Info
What's New?
All the Happenings
- The participatants and winners of the Bluebelt’s Photo Contest with cool prizes commemorating our new reserves were announced on Underwater Parks Day 1/21/2012.
- January 1 marked an important day in Laguna’s environmental history and the beginning of the restoration of our marine habitat along the City’s coast.
- Laguna Bluebelt receives City of Laguna Beach 2010 Environmental Award
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Read About More News and Happenings
Take Action!
Your Support is Crucial
- Support our New Marine ReservesYour support is critical if they are to succeed. The Bluebelt is spreading the word -educating and inspiring both residents and visitors to nurture and care for these special places. We are helping with the MPA Watch coordinated by OC Coastkeeper and will be contributing financially to the city-wide effort. Click Here to Join Us.
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MLPA Facts & Maps
What You Need to Know
California’s magnificent underwater habitats—kelp forest nurseries, underwater canyons, corals and sponges, pinnacles and rocky reefs—are every bit as varied and dramatic as our national parks located on land. The MLPA provides our best opportunity to preserve the beautiful bounty of our iconic ocean places. Our marine network of protected areas is a well-designed necklace to help marine ecosystems thrive for years to come. More Info
Leopard Sharks,
Bat Rays and Me
If you're (fool) hardy enough to get in the water to snorkel or scuba in the late fall/early winter Read More » 
Winter Low Tides
What is hidden under the water during the hot summer sun is uncovered in the cooler winter months. Read More »
Shoreline Strolls – Edges and Ledges of Laguna
Here we are scrambling over the Aliso Creek Ledges to Camel Beach. "Girls just wanna have fun!" Read More »
Shoreline Strolls
Observations and thoughts on a flat, calmy day at the water's edge in August 2011: Sedimentary rock of taffy San Onofre Breccia swirls is a glorious sandstone with a color as vibrant as butter that abuts our beaches. Read More »
We Can Celebrate!
Laguna and the rest of the South Coast will see their new marine life protections go into effect on January 1, 2012. Read More »
Shoreline Strolls
After a night of light rain the wind has blown out the storm at Crystal Cove and Catalina shines bright with her sandy bluffs, white and clean. Read More »
Tidepool Tales and Kelp
You don't have to get into the water to notice the tremendous increase in the kelp forest off Laguna over the last year. A number of groups including thousands of individuals Read More »Marine Reserves Established!
Laguna Bluebelt members attended the Fish and Game Commission meeting in Ontario on May 4th urging the implementation of the reserves without delay. Read More »Shoreline Strolls
Today dawned quiet and calm on the beach at Crystal Cove for our walk at Reef Point. No wind, no harsh glare on the water, a minus tide and good tide-pooling. Read More »
One World One Ocean
MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation launched their 'One World One Ocean' awareness campaign. You are invited to join the movement to restore and protect the health of the world's oceans. Read More »Friend’s Corner
We are honored that Sylvia Earle would enthusiastically wear a "Reserve Laguna" button to indicate her support for our efforts.
She has been called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker and the New York Times, "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and the first "Hero for the Planet," is an oceanographer, explorer, author...Learn More
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