BOLSA CHICA RESTORATION - TIDAL INLET OPENED!
A small gallery of the historic morning, August 24, 2006:

Mid-day, Thursday, August 24, 2006, the Pacific flows freely into the restored Bolsa Chica wetland.
Photo courtesy of Jack Fancher, USFWS

Crews working through the night to remove the sand dam.
Photo: Dave Carlberg.

Pre-dawn sand removal.
Photo by Mark Bixby

The first tide rising through the new channel.
Photo: Mark Bixby

A toast to the inlet and to Amigos de Bolsa Chica!
Photo: Mark Bixby


A crowd of over 100 people gathered on PCH bridge to watch the historic occasion.
Photos: Dave Carlberg and Mark Bixby

Amigos members l to r: Margaret Carlberg, Thomas Anderson, Dave Carlberg, Brian Westcott, Shirley Dettloff, Mel Nutter and Chuck Nelson.
Photo: Laurie Payne

Amigos board member, Margaret Carlberg, is interviewed by KNX radio. Photo: Dave Carlberg

The new inlet looking from the ocean towards the bridge.
Photo: Mark Bixby