Technically, either proposed alternative is feasible in the engineering sense 

 because it was shown that impacts to the adjacent shoreline and to the tidal 

 wetlands could be mitigated. This would require sand management at a navig- 

 able entrance, and maintenance dredging at a non-navigable entrance. However, 

 these technical findings must be added to many other issues under considera- 

 tion before a final decision is made on the future of Bolsa Chica. 



RELATED COASTAL ZONE '89 PAPERS 



A special session on Bolsa Chica was held at Coastal Zone '89 that 

 included seven papers spanning the historical, legal, developmental, federal, 

 state, and regional issues. Scheduled authors were: J.F. Trout, D. Gorfain, 

 and C. Fossum; D.A. Shelley; R.S. Joe; R.G. Fisher; J. McGrath; P. Green; and 

 V. Leipzig. 



The following related papers were scheduled for presentation at the 

 Coastal Zone '89 Conference: 



Gravens , M.B. "A New Ocean- Entrance System at Bolsa Chica, California -- 

 Preconstruction Assessment of Potential Shoreline Impacts" 



Kraus , N.C. "Beach Change Modeling and the Coastal Planning Process" 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The studies described in this paper were performed at WES through a 

 Memorandum of Agreement between the California State Lands Commission (SLC) 

 and the Department of Army dated 2 July 1987. Permission to publish this 

 paper was granted by the Chief of Engineers and the SLC . 



The author wishes to acknowledge the following WES personnel who conducted 

 the studies: H. Acuff, S. Bird, R. Bottin, M. Gravens, L. Hales, and 

 R. Jensen. 



DISCLAIMER 



Engineering services were provided to SLC by WES under authority of Title 

 III of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968. As such, resultant 

 study products are based on specific technical expertise only and should not 

 be inferred to indicate support or non- support by the Corps of Engineers for 

 the environmental or economic aspects of any subsequent project at Bolsa 

 Chica. 



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