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A through F of first documentation of historical wetland evolution from the UCLA 2000 Study, pg 2-3 CLICK HERE TO SEE LARGE IMAGE

This is the image City Council members referred to during the political campaign of 2004. Did they make a mistake unintentionally by not referring to image "A"? CLICK HERE TO SEE LARGE IMAGE. See images C thru E in the UCLA 2000 Study pg 2-3

This is the Malibu Center Topo Map. It shows the high water table area indicating the historical wetland. Also, a tidal lagoon was indicated at the west end, circa 1899. SEE LARGER IMAGE Dr. Terry Huffman refers to the topo map that indicates the historical wetlands and hundreds of acres. City Council member Tom Hasse and Joan House indicated there were only 2 acres. See the video

The 2000 UCLA Study
Lower Malibu Creek and Lagoon
Resource Enhancement and Management
Richard F. Ambrose and Anthony R. Orme
Principal Investogators
May 2000

This study provides the most comprehensive scientific investigation of the Lower Malibu Creek and Lagoon, which includes the Tapia Treatment Plant drainage, civic center, shopping mall's in the lower floodplain, lagoon and Colony drainage into Malibu Surfrider Beach, the Malibu Fishing Pier and residential areas downstream.

Richard F. Ambrose and Anthony R. Orme are the principal investigators and professors at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) who conducted the study with a team of student scientists from UCLA.

The study involved eight major objectives for the lower watershed, namely an analysIs and interpretation of (1) evolution and historical development, (2) hydrology and morphodynamIcs, (3) biologIcal and water qualIty objectives and habitat associations, (4) vegetation, (5)
eutrophication, (6) pathogens, (7) hydrologic alteration and human disturbance, (8) management alternatives, and (9) wetland restoratIon. The Final Report is organized under these categories, together wIth (10) a summary of management and restoration alternatIves, and (11) a concluding perspective.

Also, there are maps, diagrams and graphics that illustrate the history and evolution of the Malibu Creek.

CLICK HERE to read the complete report.

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World famous Malibu Surfrider Beach has been closed on numerous occasions when pollutant levels in the surfzone exceed safety standards. This closure occured in June of 1997 because of a septic tank failure at Marmalade's Restaurant in the Cross Creek Village shopping center.
The Malibu Creek Floodplain/Wetland, circa 1892
Note the ponding held back by the Pacific Coast Highway, circa 1938

This 1995 50-year flood brushed up under the Pacific Coast Highway bridge. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO Imagine the impact of a 100-year flood, which is what any development is supposed to sustain according the Malibu's General Plan.

FEMA's 100-year flood plain map of the center of Malibu. SEE LARGER IMAGE