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Refugio Western Snowy Plover Nesting Locations

Published by Office of Response and Restoration | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 17, 2026 at 05:12 AM | Dataset Last Updated: August 15, 2019 at 12:00 AM
On May 19, 2015, a pipeline owned ruptured in Santa Barbara County, California, near Refugio State Beach. An estimated 21,000 gallons of the oil flowed overland from the break site into the Pacific Ocean and spread across the marine environment. NOAA and our state and federal partners are investigating these impacts and will determine the amount of restoration needed to return the environment to the condition it was in before the spill and to compensate the public for environmental degradation from the time of the spill until recovery. This layer represents Western snowy plover nesting locations with average number of adults for the Summer window.

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