(Photo by USFWS) Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society volunteers, along with California State Parks staff, erected a symbolic fence along the beaches of Malibu. The fence will serve as a reminder that area is home to the threatened Western Snowy Plover. Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society spoke to Jimy Tallal of The Malibu Times:

“It's a symbolic fence because it consists of only a line of fence posts connected by a rope,” Chuck Almdale, field trip coordinator for SMBAS, said. “Although signs are hung at intervals, it is not an impenetrable barrier, but I'd guesstimate that 95 percent of people stay out. The signs ask the public to be more careful while the fence sets aside a small area for the birds to get a bit of shut-eye.”

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