Unveiling the Legacy of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary with Violet Sage Walker

July 24, 2023

A classic episode!

In this rerun, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham dive back into an enlightening conversation with Violet Sage Walker, the chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council and the key proposer of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. As a direct descendant of the Avila Beach and San Luis Obispo County in California, Violet passionately continues her father's vision for the 140-mile long Chumash National Marine Sanctuary. Join us as we journey once more through the rich cultural history of the Chumash people and their enduring connection with the American Shoreline.

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Peter Ravella & Tyler Buckingham

Peter and Tyler joined forces in 2015 and from the first meeting began discussing a project that would become Coastal News Today and the American Shoreline Podcast Network. At the time, Peter and Tyler were coastal consultants for Pete’s firm, PAR Consulting, LLC. In that role, they worked with coastal communities in Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, engaged in grant writing, coastal project development, shoreline erosion and land use planning, permitting, and financial planning for communities undertaking big beach restoration projects. Between and among their consulting tasks, they kept talking and kept building the idea of CNT & ASPN. In almost every arena they worked, public engagement played a central role. They spent thousands of hours talking with coastal stakeholders, like business owners, hotel operators, condo managers, watermen, property owners, enviros, surfers, and fishermen. They dived deep into the value, meaning, and responsibility for the American shoreline, segment-by-segment. Common threads emerged, themes were revealed, differences uncovered. There was a big conversation going on along the American shoreline! But, no place to have it. That's where CNT and ASPN were born.