The California State Coastal Conservancy is offering for sale 100 acres of spectacular undeveloped coastal land on the Big Sur coast, six miles south of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Consisting of two adjacent parcels, the property extends from coastal bluffs fronting Highway 1 to gentle marine terraces up and over a 1300 foot ridge of the Santa Lucia Mountains and down to the verdant redwood forest of the Malpaso Creek Canyon. The property offers spectacular views of Soberanes Point, the Big Sur coastline, and the Pacific Ocean. Most of the property borders state and county park lands; much of the surrounding property is permanently protected from further subdivision.
To learn more about this offer, please visit the Victorine Ranch website at http://victorineranch.scc.ca.gov/
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS [February 2011]
The California State Coastal Conservancy (“Conservancy”) anticipates a need for environmental, engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, and construction project management consulting services for Conservancy projects and programs and for California Ocean Protection Council (“OPC”) projects and programs, undertaken by the Conservancy on behalf of the OPC, over the next twelve months.
The Conservancy seeks Statements of Qualifications from individuals and firms providing these services. (more…)
The California Coastal Conservancy has posted the first components of the Guidance for Addressing Climate Change in California Coastal Conservancy Projects. The purpose of the guidance is to assist you in understanding and applying the Conservancy’s adopted Climate Change Policy and Project Selection Criteria. The Conservancy is committed to incorporating emerging research and public and peer review comments into periodic updates of the climate change guidance. Comments may be directed to the following email address: climate@scc.ca.gov.
The completed sections of the guidance can be viewed through the links (more…)
Final Report Is Available: State and federal agencies have released a groundbreaking new San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Report that outlines a bold vision for the hidden part of the Bay Area.
The San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Project is led by the California Coastal Conservancy/Ocean Protection Council, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, NOAA Fisheries and Restoration Center, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. The Subtidal Habitat Goals Report and interactive maps are accessible and available online.
The 50‐Year Plan is non‐regulatory and presents a strong vision for how to move forward with science‐based subtidal research, protection, and restoration, through an adaptive phased project approach to learn more about subtidal ecosystem services, functions, and interactions between habitat types. (more…)
Together with the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Project and the Uplands Habitat Goals Project, the completion of the San Francisco Bay Subtidal Goals Project represents a milestone in regional habitat planning for San Francisco Bay and its watersheds. We now have a comprehensive and innovative ecosystem-based management vision for a continuum of habitat types from the bottom of the bay to the ridge tops (more…)
All the back issues of California Coast & Ocean (1985-2009), a quarterly magazine dedicated to coverage of trends and events affecting California’s coast, are now available for download.
For information about accessible parks, trails, historical sites, and other points of interest, visit:
www.wheelingcalscoast.org
The website contains descriptions of more than 65 wheelchair-accessible sites in southern and central California. Northern California sites will be added periodically through 2011.
