Latest Coastal Conservancy News
The California State Coastal Conservancy announces the availability of grants to public agencies, tribes and nonprofit organizations for projects that facilitate the recovery of the southern sea otter along California’s coasts. The California Sea Otter Fund is one of the state’s tax check-off funds that allows taxpayers to voluntarily contribute to the recovery of California’s […]
4/24/2026, SEAL BEACH – Yesterday, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy awarded over $44 million in grant funding to a total of 23 projects that will help protect, restore, and improve public access to the coast. The projects funded were: NORTH COAST A grant of up to $6,000,000 to the Great Redwood Trail Agencyfor: (1) […]
Meeting Notice Douglas Bosco (Public Member), Chair Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (Public Member), Vice Chair Joy Sterling (Public Member) Jeremiah Hallisey (Public Member) Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash and Jenn Eckerle (Designated) Meagan Harmon Coastal Commission Chair; Madeline Cavalieri (Designated) Joe Stephenshaw, Director, Department of Finance; Michele Perrault (Designated) Senate Representatives Benjamin […]
Timeline: California State Coastal Conservancy, 1976 – Present 1976: Coastal Conservancy Act Passes Established by the California State Legislature through the Coastal Conservancy Act (Public Resources Code, Division 21), the Conservancy was created as a non-regulatory state agency within the Natural Resources Agency. A core tenet from the start was to ensure public access to […]
Today, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy authorized a total of over $54 million in funding for 28 projects that will help to restore the California coast, expand public access, and improve climate resilience. Nearly $21 million of the total awarded comes from the 2024 Climate Bond (the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought […]
Trail will close a 1.3-mile gap in California Coastal Trail PACIFICA, CA, February 19, 2026. The California State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) has launched the next phase of project development for the Pedro Point Headlands Coastal Trail, a key step toward closing a longstanding gap in the California Coastal Trail–an envisioned 1,230-mile continuous, interconnected public trail […]
Meeting Notice Douglas Bosco (Public Member), Chair Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (Public Member), Vice Chair Joy Sterling (Public Member) Jeremiah Hallisey (Public Member) Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash and Jenn Eckerle (Designated) Meagan Harmon Coastal Commission Chair; Madeline Cavalieri (Designated) Joe Stephenshaw, Director, Department of Finance; Michele Perrault (Designated) Senate Representatives Benjamin […]
Join the California State Coastal Conservancy to learn helpful approaches to writing grant proposals. Our Project Managers will walk through strategies to develop a competitive application for Coastal Conservancy funding. There will be time for Q&A. A recording of this webinar will be posted on the Conservancy’s website afterwards. SCC Grant Writing 101 Webinar December 11, […]
Nov 20, 2025 – OAKLAND, CA, Today, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy awarded a total of over $15 million to projects that will help to restore the California coast, improve public access to it, and increase its resilience to climate change. The majority of funding is going to ten projects that aim to […]
Meeting Notice Coastal Stories section was added to the EO Report after mailing. 11/17/25 Agenda item 6 corrected to reflect the right dollar amount or 980,000. Douglas Bosco (Public Member), Chair Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (Public Member), Vice Chair Joy Sterling (Public Member) Jeremiah Hallisey (Public Member) Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash and […]
