Latest Coastal Conservancy News

Coastal Conservancy Public Meeting in Sausalito – August 22 (Posted August 9, 2019)

Douglas Bosco (Public Member), Chair Ann Notthoff (Public Member), Vice Chair Marce Gutiérrez-Graudi?š (Public Member) Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash (Designated) Dayna Bochco, Coastal Commission Chair; Susan Hansch (Designated) Keely Bosler, Director, Department of Finance; Gayle Miller (Designated) Senate Representatives Benjamin Allen (District 26) Bill Monning (District 17) Jerry Hill (District 13) […]

News Release: Dredged Sediment from San Francisco Bay to be used for Wetland Restoration (Posted June 24, 2019)

OAKLAND, CA – This summer, in an innovative contract, sediment dredged from within the San Francisco Bay will be placed at Bay restoration sites to support healthy wetlands, rather than offloaded into the ocean or Bay. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE or The Corps) maintains federal navigation channels in the Bay for shipping, […]

Coastal Conservancy Awarded $1.1 Million for Enhancement of Humboldt Bay’s Martin Slough from California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Posted May 20, 2019)

Further $17.7 Million awarded to Conservancy partners for coastal ecosystem and watershed restoration and protection projects Oakland, CA – Today, the California State Coastal Conservancy was awarded a grant of $1.1 million from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for the enhancement of Martin Slough in Humboldt Bay.  A further $17.7 million was […]

Coastal Conservancy Awards $12.5 Million for Coastal Restoration and Protection Projects (Posted May 16, 2019)

SACRAMENTO – Today, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy awarded over $12.5 million in grants for the protection and restoration of California’s coast and the San Francisco Bay.  Grantees included public agencies, cities and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations whose purposes are consistent with the Conservancy’s enabling legislation. Among the grants awarded were $3.9 million to […]

News Release: Coastal Conservancy Awarded $2 Million for Wetland Restoration from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Posted May 10, 2019)

Today, the California State Coastal Conservancy announced that it has received $2 million in grant funding for coastal wetland restoration from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. The grant program annually provides grants of up to $1 million to coastal and Great Lakes states, as well as U.S. territories […]

Coastal Conservancy Public Meeting in Sacramento – May 16 (Posted May 3, 2019)

  Douglas Bosco (Public Member), Chair Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (Public Member) Ann Notthoff (Public Member) Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash (Designated) Dayna Bochco, Coastal Commission Chair; Susan Hansch (Designated) Keely Bosler, Director, Department of Finance; Karen Finn (Designated) Senate Representatives Benjamin Allen (District 26) Jerry Hill (District 13) Bill Monning (District 17) Assembly […]

Climate Ready Grant Round (Posted April 25, 2019)

The Conservancy announces a new Climate Ready grant solicitation; applications are due July 1, 2019. Climate Ready grants fund nature-based solutions for climate adaptation. This round will fund planning and implementation of managed retreat, natural shoreline infrastructure, living shorelines and habitat enhancement projects. This round is funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and projects must facilitate greenhouse […]

SF Bay Area Prop 68 Draft Climate Adaptation Grant Guidelines (Posted April 16, 2019)

Prop 68 provides funding to assist coastal communities with adaptation to climate change, including $14 million allocated to the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program of the Coastal Conservancy (“Prop 68 SF Bay Climate Funds”). This chapter of Prop 68 requires that the Coastal Conservancy (“Conservancy”) develop competitive grant guidelines. The draft guidelines are posted here. […]

3/26 Webinar: Managed Retreat: Resilience at Surfer’s Point in Ventura, CA (Posted March 22, 2019)

Please join us for a webinar on Tuesday, March 26 from 12-1pm to hear from Paul Jenkin of Surfrider Foundation about the landmark Surfer’s Point managed retreat project including updates on resiliency in the face of recent storm activity. The Surfers’ Point Managed Shoreline Retreat project is one of the first managed retreat projects to […]