Latest Coastal Conservancy News

Webinar: The Stories We Don’t Tell About People of Color in the Outdoors (Posted February 15, 2019)

A recording of this webinar can be found here.   We hope you can join us for a webinar Thursday, February 28th from 12:00 p.m to 1:00 p.m. to hear about engaging people of color in the outdoors. Speaker Amanda E. Machado will share her personal story as a woman of color becoming involved in the environmentalist […]

Webinar: Meaningful Community Engagement (Posted February 14, 2019)

The Coastal Conservancy is hosting a webinar on Thursday, February 21st  2019 from 1-2 pm exploring meaningful community engagement in project development. Three speakers working on projects across the state will discuss how they’ve engaged communities to develop projects that benefit local communities. The speakers will discuss how their community engagement approach was developed, what strategies […]

Equity and Environmental Justice Survey/ Encuesta de Equidad y Justicia (Posted February 5, 2019)

The Coastal Conservancy is embarking on an effort to create Equity and Environmental Justice Guidelines to direct our agency’s work. The Coastal Conservancy’s vision is of a beautiful, restored, and accessible coast for ALL Californians and we see equity and environment justice as a key driver of our agency’s work.  We would like your feedback to help identify […]

Priority Conservation Area Grants – Call for Proposals (Posted January 7, 2019)

The State Coastal Conservancy, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), is pleased to issue a call for proposals focused on the Bay Area’s Priority Conservation Areas (PCA) designated under Plan Bay Area 2040.  Information on the program is available at: https://abag.ca.gov/priority/conservation/index.html, and the grant guidelines are here: https://abag.ca.gov/priority/conservation/pdfs/2019_PCA_Guidelines.pdf […]

Coastal Conservancy Awards Nearly $4 million of state cap-and-trade proceeds going to protect communities from climate change (Posted December 7, 2018)

Coastal Conservancy Awards of $18.5 million in Grants for Coastal Protection and Restoration Morro Bay – This week, the Board of the California State Coastal Conservancy awarded $3.8 million for 12 projects in the Conservancy’s Climate Ready grant program, which supports projects to increase the resilience of coastal resources and communities to the impacts of […]

Coastal Conservancy Public Meeting in Morro Bay – December 06 (Posted November 21, 2018)

Douglas Bosco (Public Member), Chair Sara Ramirez Giroux (Public Member) Ann Notthoff (Public Member) John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash (Designated) Dayna Bochco, Coastal Commission Chair; Susan Hansch (Designated) Michael Cohen, Director, Department of Finance; Karen Finn (Designated) Senate Representatives Benjamin Allen (District 26) Anthony Cannella (District 12) Jerry Hill (District 13) Assembly […]

New Strategy for the Survival of Southern California’s Wetlands (Posted October 18, 2018)

Chula Vista – Today (10/18/18), the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project released its new Regional Strategy 2018, a science-based guide for the long-term restoration and expansion of Southern California’s coastal wetlands. The Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project (WRP), a consortium of federal and state agencies, has been collaborating on wetlands preservation and restoration from Santa Barbara to […]

Coastal Conservancy Approves over $17.5 million in Grants for Coastal Restoration, Protection and Access (Posted September 10, 2018)

September 10, 2018 – Last week, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy approved 17 grants totaling over $17.5 million for restoration, protection and public access projects along the California coast. Notably, among those was an authorization of $9.75 million to the Wildlands Conservancy for the acquisition of approximately 1,390 acres along the Santa Margarita River, […]