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Press Release: Coastal Conservancy Awards over $13 million in Grants for Coastal Access, Restoration, and Resilience (Posted December 1, 2022)

Coastal Conservancy Awards over $13 million in Grants for Coastal Access, Restoration, and Resilience 12/1/2022, Pacific Grove, CA – Today, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy approved grants for 17 projects, totaling over $13 million, for coastal access, restoration, and climate resilience.  Included in the grants approved today were $3.5 million for the Regionally Advancing […]

Press Release: Coastal Conservancy Authorized $14.6m for Coastal Access, Restoration, and Climate Resilience (Posted March 24, 2022)

3/24/2022 – Today, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy approved $14.6 million in grants for restoration, protection, public access, and climate resilience along the California coast and San Francisco Bay. Included in the approvals were $3,420,000 to Save the Redwoods League to acquire conservation easements on 3,862-acres of the Weger Ranch property within the Big River […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #40 – March 4, 2022, 10am – 12pm (Posted February 23, 2022)

AGENDA March 4, 2022 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. VIRTUAL MEETING ZOOM Meeting Information: For live, online viewing of meeting, go to this address: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85177518646?pwd=TGo5N3J4MjBlbDBrN1ZIdCtrNXNVUT09  Meeting ID: 851 7751 8646 Passcode: 090570 To participate remotely by telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): +1 669 900 6833 US (San […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #39 – December 10, 2021 (Posted November 30, 2021)

Meeting summary can be found here.   AGENDA December 10, 2021 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. VIRTUAL MEETING ZOOM Meeting Information: For live, online viewing of meeting, go to this address: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96517077363?pwd=N1NVR0NUQklvSUJEUXErSElVNmdPdz09 Passcode: 869321 To participate remotely by telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):         +1 669 900 […]

Amy Hutzel Appointed New Executive Officer of the State Coastal Conservancy (Posted November 22, 2021)

The State Coastal Conservancy is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Officer, Amy Hutzel. Ms. Hutzel previously served as the Conservancy’s Deputy Executive Officer and has been with the agency for over twenty years, during which she has been instrumental in many key projects including the restoration of thousands of acres of […]

Coastal Stories Grant Program Launched to Support Inclusive Storytelling about the California Coast (Posted October 26, 2021)

The Coastal Conservancy has launched a new grant program that intends to make the outdoors more inclusive and welcoming for all Californians by fostering representation of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and other historically excluded groups in outdoor spaces – through storytelling. Our Coastal Stories Grant Program seeks to fund projects that plan, develop, […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #38 – September 10, 2021 (Posted August 30, 2021)

Meeting summary can be found here   AGENDA September 10, 2021 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. VIRTUAL MEETING ZOOM Meeting Information: For live, online viewing of meeting, go to this address: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96517077363?pwd=N1NVR0NUQklvSUJEUXErSElVNmdPdz09 Passcode: 869321 To participate remotely by telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):         +1 669 900 […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #37 – June 18, 2021 (Posted June 8, 2021)

AGENDA 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location – VIRTUAL MEETING Please click this URL to join Zoom webinar: https://zoom.us/j/96312410067?pwd=MUNLaTE2OS9PR3RmVVVBQ0M4TUtvQT09 Passcode: 035802 Or join by phone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 (Tacoma) […]

Press Release: State Coastal Conservancy Awards $10.8 Million for Wildfire Resilience in this Fire Season (Posted June 7, 2021)

(Oakland, CA) – Today, the Board of the State Coastal Conservancy authorized funding totaling over $10.8 for 33 projects throughout the coast of California to increase the resilience of coastal forests and open space to wildfires. “These projects will help prepare coastal habitats for catastrophic wildfires by creating fire breaks, clearing debris, removing hazardous trees […]