Latest San Francisco Bay Area News

Coastal Conservancy Adopts Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Guidelines; Awards $7.8 Million for Coastal Restoration, Preservation and Public Access (Posted September 4, 2020)

Oakland, CA – This week, the Board of the California State Coastal Conservancy unanimously adopted guidelines for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and awarded $7.8 million to 13 projects to protect and restore the California coast and San Francisco Bay, and increase public access to these natural resources.   The JEDI Guidelines will steer […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #34 – September 18, 2020

AGENDA 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location – VIRTUAL MEETING Please click this URL to join Zoom webinar: https://zoom.us/j/92189490950?pwd=WGdYQ0RZeHlwZEZuMitweWJtWmZqZz09 Passcode: 870128   Or join by phone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): +1 669 900 6833  or; +1 253 215 8782  or; +1 346 248 7799 Webinar ID: 921 […]

RFPQ: Fall 2020 Research to Understand Impacts of Bay Sand Mining on Sand Supply and Transport in SF Bay and Outer Coast (Posted July 9, 2020)

*** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 19*** REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND QUALIFICATIONS: Fall 2020 Research to Understand Impacts of Bay Sand Mining on Sand Supply and Transport in San Francisco Bay and Outer Coast   The California State Coastal Conservancy is seeking qualifications of potential environmental services contractors  and scientific study proposals to further develop the […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #33 – June 12, 2020 (Posted June 2, 2020)

AGENDA 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location – VIRTUAL MEETING Please click this URL to join Zoom webinar: https://zoom.us/j/96659468884?pwd=U3puL2lzKy9CcThrZExxenN6VlZZdz09 Password: 313683 Or join by phone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): +1 669 900 6833  or; +1 253 215 8782  or; +1 346 248 7799  or; +1 929 205 6099  […]

Press Release: Coastal Conservancy Awards over $8.2 million in First Ever Virtual Board Meeting (Posted May 5, 2020)

Oakland, CA – Today, in its first ever virtual Board meeting, the Coastal Conservancy Authorized $8.2 million in grant funding for projects to restore, protect and increase access to the California Coast and San Francisco Bay.  Due to state and local Shelter-In-Place orders, members of the Conservancy’s Board, staff and the public convened via teleconference […]

Deadlines Extended for Grant Applications (Posted March 24, 2020)

Due to the COVID-19 precautions in place throughout California, we have extended the application deadline for our North Coast Proposition 1 grants to April 27, and for Explore the Coast grants to April 20.  For more information, please see the links below: Explore the Coast Grant Applications are due March 30, 2020 April 20, 2020 […]

Working with the Conservancy during Coronavirus Precautions (Posted March 18, 2020)

A message from our Executive Officer, Sam Schuchat: This message is to let you know how we at the Conservancy are coping with the Coronavirus outbreak, and what you as a grantee, contractor, prospective grantee, or interested citizen can do to help us keep moving forward.   As you are aware, seven of the nine […]

San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Implementation Meeting #33 – April 3, 2020 (Posted March 2, 2020)

AGENDA 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location Elihu M. Harris State Office Building 1515 Clay Street, 2nd Floor, Room 12 Oakland, California Conference Call / Webinar Information: To participate remotely by telephone, dial 1-866-434-5269; Participant code: 8934475#. Please use your mute button when not speaking and do not put us on hold. For live, online […]

Request for Partnership Proposals/Letters of Interest for the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program (Posted January 10, 2020)

NOTE: This is a call-for preproposals for projects who would like to partner with the California State Coastal Conservancy in order to apply for US Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation (NCWC) Program funding. a) This is NOT the official NCWC call for applications. b) Projects hoping to receive NCWC funding are NOT […]