 
							
					
															
					
					Feb 25, 2022 | Catalina, Central Coast, Golden Gate, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange County, Outreach and Education, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Cruz, South Coast, Statewide
Content provided by Save Our Shores Save Our Shores recently collaborated with Virtual Planet Technologies and Oceans360, with funds from Coastal Quest and Ocean Protection Council, to create a virtual reality experience of our region’s Marine Protected Areas...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					Dec 16, 2021 | Enforcement and Compliance, Outreach and Education, Research and Monitoring, Statewide
A form of nature-based tourism known as ecotourism is an immense and burgeoning industry (Bowker et al. 2012; Balmford et al. 2015; Murray et al. 2019). For a time, the boon of ecotourism seemed an irreproachable alternative to the extractive exploitation of wildlife,...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					Dec 6, 2021 | Catalina, Los Angeles, Orange County, Outreach and Education, Research and Monitoring, San Diego, Santa Barbara Channel, South Coast, Statewide
Over the course of six months, four teams of diverse, dedicated advocates against marine debris around the globe learned the importance of a systems approach, dug into the data, analyzed how to drive positive behavior change of plastic consumers, and searched...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					Dec 6, 2021 | Outreach and Education, Research and Monitoring, Statewide
Content from Dr. Razani, researcher and pediatrician, via the Leaders for Outdoor Equity workshop series.   We need your input! California has a unique opportunity to integrate nature into the state response to early childhood trauma. As agencies and individuals...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					Nov 2, 2021 | Catalina, Del Norte, Golden Gate, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Monterey, Orange County, Outreach and Education, Research and Monitoring, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Statewide
A research team at the UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science needs your input!  They are working on a project to understand the breadth of community and citizen science (CCS) projects related to marine and coastal issues throughout California. If you have...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					Oct 27, 2021 | Enforcement and Compliance, Outreach and Education, Policy and Permitting, Research and Monitoring, Statewide
Just as California’s State Parks protect the state’s most valued natural and cultural resources, mostly on land, California’s Marine Protected Areas (MPA) network protects these special places in ocean and estuarine ecosystems, with some overlap with State...