After taking a virtual walk along Monterey Bay’s Coastal Recreation Trail through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s blog series Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas, this article continues the walk to Asilomar State Marine Reserve (SMR). The southernmost of four relatively small marine protected areas (MPAs) stretching along the Monterey Peninsula, Asilomar SMR is encompassed by the Monterey Bay National Marine […]
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Monterey MPA Outreach Toolkit
December 1st, 2020
Resources updated, revised and printed through the Small Grant Program to create Monterey MPA Outreach Toolkits. Additional resources to create mix-and-match Toolkits are available at http://californiampas.org/outreach-toolkit.
Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area
June 29th, 2020
The Monterey Peninsula is famous for its scenic views and amazing wildlife. Along the coastline, in the city of Pacific Grove is a beautiful place that exemplifies these features called the Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA).This marine protected area (MPA) is nestled between two other MPAs: Asilomar State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Lovers Point-Julia Platt SMR. […]