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Don’t forget the Scientific Collecting Permit!
Guest Post by Brian Owens, California Department of Fish and WildlifeDid you know that when someone is proposing a non-lethal research or educational activity within a marine protected area (MPA), such as installing scientific equipment or conducting docent-led tide...
Ocean Science Trust is the local host of the Western Society of Naturalists 2015 Meeting
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Credit: Beth and Mary LenzThis year, Ocean Science Trust is honored to be the local host of the Western Society of Naturalists (WSN) Annual Meeting located in Sacramento, California, November...
Interpretive MPA Signage Installed in Los Angeles
Interpretive MPA Signage Installed in Los Angeles Guest post by Dana Murray, Heal the Bay and Los Angeles Collaborative Co-Chair We just installed the first interpretive MPA signs in LA today! These signs have been 3 years in the making, so it is great to...
Proposition 1 Grant Programs
Guest Post by Nick Sadrpour, Ocean Protection Council The Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Prop 1) was approved by voters in November 2014 (California Water Code (CWC) Division 26.7). Funding from Prop 1 is intended to fund projects...
Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: South La Jolla State Marine Reserve
A biological hotspot resides off California’s southern coast at La Jolla, characterized by dense kelp forests, surfgrass beds, hard- and soft-bottom deep water habitats, and both sandy beaches and rocky shores. To protect this ecologically diverse area, the California...
Responding to a Changing Climate in California’s Coasts and Oceans
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As a transplant to the San Francisco Bay area from Washington, DC, I’m still awed by the beauty, diversity and abundance of California’s coasts and oceans, and the commitment of the state...
Ocean Science Trust and Mendocino Collaborative Team Up
Ocean Science Trust and Mendocino Collaborative Team Up Guest Post by Anna Neumann (Reef Check / Mendocino Collaborative) On a bright and beautiful first day of August, the Mendocino MPA Collaborative and California Ocean Science Trust set up shop at the...
Help Reef Check Monitor Channel Islands MPAs
Help Reef Check Monitor Channel Islands MPAs Reef Check is crowd funding a project to monitor California’s Channel Islands, and they have almost reached their goal of $4,000. Contribute here! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Newly Launched! The North Central Coast Monitoring Survey is Live
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Project coordinators and managers of North Central Coast monitoring projects are invited to complete the North Central Coast Monitoring Survey! Open August 11 – October 7, 2015Those actively...
WILDCOAST Video on San Diego County MPAs
WILDCOAST is doing a tremendous job highlighting San Diego County’s MPAs on the web. Here, they partnered with San Diego MPA Collaborative members to create an amazing video. Find out more on Facebook, Instagram, and the San Diego Collaborative’s Homepage. (Source:...
Live video of seabirds nesting at Castle Rock
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The 2015 seabird breeding season at Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge is almost complete! While Brandt’s Cormorant and Western Gull chicks are still at the island, the most numerous seabird...
Reef Check Expedition – Northern Channel Islands
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> “So, how are the oceans doing?”This is the one question that has haunted me since I started working in the marine science field. People are always so curious about what is happening in the ocean...