🌊 Join us for the next Council meeting on Monday, December 9, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.! On the agenda: ✅ Update from Executive Director ✅ Update from the Science Advisor ✅ Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Grant Program ✅ Environmental Justice

Excited to join this webinar to share more about #30x30CA in coastal waters - our progress to date, next steps (including big funding 💰💰 for on-the-ground protection and restoration projects coming this year!), and opportunities to get involved. 🌊🦈🎣

📢 Big news for California's coast and ocean: President Biden has announced a ban on oil and gas drilling along most U.S. coasts! 🌊 This crucial step helps safeguard California's vibrant marine ecosystems, protects our coastal communities, and fights climate change. Read more:

Our hearts go out to all those impacted by the Palisades and other fires burning across the LA region. The Coastal Commission does NOT require permits to rebuild homes destroyed by disasters. Please see Coastal Act page 136 for the exact details: coastal.ca.gov/coastact.pdf

I grew up in the Santa Monica Mountains and the devastation we’ve seen this week is nothing short of heartbreaking. Thankfully my loved ones are safe. Please support those impacted if you can - link below. This is not normal. Climate change is real and it is here.

My quick update for the President-elect from our conversation: It’s not getting cooler. nasa.gov/news-release/t… And in So Cal, where 14,000+ first responders are battling ferocious fires, it’s been one of the driest winters in history. #Science

Get HELP at CA.gov/LAFires

Taking action to protect the coast and ocean after last month's disastrous wildfires: "Just this past week, OPC provided $200,000 to develop a region-wide network to monitor the impacts of the recent fires on aquatic habitats." 🧪🌊🤝

Job alert! Are you California Ocean Protection Council (OPC)’s new Tribal Affairs and Community Engagement Specialist? In this role, you’ll get to work directly with tribes and coastal communities to make sure OPC’s policy and funding decisions benefit all Californians. 🌊 Apply by Feb 28!

🤯Crazy to think that we are halfway to our #30x30 goal!! 5 more years until 2030. California has 5% more lands & 13.8% more coastal waters that will need to be durably protected & managed for biodiversity to reach our🎯. Add your input now 👇 on what you see as opportunities &

Join us in shaping California's coast and ocean future! 🌊 Upcoming public listening sessions for the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) 2026-2030 Strategic Plan: San Francisco: Feb. 12, 10 am - noon Long Beach: Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Can't attend? Share your thoughts online by Feb 21

🔥 The Karuk Tribe has become the first in the state to enter a groundbreaking agreement that restores their right to practice cultural burning — an Indigenous tradition vital for wildfire prevention, ecosystem health, and tribal sovereignty. For generations, cultural burns have

Mass firings across National Weather Service, NOAA ignite fury among scientists worldwide latimes.com/california/sto…

Truly the best day strategizing with the #30x30CA Partnership Coordinating Committee & the dedicated California Natural Resources Agency team Wade Crowfoot Meghan Hertel Madeline Drake + Wildlife Conservation Board’s Dr. Norris. Feeling grateful for CA & these people🙏☀️

Honored to be a part of this Committee. Yesterday's meeting was the exactly the dose of inspiration and energy I needed! I'm just sorry I missed the trail mix.

Everyone remembers that iconic moment when they saw the California coast for the first time. Some grew up near it. Others moved here from afar. But the one constant that rings true for everyone when seeing in real life: you can't look away. Preserving this sense of awe for

If you're in Sacramento for #oceandaycalifornia, swing by California Natural Resources Agency HQ for a free film screening of this incredible documentary at 4pm today! Excited to moderate an all-star panel following the film screening and dive deep into kelp restoration on California's north coast.

ICYMI: "While the largest dam removal project in U.S. history was taking off on the Klamath River last year, members of the Yurok Tribe got to work hand-sowing millions of native wildflower seeds and thousands of trees and shrubs along their soon-to-be revived ancestral waterway.