California Coast
California Coastal Conservancy
The Coastal Conservancy acts with others to preserve, protect and restore the resources of the California Coast. Our vision is of a beautiful, restored and accessible coastline. ... California Coastal Conservancy ... Interagency collaboration to monitor currents in the coastal ocean ... [Read More]
Coastal Geography
California's diverse coastal communities are the result of many different natural forces. Tectonic and volcanic activity, occuring over the past 250 million years, created our coastal mountain ranges. Both the Farallon and Channel Island systems are the result of similar geologic process. Coastal streams and rivers, along with wind and rain, shape and tear down these mountains through erosion. The powerful, ceaseless waves of the Pacific also cut into the coast mountain ranges and carve vertical cliffs, terraces, and bluffs into the rock. Elsewhere along the California coast, debris from wave erosion and sand deposited by streams and rivers accumulates and forms California's sandy beaches. Inland, where wind-blown sand from the beaches collects, one can find fragile systems of coastal dunes. Coastal rivers and streams meet with the salty waters of the Pacific and create the marshes and lagoons which constitute California's coastal wetlands. In other areas, abrasive sand and wave motio ... [Read More]
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Latest Earthquakes
Quake Hits Off California Coast ... West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center ... Magnitude 7.2 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ... [Read More]
California Coastal Conservancy
A quarterly magazine published by the Coastal Conservancy Association with a grant from the Coastal Conservancy. It is the only periodical entirely dedicated to coverage and analysis of vital trends and events affecting California's coast. Only $18 a year ($15 for teachers) to put you in the front row, and enable you to take part in shaping the future of your magnificent coast.1985-present. ($15 additional for foreign postage.) Back issues available for $4.95 each. Some issues available as photocopies only. ... [Read More]
North Coast Watershed Assessment Program
The agencies brought together the Department of Fish and Game (DFG), Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF), Conservation's Division of Mines and Geology (DMG), Water Resources (DWR), and the North Coast Water Quality Control Board (NCWQCB) to identify the appropriate role and objectives of a state assessment program. The resulting North Coast Watershed Assessment Program, or NCWAP, is designed to meet four goals: ... In responding to assessment questions, the North Coast Watershed Assessment Program will provide data sets and databases, maps and GIS data, topical reports, and an overall summary with recommendations for every basin. Products will include photos and maps of current land use, landslide locations and landslide risk, sediment distribution in streams, and 60 years of timber harvest history. NCWAP will compile data on instream channel and riparian conditions, fish populations, and water quality, and develop new data as feasible. It will analyze sediment transport and the effects of land use history on vegetation change, watershed disturbance and instream habitat. The Department of Fish and Game will then use all this information to analyze limiting factors for salmonid protection and habitat restoration. ... [Read More]
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
For The North Coast Region ... On July 29, 2005, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) will tour portions of the Elk River and Freshwater Creek watersheds, near Eureka, California. ... Sacramento Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd floor, Cal-EPA Building 1001 I Street Wednesday, July 20 7 p.m. ... [Read More]
California Coastal Commission Home Page
The California Coastal Commission's primary mission is to plan for and regulate land and water uses in the coastal zone consistent with the policies of the Coastal Act. ... Governor's Press Release: Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Three Members of the California Coastal Commission, May 25, 2004 Press Release: Coastal Commission Chair Applauds Action to Protect Coastal Resources ... Final Evaluation Findings for the California Coastal Management Program, December 1996 through May 2001 (from the U.S. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management) Malibu LCP Related Documents: ... [Read More]
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