El personal de la Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos de Agua (Junta Estatal del Agua) celebrará dos audiencias públicas sobre las revisiones propuestas al cálculo del pago provisional de mitigación para la Política de control de la calidad del […]
Categories: Public Comment Opportunity State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) staff will hold two public listening sessions on the proposed revisions to the interim mitigation payment calculation for the Water Quality Control Policy on the Use of Coastal and Estuarine Waters for […]
Categories: Event, Other Public Meetings, Public Comment Opportunity, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
At the August 15 Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting, the Council unanimously passed several significant action items supporting OPC’s Strategic Plan goals with a focus on sea-level rise resilience and coastal and ocean water quality. The Council approved funding in amounts up […]
Categories: 30x30, Event, OPC Meetings, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
We are hiring an Environmental Scientist (Water Quality Program Manager) to help advance strategic priorities and inform policies related to improving coastal and marine water quality in California. The Environmental Scientist will lead OPC’s efforts related to water quality and […]
Categories: Career Opportunities, Equity and Environmental Justice, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia, Plastic Pollution, Strategic Goal 2: Equity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Water Quality
We are hiring an Environmental Scientist to help advance our strategic priorities related to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The Environmental Scientist will work in our Biodiversity Program and will lead efforts related to MPA management in California, including outreach and […]
Categories: Career Opportunities, Marine Protected Areas, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
OPC, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission), and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) are seeking your feedback on a draft prioritized list of the 28 adaptive management recommendations included in the Decadal Management Review (Review) of […]
Categories: Marine Protected Areas, Public Comment Opportunity, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
June 8th is Annual World Ocean Day, a global celebration of our blue planet and an opportunity to rally the world for ocean-climate action. Activists, policymakers, youth leaders, and other diverse organizations and businesses are uniting across the planet today, […]
Categories: 30x30, Marine Protected Areas, Outreach and Education, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
We are seeking applicants to help develop the Senate Bill 1 Technical Assistance Program (SB 1 TA Program). The goal of this first-ever OPC TA Program is to provide direct application services to qualified SB 1 Grant Program applicants to […]
Categories: Equity and Environmental Justice, Funding Opportunities and Updates, Sea-Level Rise, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change
Last week, the California Natural Resources Agency released its Pathways to 30×30 annual progress report. The findings in this report demonstrate tangible, meaningful progress toward our state’s 30×30 goal – just one year after the release of Pathways to 30×30, […]
Categories: 30x30, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity
YOU can help protect California’s kelp forests! We’ve partnered with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in the early planning stages of developing a statewide, ecosystem-based, adaptive Kelp Restoration and Management Plan (KRMP) for giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) […]
Categories: Habitats, Kelp, Marine Habitats, Strategic Goal 3: Biodiversity, Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems