Coastal Conservancy in SB County Projects, Partnerships, and Future - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Coastal Conservancy in SB County Projects, Partnerships, and Future Directions Project Clean Water Stakeholders September 22, 2011 Rachel Couch rcouch@scc.ca.gov

Mission Statement The Coastal Conservancy acts with others to preserve, protect, and restore the resources of the California coast, ocean, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Our vision is of a beautiful, restored, and accessible coastline, ocean and San Francisco Bay Area.

Program Areas • Public Access • SF Bay Area Conservancy • Coastal Resource Conservation • Ocean Protection Council • North Coast • SF Bay Area Conservancy • Central Coast • South Coast

Project Selection Criteria Key Criteria Required by the Conservancy Promotion of the Conservancy’s statutory programs and purposes Consistency with purposes of the funding source Support from the public Location Need Greater-than-local interest Sea Level Rise Vulnerability

Additional Criteria Urgency Minimize GGH Emissions Resolution of more than one issue Vulnerability to Impacts other than Sea Level Rise Leverage Conflict resolution Innovation Readiness Realization of prior Conservancy goals Return to Conservancy Cooperation

Funded Projects: Acquisitions Acquisitions: Nipomo Dunes Wilcox Property Arroyo Hondo El Capitan Ellwood Mesa Pt. Sal - Paradise Beach Devereux Slough - Ocean Meadows Golf Course Conservation Easements: Paradise Beach – Pt. Sal Reserve Management Area Freeman Ranch La Paloma Ranch

Funded Projects: Coastal Access Accessway Improvements: East Beach Footbridge Isla Vista Stairways Surf Beach RR Crossing Watershed Resource Center Dunes Center Sea Center Shoreline Park Goleta Beach Coastal Trail Segments Campus Lagoon Stairway West Campus Bluffs Trail Coal Oil Point Reserve

Funded Projects: Habitat Restoration Coastal Wetlands: Carpinteria Marsh, Devereux Slough, Goleta Slough, Lower Santa Ynez River Fish Passage: Carpinteria Creek, Arroyo Hondo Creek, Santa Ynez River-Quiota Creek, Refugio Creek, El Capitan Creek, Sisquoc River Habitat Restoration: Refugio Creek, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Ynez River, Devereux Slough, Guadalupe Dunes (and many, many more…)

Building Partnerships & Technical Assistance SoCal Wetlands Recovery Project Goleta Slough Management Committee GavPac Trails Subcommittee Guadalupe Dunes Collaborative Habitat Linkages Working Group Regional/Local Climate Adaptation Planning

Future Directions Climate Research Executive Order S-13-08 OPC SLR Resolution SCC Climate Change Policy Climate Adaptation Strategy New Legislation ?? = New Paradigm for Coastal Resource Protection and Enhancement

Future Directions “The future ain’t what it used to be” -Yogi Berra Fed, State & Local Budget Cuts Dwindling Bond Funds Climate Change Projections = Uncertainty Local/Regional Partnerships Key Creativity Essential

Thank You! Rachel Couch rcouch@scc.ca.gov (805)845 8853