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  • Director Halberstadt Issues Statement on Signing of Bills Protecting Marine Environments

    Sacramento – Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Executive Director Deborah Halberstadt released the following statement after Governor Brown signed into law two bills designed to protect our oceans and marine environments: SB 1363 (Monning) and AB 2139 (Williams). “Although ocean acidification […]

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  • Western States Fight Ocean Acidification

    Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard. Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oct.8, 2016. Secretary or Natural Resources, John Laird, and his counterparts in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia convened an Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia science panel in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council […]

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  • Ocean Protection Council Meeting – Monday, October 17, 2016

    On Monday, October 17, 2016, at 1 PM, the Ocean Protection Council held a public meeting at the Natural Resources Building Auditorium, 1416 Ninth Street in Sacramento.

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  • Ocean Protection Council Meeting – Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

    On June 29, 2016 the Ocean Protection Council held its public meeting at the Natural Resources Building Auditorium in Sacramento. The OPC will consider funding projects under Proposition 1 and will hear an informational item related to ocean acidification and […]

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  • Film Screening and Panel Discussion Wednesday, June 29, 2016

    Film Screening (10:00 – 10:45) Into the Gyre – Directed by Scott Elliot Panel Presentations and Discussion (10:45 – 11:15) Panelists : Eben Schwartz, Outreach Manager, California Coastal Commission Cynthia Dunn, Senior Environmental Scientist, CalRecycle Dr. Emilia DeForce, Research Associate, […]

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  • Citizen Science Projects and Sea-level Rise

    Several efforts are in place in California that strive to have citizens using photographs to document the tidal level, king tides, storm surge, flooding hazards, and other conditions concerning the boundary of the ocean and coastline. These photos can be […]

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