California State Coastal Conservancy

We are recruiting for 3 (!!) Project Support Analysts to join the North Coast, South Coast, or San Francisco Bay Area regional team at the Conservancy. Come join our wonderful team helping to protect and restore the coast, expand public access, and enhance climate resilience! https://scc.ca.gov/2026/05/07/job-posting-project-support-analyst/

Last month, we were honored to join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy - PVPLC for a release of the federally endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly. In 2023, we funded a project to remove 325 acres of invasive plant species, restore 17 acres for native butterfly habitat, create of a native seed bank, and reconstruct a butterfly rearing facility. These efforts are helping this and other sensitive wildlife species to thrive.

For Oaklanders: From risk to resilience: help shape Oakland’s shoreline response to sea level rise.

Oakland is already being impacted by flooding, but we have a plan to address the risks and we need your input. Join one of our upcoming community workshops:

West Oakland: Saturday, May 2 2-4pm
East Oakland: Thursday May 7 5:30-7:30pm

You’ll have the chance to review flooding maps, meet with Port of Oakland staff and community partners to share about your relationship to the shoreline, and learn more about the solutions we’re investigating.

RSVP to help us ensure the Oakland shoreline remains safe and accessible for years to come!

Events | OAAC The Oakland-Alameda shoreline faces unique challenges and opportunities as sea level rise impacts our shoreline, community, and infrastructure. Your perspective is essential to shaping strategies that protect and enhance our city.

We are grateful for significant support from Google for upcoming wetlands restoration and scientific monitoring to assess carbon sequestration potential at a pond near their Mountain View campus. Work on the 275-acre Pond A1, shown below, is expected to start this year or in 2027, and will include a new public trail and viewing areas.

This work follows our just-completed construction at Pond A2W next door. Both ponds are on the Don Edwards Refuge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Our partner on the City of Mountain View construction is Ducks Unlimited; university scientists involved are Patty Oikawa of CSU East Bay, Adina Paytan of UCSC, and Barbara Haya of UC Berkeley.

Find out more via the presss release:https://www.southbayrestoration.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/South%20Bay%20Salt%20Pond%20Restoration%20Project%20-%20Press%20Release%20-%2014-April-2026.pdf

Google blog post: https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/sustainability/wetland-restoration-carbon-removal/

Don't miss the California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Speakers Series tomorrow (2/25)! California's Coastal Act and Coastal Conservancy Act are turning 50, join us for a discussion about five decades of coastal stewardship and how we'll protect, restore, and expand access to, the coast for the next 50 years!
Register: https://ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h5UG_xhvTIuNTbZaIx1rXg

Join us next Wednesday for a discussion with California Natural Resources Agency on 50 years of coastal stewardship and how California will continue to restore our coast and expand access to it into the future. Register: https://ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h5UG_xhvTIuNTbZaIx1rXg #/registration

Congratulations to the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project on completing the restoration of the 435-acre Pond A2W in the San Francisco Bay! The pond, which sits adjacent to Mountain View's Shoreline Park, is now open to tidal flows. In total, the project has now opened more than 3,700 shoreline acres to the Bay's tides. Pond A2W restoration work also includes a new 1.2-mile public access trail, five bird nesting islands, and a half-mile habitat slope connecting marsh with uplands so wildlife can safely avoid high tides and to protect city infrastructure against flooding and sea level rise.

We have an exciting opportunity to join us in protecting California’s lands and waters, restoring vital habitats, and increasing inclusive and equitable enjoyment of the coast and shoreline as our agency’s Tribal Liaison and Environmental Justice analyst.
https://scc.ca.gov/2026/01/20/job-posting-tribal-liaison-and-environmental-justice-project-analyst/

Looking for something to do outdoors over the holiday break? Head out to the newly re-opened Hawk Hill in Marin for great views, wildlife, and California history. Just don't forget your umbrella!

One of the Bay Area’s most scenic spots reopens after 15-year renovation This newly upgraded area in the Marin Headlands features trails, historical military sites and iconic lookout points over San Francisco Bay.

In November, LandPaths completed purchase of the 69-acre Calvi Ranch near Occidental, Sonoma County to preserve the land as open space and create public access to old growth redwoods, creeks and beautiful meadows. The property is located just half a mile from LandPath’s 49-acre Grove of Old Trees preserve on the ancestral homeland of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The acquisition was supported by the Conservancy, anonymous donors, and the Calvi family, who have owned the land for 90 years.
📸:Kalyanee Mam