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Alameda County: California Coastal Conservancy California Invasive Plant Council CWF/California Oaks California Ocean Science Trust Center for Ecoliteracy Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence—California (COSEE-CA) City of Berkeley, Marina Education Programs City of Oakland Public Works Agency, Environmental Services Division, Watershed Improvement Program Community Resources for Science Crab Cove Visitor Center, East Bay Regional Park District Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge East Bay Regional Park District East Bay Watershed Center at Merritt College Ecology Center Environmental Defense Fund Friends of Five Creeks Friends of San Leandro Creek Friends of the San Francisco Estuary Golden Gate Audubon Society Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center Kids for the Bay Lake Merritt Institute Lawrence Hall of Science Lawrence Hall of Science, MARE Math/Science Nucleus Mc Hugh Reading and Curriculum Resource Center Oakland Museum of California River of Words Sailing into Science, at Lake Merritt Boating Center San Francisco Bay Trail Project San Francisco Estuary Partnership Save The Bay Seacology Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter Student Conservation Association Tri-City Ecology Center University of California Botanical Garden

Butte County: California Department Fish and Game, Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

Contra Costa County: Central California Council of Diving Clubs, Inc. (Cen Cal) City of Concord Dolphin Charters Friends of Alhambra Creek Port Costa Conservation Society The Watershed Project

Del Norte County: Northcoast Marine Mammal Center Smith River Advisory Council

El Dorado County: Sierra Nevada Alliance

Fresno County: California Department of Fish and Game, Central Region San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust, Inc.

Humboldt County: AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project California Conservation Corps, Fortuna Center Friends of the Arcata Marsh Friends of the Dunes Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Humboldt Baykeeper Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association Humbolt State University Marine Laboratory Jacoby Creek Land Trust Klamath River Inter-Tribal Fish & Water Commission Mattole Restoration Council Naked Whale Research Northcoast Environmental Center Northcoast Regional Land Trust Pacific Coast Fish, Wildlife and Wetlands Restoration Association Richardson Grove Interpretive Association Salmonid Restoration Federation Trinidad Coastal Land Trust United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory

Kern County: Kern Environmental Education Program

Lake County: North Coast CREEC

Los Angeles County: 30-Minute Beach Cleanup Algalita Marine Research Foundation Aquarium of the Pacific Arroyo Seco Foundation Cabrillo Marine Aquarium California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains California State Parks, Point Mugu and Leo Carrillo State Parks Catalina Island Conservancy Children's Nature Institute Educational Communications El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach Friends of Colorado Lagoon Guided Discoveries Heal the Bay Hostelling International USA, Los Angeles Council Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Environmental Defenders Los Angeles Zoo Malibu Creek Docents Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education Mountains Restoration Trust Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Seamobile Program Ocean 5 Network Ocean Conservation Society Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab & Aquarium Santa Monica Baykeeper Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Pier Aquarium STAR ECO Station Environmental Children’s Museum & Exotic Wildlife Rescue Facility TreePeople University of Southern California, Sea Grant Program University of Southern California, Wrigley Marine Science Center

Marin County: Audubon Canyon Ranch (ACR) Bolinas Lagoon Foundation California State Parks, Mt. Tamalpais State Park Clem Miller Environmental Education Center Conservation Corps North Bay Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Environmental Action Committee of West Marin Environmental Education Council of Marin (EECOM) Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed Friends of Novato Creek Headlands Institute Inverness Association Marin Conservation League Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program Muir Woods National Monument Point Reyes Bird Observatory Point Reyes Field Seminars Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve SEA Explorers Sailing Sea Turtle Restoration Project Seaflow Slide Ranch The Bay Institute (TBI) The Marine Mammal Center Tiburon Audubon Center & Sanctuary Tomales Bay Advisory Committee United States Army Corps of Engineers, Bay Model Visitors Center WildCare: Terwilliger Nature Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation

Mendocino County: Coast Action Group Coastal Land Trust Friends of the Eel River Mendocino Land Trust Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance Navarro-by-the-Sea Center Ocean Protection Coalition Pacific Environmental Education Center Point Cabrillo Light Station & Preserve Redwood Coast Land Conservancy SONAR (School of Natural Resources)

Modoc County: Central Modoc River Center

Monterey County: California State Parks, Monterey District Camp SEA Lab Carmel River Steelhead Association Carmel River Watershed Conservancy Defenders of Wildlife Friends of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Friends of the Sea Otter Garrapata Creek Watershed Council Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve LandWatch Monterey County Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science (MAOS) Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Monterey Bay Dunes Coalition Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency Monterey State Historic Park Association Moss Landing Marine Labs Oceana Otter Project Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Save The Whales Ventana Wildlife Society Watershed Institute, CSU Monterey Bay WildRescue

Napa County: Acorn Soupe California Department of Fish and Game, Bay-Delta Region

Nevada County: Sierra Business Council

Orange County: Acorn Naturalists American Cetacean Society, Orange County Chapter Amigos de Bolsa Chica Bolsa Chica Land Trust Children's Maritime Foundation City of Newport Beach Clean Water Now! Coalition Crystal Cove State Park Defend the Bay Doheny State Beach Interpretive Association Earth Resource Foundation Friends of the Newport Coast Human Powered Watercraft Association Inside the Outdoors, Orange County Department of Education Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Laguna Ocean Foundation Marine Science Department, Orange Coast College Mountain Trails Preservation Society Newport Bay Naturalists and Friends (NBNF) Oak Canyon Nature Center, City of Anaheim Ocean Institute Orange County Coastkeeper Orange County Watershed and Coastal Resources Division Pacific Marine Mammal Center Project AWARE Foundation Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Santa Ana Zoo Save Our Beach Sea and Sage Audubon Society Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Surfrider Foundation Surfrider Foundation, Laguna Beach Chapter The Ocean Adventure Waterman Academy

Placer County: American River Conservancy American River Wildlands STAR ECO Station Environmental Children’s Museum & Exotic Wildlife Rescue Facility

Riverside County: California State Parks, Sea and Desert Interpretive Association Resource Conservation District, Riverside Corona Water Resources Collections and Archives

Sacramento County: California Association of Resource Conservation Districts California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey California Department of Fish and Game, State Headquarters California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection California Department of Water Resources California Fish and Game Commission California Integrated Waste Management Board, Office of Education and the Environment California State Parks California Waterfowl Association Californians Against Waste Foundation Defenders of Wildlife Norcal Environmental Student Network Planning and Conservation League Foundation State Water Resources Control Board Water Education Foundation

San Benito County: Bureau of Land Management, Fort Ord

San Bernardino County: Shearwater Journeys

San Diego County: Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation Birch Aquarium at Scripps California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter California Sea Grant College Program Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence—California (COSEE-CA) Chula Vista Nature Center City of Coronado City of Oceanside I Love A Clean San Diego InterTribal Youth Jr. Surfers Inc. La Jolla Friends of the Seals New Ocean Blue Ocean Connectors Project Ocean Discovery Institute Rose Creek Watershed Alliance San Diego Audubon Society San Diego California Regional Environmental Education Community (SanDCREEC) San Diego Coastkeeper San Diego Natural History Museum San Diego Oceans Foundation San Dieguito River Park San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy (SELC) Sea to Sea Trail Foundation SeaWorld San Diego Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter Tijuana River National Estuary Research Reserve Wildlife Research Institute

San Francisco County: Aquarium of the Bay Arc Ecology California Academy of Sciences California Trout, Inc. Center for Biological Diversity Clean Water Action Crissy Field Center Earth Island Institute Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association Greenbelt Alliance Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Headwaters Institute Literacy for Environmental Justice Natural Resources Defense Council Oceanic Society Expeditions San Francisco American Cetacean Society Chapter San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Tuolume River Trust

San Joaquin County: Friends of the Lower Calaveras River

San Luis Obispo County: California State Parks, Montaña de Oro State Park California State Parks, San Luis Obispo Coast Dist. Cayucos Land Conservancy Central Coast Natural History Association Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Coast Salmon Enhancement Citizens for a Vehicle Free Nipomo Dunes CREEC Network, Region 8 Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo County (ECOSLO) Friends of the Elephant Seal Greenspace—The Cambria Land Trust Kern Environmental Education Program Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County Morro Bay National Estuary Program Pacific Wildlife Care Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School, San Luis Obispo County Office of Education San Luis Obispo County Parks San Luis Obispo Parks, Open Space & Trails Foundation Your Dunes

San Mateo County: Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge City of Palo Alto, Open Space Coastside Habitat Coalition Committee for Green Foothills CuriOdyssey Elkus Youth Ranch Environmental Volunteers Field Trip Foundation Hidden Villa MAGIC Marine Science Institute Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Pacifica Beach Coalition Peninsula Open Space Trust San Bruno Mountain Watch San Francisquito Watershed Council San Gregorio Environmental Resource Center San Mateo Coast Natural History Association San Mateo County Resource Conservation District San Mateo Outdoor Education, County Office of Education San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition United States Geological Survey

Santa Barbara County: Art From Scrap Watershed Resource Center Carpinteria Creek Committee Carpinteria State Beach Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Citizens Planning Association City of Lompoc City of Santa Barbara, Waterfront Department CONDOR Cruises Environmental Defense Center Environmental Studies Program, UCSB Gaviota Coast Conservancy Goleta Slough Management Committee Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center Heal the Ocean Land Trust for Santa Barbara County Los Padres National Forest Ocean Futures Society Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara County Parks Department Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water Santa Barbara County Trails Council Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Shoreline Preservation Fund Terra Marine Research and Education University of California Cooperative Extension, Santa Barbara County Westmont College, Biology Department

Santa Clara County: City of San Jose, Youth Watershed Education Team Creek Connections Action Group Santa Clara Valley Water District

Santa Cruz County: Arana Gulch Watershed Alliance Banana Slug String Band City of Santa Cruz Water Department City of Watsonville Coastal Watershed Council Ecology Action Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Exploring New Horizons Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks Land Trust of Santa Cruz County National Marine Fisheries Service/Fisheries Ecology Division O'Neill Sea Odyssey Ocean Conservancy, Monterey Bay Field Office Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County Save Our Shores Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Laboratory Surfrider Foundation, Santa Cruz Chapter Sustainable Fishery Advocates University of California Santa Cruz, Predatory Bird Research Group Ventana Wilderness Alliance Waddell Creek Association Watsonville Wetlands Watch

Shasta County: Resource Conservation District, Western Shasta Sacramento Watersheds Action Group (SWAG)

Siskiyou County: Salmon River Restoration Council

Sonoma County: Bodega Land Trust Coastwalk Community Clean Water Institute Dutch Bill Creek Watershed Group Fort Ross State Historic Park Friends of the Mark West Watershed Friends of the Petaluma River Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Russian River Watershed Cleanup Committee Russian Riverkeeper Salmon Creek Watershed Council Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Sonoma County Conservation Action Sonoma County Water Coalition Sonoma Ecology Center Sonoma Land Trust Sotoyome Resource Conservation District Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District Stemple Creek Technical Advisory Committee Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service University of California, Bodega Marine Laboratory

Tuolumne County: Yosemite Institute

Ventura County: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park City of Moorpark City of Ventura Interpretive Outreach Program Coastal Marine Biolabs Friends of the Santa Clara River Ojai Valley Land Conservancy ORCA, Inc. (Organization for Respect and Care of Animals) Partners In Progress for a Beautiful Ventura Ventura County Maritime Museum Wishtoyo Foundation/Ventura Coastkeeper

Yolo County: Cache Creek Conservancy California Watershed Assessment Manual Information Center for the Environment Oiled Wildlife Care Network Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy SeaDoc Society Watershed Support Program Yolo Basin Foundation

This Resource Directory is a product of the California Coastal Commission's Public Education Program