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Tamalpais State Park California State Parks, Point Mugu and Leo Carrillo State Parks California State Parks, San Luis Obispo Coast District California Trout, Inc. California Waterfowl Association Carmel River Steelhead Association Carmel River Watershed Conservancy Carpinteria Creek Committee Cayucos Land Conservancy Center for Biological Diversity Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Central California Council of Diving Clubs, Inc. Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Coast Salmon Enhancement Central Modoc River Center Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Children's Maritime Foundation Children's Nature Institute Chula Vista Nature Center Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge Citizens Planning Association City of Anaheim, Oak Canyon Nature Center City of Berkeley, Marina Education Programs City of Lompoc City of Moorpark City of Newport Beach City of Oakland Public Works Agency, Environmental Services Division, Watershed Improvement Program City of Oceanside City of Palo Alto, Open Space City of Santa Cruz Water Department City of Ventura Interpretive Outreach Program City of Ventura, Partners In Progress for a Beautiful Ventura Clean Water Now! Coalition Coast Action Group Coastal Watershed Council Coastwalk Committee for Green Foothills Community Clean Water Institute Community Resources for Science CONDOR Cruises Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education Crab Cove Visitor Center, East Bay Regional Park District CREEC Network, Region 8 Creek Connections Action Group Crissy Field Center Crystal Cove State Park Defend the Bay Doheny State Beach Interpretive Association Dolphin Charters Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Dunes Center Dutch Bill Creek Watershed Group Earth Island Institute Earth Resource Foundation East Bay Regional Park District East Bay Watershed Center at Merritt College Ecology Action Ecology Center Educational Communications Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Elkus Youth Ranch Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo (ECOSLO) Environmental Defense Center Environmental Volunteers Exploring New Horizons Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association Field Trip Foundation Friends of Alhambra Creek Friends of Colorado Lagoon Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed Friends of Five Creeks Friends of Novato Creek Friends of San Leandro Creek Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks Friends of the Arcata Marsh Friends of the Dunes Friends of the Eel River Friends of the Elephant Seal Friends of the Newport Coast Friends of the Petaluma River Friends of the Santa Clara River Friends of the Tuolumne, Inc. Garrapata Creek Watershed Council Gaviota Coast Conservancy Golden Gate Audubon Society Greenbelt Alliance Greenspace—The Cambria Land Trust Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center Headlands Institute Headwaters Institute Heal the Bay Hidden Villa Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Humboldt Baykeeper Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association Humboldt State University Marine Laboratory I Love A Clean San Diego Inverness Association Jr. Surfers Inc. La Jolla Friends of the Seals Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Lake Merritt Institute Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County Land Trust for Santa Barbara County Land Trust of Santa Cruz County LandWatch Monterey County Lawrence Hall of Science LightHawk Literacy for Environmental Justice Los Angeles Zoo Los Padres National Forest MAGIC Malibu Creek Docents Marin Conservation Corps Marin Conservation League Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program Marine Science Institute Math/Science Nucleus Mattole Restoration Council Mendocino Land Trust Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay Dunes Coalition Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation Morro Bay National Estuary Program Mountains Restoration Trust Muir Woods National Monument National Wildlife Federation Newport Bay Naturalists and Friends Norcal Environmental Student Network Northcoast Environmental Center Northcoast Marine Mammal Center O'Neill Sea Odyssey Oakland Museum of California Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Ocean Futures Society Ocean Laguna Foundation Ocean Institute Oceanic Society Expeditions Oiled Wildlife Care Network Ojai Valley Land Conservancy Orange County Coastkeeper ORCA, Inc. (Organization for Respect and Care of Animals) Otter Project Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Marine Mammal Center Pacific Wildlife Care Pacifica’s Environmental Family/Beach Coalition Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Peninsula Open Space Trust Petaluma Watershed Partnership Point Cabrillo Light Station & Preserve Pro Peninsula Project AWARE Foundation Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Redwood Coast Land Conservancy REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains Resource Conservation District, Riverside Corona Richardson Grove Interpretive Association River of Words Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab & Aquarium Russian River Watershed Cleanup Group Russian Riverkeeper Sacramento Watersheds Action Group Sailing into Science, at Lake Merritt Boating Center Salmon Creek Watershed Council Salmon Protection and Watershed Network Salmon River Restoration Council San Bruno Mountain Watch 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 San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve San Francisquito Watershed Council San Gregorio Environmental Resource Center San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust, Inc. San Luis Obispo County Parks San Luis Obispo Parks, Open Space & Trails Foundation San Mateo County Resource Conservation District San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition Santa Ana Zoo Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara County Parks Department Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water Santa Barbara County Trails Council Santa Catalina Island Conservancy Santa Clara Valley Water District Santa Monica Baykeeper Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Save Our Beach Save Our Shores Save The Bay Sea and Sage Audubon Society Sea to Sea Trail Foundation Sea Turtle Restoration Project Seaflow Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Laboratory Shoreline Preservation Fund Sierra Business Council Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter Sierra Nevada Alliance Slide Ranch SONAR (School of Natural Resources) Sonoma County Conservation Action Sonoma Ecology Center Sonoma Land Trust Sotoyome Resource Conservation District South Coast Habitat Restoration State Water Resources Control Board Stemple Creek Technical Advisory Committee Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) Surfrider Foundation Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter Surfrider Foundation, Santa Cruz Chapter Surfrider Foundation, South Orange County Chapter Sustainable Energy Institute/Culture Change Magazine The Bay Institute (TBI) The Marine Mammal Center The Watershed Project Tiburon Audubon Center & Sanctuary Tijuana River National Estuary Research Reserve TreePeople Tri-City Ecology Center (TCEC) Ty Warner Sea Center United States Army Corps of Engineers, Bay Model Visitors Center United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory United States Geological Survey University of Southern California, Wrigley Marine Science Center University Research Expeditions Program Ventana Wilderness Alliance Ventana Wildlife Society Waddell Creek Association Walt Disney Company Watsonville Wetlands Watch Whole Access WildCare: Terwilliger Nature Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Research Institute Wishtoyo Foundation/Ventura Coastkeeper Yolo Basin Foundation