Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 25th, 2010.
The Ocean Protection Council recently awarded $4 million, almost half of it going to a UC Santa Cruz- based consortium, to monitor north Central Coast marine protected areas.
The projects, which will continue for up to three years, will study the organisms inside and outside the protected areas to establish an integrated picture of marine ecosystems and human activities. The region being studied ranges from Alder Creek in Mendocino County to Pigeon Point in San Mateo County.
“I’m very excited about what the baseline project will deliver. It will be right on target with determining how these areas are performing,” said Cheri Recchia of the Ocean Protection Council. Read More >