With this funding, we will deliver a unique coastal field trip/classroom ocean education program to 3rd-5th grade students enrolled in the after-school program at Jean Parker Elementary School in partnership with NOAA’s Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the awards that are recommended for funding under the Transformational Habitat Restoration & Coastal Resilience grant program. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) California has been recommended to receive $18 million over three years to launch the Pacific Coast Ocean Restoration Initiative (PCOR), a comprehensive, collaborative statewide effort aimed at restoring and recovering degraded marine ecosystems across California. Greater Farallones Association is excited to partner with TNC on this new initiative. 

On an overcast morning in late March, Pete Winch pulls up to the Bolinas-Stinson School, a historic elementary school that sits on the thin strip of land between Bolinas Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean. Pete is an Education Specialist on our team with over two decades of experience as an ocean naturalist, and he is in Bolinas to deliver an Oceans At Your School program, which brings ocean science to K-12 students at Title 1 schools throughout West Marin County.

Our kelp restoration team is gearing up for another crucial year of kelp forest monitoring, purple urchin removals, and research into kelp outplanting and kelp forest dynamics!

On March 21, our Executive Director, Deb Self, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries in support of the Help Our Kelp Act.