Join the movement to protect our coastline

Over 90% of California’s wetlands are gone. Our work safeguards the health of our wetlands and oceans for generations to come.

 

Restoration Ecology

Rehabilitating coastal and aquatic habitats as an approach to environmental conservation

Marine Science

Monitoring the quality of our coastal waters through weekly data collection and analysis

 

Explore Webinars

 

The Relevance of Grassroots Citizen Science Research | with Dr. Tanya Hoerer, Professor of Organismal Biology and Marine Science

How can we advance the role our data collection, entry, management and analysis has within the scientific community at large?

Phytoplankton & Climate Change | with Joana Flor Tavares, Oceanographer & PhD candidate in Earth System Science at UC Irvine

Understanding the impacts of climate change on phytoplankton - the basis of life in our oceans - today and up to the year 2300.

Full Tidal Basin Trash Removal Project | Documentary on a critical project funded by a generous grant from the Rose Foundation

With the help of professional cleanup crews, over 14 tons of trash was removed from the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in the fall of 2024. In this video we see first hand how plastics become microplastics. Watch the transformation and learn how small actions can have a big impact on preserving our ecosystems.

Whales of Southern Californiawith Diane Alps, Boat Program Coordinator at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

A glimpse into the world of whales, dolphins, and porpoises — with an emphasis on mammals visible off the southern Californian coast.

Green Vision Map: Conservation Success in Orange County with Melanie Schlotterbeck, Green Vision Project Coordinator at Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks

Explore the history of environmental conservation in Orange County through an introduction to the Green Vision Coalition’s Greenprint resource tool.

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