Marine Protected Area Outreach and Education Small Grants Program
Coastal Quest is pleased to announce 2020 funding awards totaling $814,135.17 to 12 organizations throughout the state of California for the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Outreach and Education Small Grants Program. This competitive grant program provides support to organizations serving many priority communities to increase ocean stewardship, engagement, compliance, and leadership. Funding for these projects is provided by the Ocean Protection Council’s Once-Through Cooling (OTC) Interim Mitigation Fund, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and The Marisla Foundation.
The following projects received funding for the 2020 Marine Protected Area (MPA) Outreach and Education Small Grants Program:
- Marine Protected Area Ambassador Program, The Nature Collective
- MPA Talk: Fishermen to Fishermen, The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
- Boater Education Program Marine Protected Area Compliance, The Bay Foundation
- Marine Protected Area Science Cruise, Crystal Cove Conservancy
- Blending Tradition and Tech: Bringing MPAs to Life with Augmented Reality Coloring Pages, San Luis Obispo and Monterey Bay MPA Collaboratives
- Connecting Underserved Youth and Their Communities to MPAs, Ocean Discovery Institute
- Connecting Our Coastal Community to Our Marine Protected Areas, ACORN Partners in Education
- Virtual Reality MPA Experiential Education for Middle School Students, Save Our Shores
- Team OCEAN Weekday Expansion, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
- Marine Protected Area (MPA) Watch Outreach and Education for California Tribes, WILDCOAST
- MPA Training Module for Awareness and Compliance, Earth Island Institute
- Respect Wildlife Campaign, Respect Wildlife Campaign
