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Marine Protected Area Outreach and Education Small Grants Program, Round 1

The first round of the MPA Outreach and Education Small Grants Program distributed funds to the 14 MPA regional collaboratives throughout California. This first round of grant funding was considered a pilot to understand the impact and scalability of the grant program in the future. Projects were kept relatively small in scope and the regional collaboratives were given freedom to build a project around the needs of the MPAs in their region.

Supported projects aligned with California’s MPA Management Program focus areas, including:

  • Outreach and education
  • Enforcement and compliance
  • Research and monitoring

Impact to Date

Projects during the first round of grant funding achieved the following outcomes:

  • Increased MPA stewardship in local communities
  • Increased MPA compliance with consumptive users
  • Increased MPA Compliance with non-consumptive users
  • Increased citizen science research and monitoring to inform MPA Watch.

Through the first round of funding, grantees accomplished the following:

  • Held 48 outreach events
  • Held 12 workshops and trainings
  • Developed 11 brochures
  • Developed 8 videos
  • Developed 7 toolkits
  • Developed 6 manuals and guides
  • Developed 3 online resources
  • Created 2 posters
  • Created 2 activity books

List of Grantees and Products

Catalina Island MPA Collaborative

Catalina MPA Collaborative Fishing Brochure

Catalina MPA Poster

Del Norte MPA Collaborative

MPA Toolkit, Unit 1, Grades K-2

MPA Toolkit, Unit 2, Grades 3-5

Del Norte MPA Watch Field Guide

Golden Gate MPA Collaborative

Golden Gate MPA Brochure

Humboldt MPA Collaborative

MPA Toolkit, Unit 1, Grades K-2

MPA Toolkit, Unit 2, Grades 3-5

Ocean Day MPA Slides

Trinidad Coastal Land Trust Naturalist Guidebook

Los Angeles MPA Collaborative

A Guide to Catalina’s MPAs

Los Angeles MPA Map (Spanish)

Los Angeles MPA Map (English)

Los Angeles Fishing Poster (Spanish)

Los Angeles Fishing Poster (English)

Mendocino MPA Collaborative

MPA Toolkit, Unit 1, Grades K-2

MPA Toolkit, Unit 2, Grades 3-5

Mendocino MPA Collaborative Brochure

Monterey MPA Collaborative

Point Lobos MPA Brochure – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

MPA Coloring Book – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Monterey Peninsula MPA Brochure – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Monterey Harbor MPAs Map – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Conserving California’s Coastal Treasures Sign – Hopkins – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Conserving California’s Coastal Treasures Sign – Asilomar – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Orange MPA Collaborative

Tide Pool Exploration Brochure

OC MPA Collaborative Brochure

Harry the Crab Sign

San Diego MPA Collaborative

San Diego MPA Brochure

San Luis Obispo MPA Collaborative

Kids | MPA Collaborative Network

San Mateo MPA Collaborative

Montara State Marine Reserve, a Marine Protected Area – San Mateo County, California (video)

Santa Barbara MPA Collaborative

Invasive Asian Kelp Identification and Prevention Guide

Monitoring the Effects of Marine Protected Areas

Santa Barbara Channel Islands MPA Maps

Southern California MPA Interactive Map

Santa Cruz MPA Collaborative

Año Nuevo and Greyhound Rock MPA Brochure – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Conserving California’s Coastal Treasures – Año Nuevo – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Conserving California’s Coastal Treasures – Santa Cruz Harbor – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Conserving California’s Coastal Treasures – Natural Bridges – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Ocean Recreation Guide, Santa Cruz – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

MPA Passport – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

MPA Kids Activity Booklet – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

A Guide to Fishing and MPAs – Santa Cruz Harbor – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

A Guide to Fishing and MPAs – Moss Landing Harbor – Coastal Quest grant funds solely support the printing and distribution of this product

Sonoma MPA Collaborative

Kashia Pomo Tribal Traditions in the MPA

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