2018-11-08T10:11:20-08:00 2017-12-31 330783983 West Rhode & Roberts 2741 4th Ave San Diego CA 92103 990 2017-01-01 770536297 WILDCOAST WILD 6194238530 925 SEACOAST DRIVE Imperial Beach CA 91932 SERGE DEDINA Executive Dir. 2018-11-08 true CHRISTOPHER M ROBERTS P00235008 6196155380 2017 2018-06-14 16:35:46Z 2745468 false false X www.wildcoast.net X 2000 CA THE MISSION OF WILDCOAST IS TO CONSERVE COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND WILDLIFE. 13 13 14 6000 0 1544623 2611183 0 8623 2828 65669 81937 1618915 2695948 540092 895531 0 708089 806851 0 63273 302554 417670 1550735 2120052 68180 575896 2628825 3209292 64419 63343 2564406 3145949 THE MISSION OF WILDCOAST IS TO CONSERVE COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND WILDLIFE.OUR STAFF IS DEDICATED TO CONSERVING THREATENED AND ENDANGERED COASTLINES AND WILDLIFE. OUR AWARD WINNING TEAM IS PASSIONATE, DEDICATED, AND DRIVEN TO ACHIEVE HIGH IMPACT RESULTS THAT SAFEGUARD OUR COASTAL AND MARINE HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. false false 1838128 895531 WILDCOAST conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife. We carry out our mission through the establishment and management protected areas, advancing strong conservation policies, and engaging communities in the protection and stewardship of healthy, thriving oceans, coastlines and wildlife. Our team is passionate, dedicated, and driven to achieve high impact results that safeguard our coastal and marine heritage for future generations.Californias Marine Protected AreasCalifornias 545,280 acres of marine protected areas, or MPAs, provide refuge for ocean wildlife such as blue whales, white sharks and commercially valuable abalone and lobster. These underwater parks are home to towering forests of giant kelp, the rainforests of the sea, which grow unhindered from the seafloor to the surface. WILDCOAST is leading efforts to help conserve these marine refuges and improve the protection of the worlds largest integrated network of MPAs. Through public engagement, policy development, monitoring and education, we are leading the way to ensure that Californias coastline and marine environment is as spectacular in the future as it is today. Since 2012, WILDCOAST has:?Improved MPA enforcement policy through legislation (Gonzalez-Fletcher) that increases fines for commercial scale poaching and allows MPA violations to be citable with infractions and misdemeanors.?Engaged more than 1,000 students as citizen science and MPA stewards through WILDCOASTs Explore My MPA Program.?Built the MPA Watch citizen science program to monitor human use in 58 MPAs representing 187,917 acres of marine ecosystems across California.?Outreached through printed guides, brochures, signage, events, panels, and digital media to a broad and diverse audience in the tens of thousands about California MPAs. Saving Wilderness on the Baja California PeninsulaIn partnership with Mexicos National Commission for Protected Natural Areas (CONANP), fishermen, local landowners, municipalities and ranchers, WILDCOAST is helping to improve the conservation of 15.2 million acres of the Baja California Peninsulas largest intact coastal ecosystems and protected areas. These are some of the last wilderness areas of this scale left on North Americas Pacific coastline. To conserve undeveloped beaches, sea turtle nesting sites and lagoon shoreline on the Gulf of California and Bajas Pacific coast, we have, in partnership with CONANP: ?Protected 566 miles of coastline through federal zone conservation concessions.?Protected 35.5 miles of coastline through private land acquisitions. ?Updated the management plan for the 6.3 million-acre Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve.?Helped establish the 2.8 million acre Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve. Mangroves: Forests of Land and SeaWILDCOAST is working with CONANP and local communities to protect over 60,000 acres of mangrove forests covering over 500 miles of coastline in Northwest Mexico. Through conservation concessions we are setting aside some of the most vulnerable mangrove forests in these areas for conservation. We are educating local communities about the important ecosystem services that mangroves provide and measuring carbon stocks within the sediment of protected mangroves. Since 2008, WILDCOAST has:?Protected 5,200 acres of mangroves in Bahia Magdalena and the Gulf of California through conservation concessions.?Submitted new conservation concessions applications for 33,608 acres of mangroves in the Gulf of California. ?Submitted new conservation concessions applications for 108,317.17 acres of wetlands in the upper Gulf of California.?Engaged more than 5,000 residents and students directly in mangrove education, beach cleanups, marine mammal monitoring trainings and other stewardship activities and reached a global audience of 50 million about Mexicos mangroves through communications campaigns. Conserving Coral ReefsBuilding from our successful working relationship with CONANP, ecotourism outfitters and local communities, WILDCOAST is strengthening the conservation and management of coral reefs in six protected areas in the Mexican Pacific representing 686,357 acres of marine ecosystems. This work specifically involves: 1) strengthening visitor management in coral reefs in the parks through trainings, public use planning, and mooring infrastructure; 2) improving standardized coral reef monitoring through trainings, materials, monitoring surveys, and logistical support to park staff; and 3) carrying out coral reef conservation outreach and media campaigns through events, cleanups, advocacy, photo exhibits, and media interviews. To protect coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific, WILDCOAST has:?Conserved 49.2 miles of coral reef adjacent shoreline in the Mexican Pacific through federal zone conservation concessions. ?Trained 71 tourism outfitters and 11 park rangers in coral reef management and best practices?Installed 10 mooring buoys to prevent boat anchor damage?Carried out 680 public workshops and school presentations on the importance and benefits of coral reefs?Leveraged global support created through international media campaigns to two mega development projects from destroying coral reefs and shoreline in Cabo Pulmo National Park. Sea TurtlesIn addition to its vibrant culture and friendly people, the Oaxaca coastline is home to mangroves, dry tropical forest, coral reefs, wetlands and some of the worlds most important sea turtle nesting beaches. Morro Ayuta, between Salina Cruz and Huatulco, is the regions largest nesting beach and one of the most important sites in the world for the preservation of Olive Ridley sea turtles. WILDCOAST is working directly in Oaxaca with Mexicos National Commission for Protected Natural Areas and local communities to protect Morro Ayuta and neighboring nesting beaches. To protect these beaches, WILDCOAST has:?Protected 54.5 miles of sea turtle nesting beaches through federal zone concessions.?Implemented beetle control program resulting in 16% increase in sea turtle hatchling survival on Morro Ayuta beach.?Implemented Oil Spill Readiness Response trainings for 65 miles of Oaxacas nesting beaches.?Monitored more than 20 mass nestings on Morro Ayuta?Engaged more than 1,000 local youth in sea turtle conservation activities. Climate ChangeOur oceans play an essential role in regulating Earths climate. In addition to food, livelihoods and enjoyment, they provide us with the air we breathe. In fact, seventy percent of the planets oxygen is produced by our oceans. They are also the planets largest reservoir of carbon dioxide, storing about half of the worlds emissions since the Industrial Revolution. As the oceans become "full" of carbon dioxide, the rate at which they can continue to absorb carbon dioxide slows, resulting in more carbon dioxide remaining in the atmosphere and affecting our climate. The impacts of absorbing such huge amounts of carbon dioxide and heat include ocean acidification, sea level rise, disrupted marine food webs and harsher storms among many other unforeseeable consequences.WILDCOASTs work to protect coral reefs, mangroves and undisturbed shoreline in California, Mexico and Cuba is the most effective mechanism we have to slow the impacts global climate change, in addition to reducing our carbon emissions. The places that we work are among the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change but are also the most effective at mitigating these changes. Our work to strengthen natural protected areas, develop and improve land-use planning and advance public policy for climate change adaptation is a necessary step to create a livable planet for future generations. To combat global climate change, WILDCOAST has:?Protected 5,720 acres of carbon sequestering mangroves in Bahia Magdalena and the Gulf of California that sequester 26.7 million tons of carbon.?Protected 1,078 miles of coastline, buffering communities and key habitat along the Mexican Pacific coast?Created 90 acres of wetland designated as a mitigation bank in south San Diego Bay. 1838128 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false true false true false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false true 14 0 true 14 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 13 13 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X CLARK LABITAN 6194236037 925 SEACOAST DRIVE IMPERIAL BEACH CA 91932 JOSH CHATTEN-BROWN Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 NIKOS ZOGGAS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANN WYCOFF Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 IGNACIO VILCHIS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MORGAN JUSTICE-BLACK Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY WELBORN GUEVARA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEWART WINKLER President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BERNARDO DIAZ Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT BORDEN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CRAIG GAUNCE Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BEN HOPF Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAIME HERNANDES Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG SHERES Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SERGE DEDINA Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 117601 0 1251 117601 1251 1 false false false 0 31800 2579383 2611183 0 532 532 0 0 0 2296 2296 2296 2296 117691 31800 49520 68171 68171 0 0 OTHER REVENUE 900099 13766 13766 13766 2695948 13766 70999 0 0 895531 895531 0 118852 84012 27875 6965 0 568029 400845 133886 33298 0 49243 40291 6155 2797 70727 53222 13084 4421 0 150 150 19000 13300 3800 1900 0 0 0 0 21379 21359 20 0 30613 28117 1664 832 0 43077 31911 7444 3722 57732 48810 8487 435 0 0 0 0 16047 16047 10194 7545 1766 883 OUTSIDE SERVICES 105449 103173 1706 570 SUPPLIES 48258 42662 3236 2360 PAYROLL EXPENSES 24440 17108 4888 2444 TELEPHONE 11895 9780 1756 359 29436 24415 2754 2267 2120052 1838128 218651 63273 567433 551713 827996 942741 19595 426178 0 0 0 0 0 6980 10495 232400 140333 20723 92067 0 0 0 0 1186098 1186098 2628825 3209292 64419 63343 64419 63343 X 1750087 2213593 814319 932356 2564406 3145949 2628825 3209292 575896 5647 X false true X true false X 3001034 2154782 2392570 1544623 2611183 11704192 0 0 3001034 2154782 2392570 1544623 2611183 11704192 5513382 6190810 672 1329 477 497 532 3507 0 11884 2616 18245 27010 13766 73521 11781220 0.52550 0.46280 X 23380 23380 177268 86957 90311 31752 29996 1756 92067 INVESTMENT IN COSTA SALVAJE 1186098 1186098 X Part X : FIN48 Footnote WILDCOAST is exempt from federal income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and is also exempt from the State of California franchise and income tax under Section 23701(d) of the State Revenue and Taxation Code. 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