2016-07-22T08:39:01-07:00 2015-12-31 West Rhode & Roberts 2741 4th Ave San Diego CA 92103 990 2015-01-01 770536297 WILDCOAST WILD 6194238530 925 SEACOAST DRIVE Imperial Beach CA 91932 SERGE DEDINA Executive Dir. 2016-07-14 true CHRISTOPHER M ROBERTS P00235008 6196155380 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z 2430911 false false X www.wildcoast.net X 2000 CA THE MISSION OF WILDCOAST IS TO CONSERVE COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND WILDLIFE. 10 10 12 4789 0 2154782 2392570 0 1329 477 28067 22599 2184178 2415646 1392500 1061010 0 626066 649032 0 55505 287779 247475 2306345 1957517 -122167 458129 2096915 2577859 50945 76019 2045970 2501840 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 1618883 1061010 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. WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE:545,280 ACRES OF MPAS IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING 17,779 ACRES OF MPAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY12.91 MILES OF COASTLINE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PROTECTED AS MPAS9 INTERPRETIVE PANELS INSTALLED IN 20151,062 STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ENGAGED IN MPA STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES IN 2015SAVING 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 PROTECTED, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONANP, 566 MILES OF COASTLINE THROUGH FEDERAL ZONE CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH CONANP TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THE 6.3 MILLION-ACRE VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND HOME TO TWO GRAY WHALE BREEDING LAGOONS. WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE:44,776 ACRES AND 35 MILES OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS PROTECTED ON THE VALLE DE LOS CIRIOS PACIFIC COAST THROUGH DIRECT LAND PURCHASES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS566 MILES OF COASTLINE PROTECTED IN NORTHWEST MEXICO THROUGH CONSERVATION CONCESSIONSIN 2015, 2,448 WHALES VISITED THE LAGOONS OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA463 PLANT SPECIES LIVE IN THE VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE; 37 OF WHICH ARE ENDEMICMANGROVES: FORESTS OF LAND AND SEAWILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH MEXICOS COMMISSION FOR NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS 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 HELPING LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES UPDATE LOCAL LAND USE PLANS TO INCLUDE STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND WE ARE EDUCATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THAT MANGROVES PROVIDE. WILDCOAST HAS PARTNERED WITH SUPERSTAR ROCK BAND LINKIN PARK THROUGH ITS NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION, MUSIC FOR RELIEF, TO CONSERVE THE MANGROVE FORESTS OF MAGDALENA BAY. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE MEMBERS OF LINKIN PARK AND MUSIC FOR RELIEF FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THESE GLOBALLY IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED TO PRESERVE THEM THROUGHOUT MEXICO. WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE:2,009 ACRES OF MANGROVES PROTECTED IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA IN 2015WILDCOAST IS WORKING TO PROTECT AND ADDITIONAL 61,109 ACRES OF MANGROVE IN BAHIA MAGDALENA AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA PENDING APPROVAL.AN ESTIMATED 66,412 TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE ARE SEQUESTERED PER YEAR BY THE MANGROVES WILDCOAST IS PROTECTINGAN ESTIMATED 12,771,500 TONS OF CARBON ARE STORED BY THE MANGROVES THAT WILDCOAST IS PROTECTINGCONSERVING CORAL REEFSWILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE 31,087 ACRES OF NATIONAL PARKS IN CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO, MEXICO, WHICH ARE HOME TO SOME OF MEXICOS MOST IMPORTANT PACIFIC CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS. THE CABO PULMO NATIONAL PARK, ON THE TIP OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA, IS HOME TO THE NORTHERN MOST CORAL REEF IN THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST SUCCESSFUL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. IT IS AN ECOLOGICAL CORNERSTONE IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING HABITAT FOR WHALE SHARKS, MANTA RAYS, TROPICAL FISH AND SEA TURTLES. SIMILARLY, THE CORAL REEFS OF THE HUATULCO NATIONAL PARK IN OAXACA, CONTAIN INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY, WITH AN ESTIMATED 192 SPECIES OF FISH. WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH PARK STAFF AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO TO HELP BUILD ON-SITE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THEIR CORAL REEFS AND SURROUNDING PROTECTED AREAS. WE ARE SUPPORTING REEF MONITORING EFFORTS TO GAUGE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND WE ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE VISITATION BEST PRACTICES IN BOTH NATIONAL PARKS. THROUGH BEACH AND REEF CLEANUPS, FESTIVALS, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, LOCAL WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY MURALS, WE ARE BUILDING INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CORAL REEFS AS A CONSERVATION PRIORITY AND WE ARE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY IN THEIR PROTECTION.WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE:0.22 MILES OF SHORELINE IN CABO PULMO PROTECTED THROUGH CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS IN 2015WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE 483 ACRES OF CORAL REEFS IN HUATULCO AND CABO PULMOREACHED 3,920 PEOPLE THROUGH CORAL REEF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN LOS CABOS12 PARK RANGERS TRAINED IN CORAL REEF MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT IN HUATULCO IN 2015226 FISH SPECIES LIVE IN THE CABO PULMO NATIONAL PARK192 FISH SPECIES LIVE IN THE HUATULCO NATIONAL PARKSEA 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. IN SEPTEMBER 2015, AN ESTIMATED 50,000 TURTLES ARRIVED ON THIS BEACH TO LAY THEIR EGGS IN A SPECTACULAR PHENOMENON OF MASS NESTING CALLED ARRIBADA. 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. IN 2015, WE DEVELOPED A SEA TURTLE DRONE MONITORING PROGRAM WITH THE MEXICAN SEA TURTLE CENTER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS, VISITATION AND DISTRIBUTION. WE ARE ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CHILDREN IN SEA TURTLE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND HAVE DEVELOPED A LOCAL SEA TURTLE OIL SPILL RESPONSE TEAM. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROMOTING MORRO AYUTA AS A WETLAND OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE (RAMSAR SITE) TO RECOGNIZE ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE ON A GLOBAL SCALE. WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE:620,519 SEA TURTLES NESTED ON MORRO AYUTA IN 201518,615,555 SEA TURTLES HATCHED ON MORRO AYUTA IN 2015265 LOCAL CHILDREN IN OAXACA EDUCATED ON SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN 2015200 SEA TURTLE NESTS PROTECTED IN CABO PULMO IN 2015NEW CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CUBACUBA IS HOME TO AN EXPANSIVE NETWORK OF 253 PROTECTED AREAS THAT COVER APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE ISLAND NATION AND A QUARTER OF ITS MARINE HABITAT THESE PROTECTED AREAS ARE HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST WELL PRESERVED COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS ON THE PLANET, INCLUDING MANGROVES, SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES AND CORAL REEFS. THE 98,412-ACRE GUANAHACABIBES NATIONAL PARK ON CUBAS WESTERN TIP IS AMONG THE COUNTRYS MOST INCREDIBLE PROTECTED AREAS. THE PARK IS HOME TO 192 BIRD SPECIES INCLUDING 11 ENDEMIC AND 50 MIGRATORY SPECIES, AS WELL AS FOUR SPECIES OF MANGROVES, 86 BUTTERFLIES, 16 AMPHIBIANS AND 35 REPTILES. THE CORAL REEF FRINGED MARINE PORTION OF THE PARK, WHICH INCLUDES 39,413 ACRES OF OFFSHORE HABITAT, SUPPORTS 201 SPECIES OF FISH AND 701 MARINE MOLLUSKS. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF TOURISM EXPECTED FOR THE REGION AS A RESULT OF THE OPENING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CUBA, WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO IMPROVE PARK MANAGEMENT IN GUANAHACABIBES AND PROTECT ITS DELICATE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND WILDLIFE. BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCES IN CABO PULMO, HUATULCO, AND CALIFORNIAS MPAS, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING MATERIALS ON VISITATION BEST-PRACTICES, FACILITATING EXCHANGES BETWEEN PARK STAFF IN MEXICO AND CUBA AND HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING CUBAS COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. 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. 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