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Since its establishment in 1976,
the Conservancy has completed over 600 projects, with
over 300 projects currently active. These projects include
construction of trails and other public access facilities,
restoration and enhancement of wetlands and other wildlife
habitat, restoration of public piers and urban waterfronts,
preservation of farmland, and other projects in line
with the goals of California's Coastal Act, the San
Francisco Bay Plan, and the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy.
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Public Access
The public access program provides
capital funds and technical assistance for the
construction of public access stairs, trails,
limited-mobility-access projects, hostels, interpretive
signs and other facilities that serve state and
regional coastal access needs, and for the acquisition
of interests in land necessary to enable the provision
of access facilities. The Conservancy has helped
build more than 300 accessways and trails, including
major portions of the California Coastal Trail
and the San Francisco Bay Trail, thus opening
more than 80 miles of coastal and bay lands for
public use.
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Resource
Enhancement
The resource enhancement
program provides capital funds and technical
assistance for the preservation, enhancement
and restoration of wetlands, watersheds,
riparian corridors, and other wildlife habitat
lands, including, where necessary, acquisition
of interests in land, and for technical
and scientific services necessary to design
and implement such projects. The Conservancy
has helped preserve more than 90,000 acres
of of wetlands, dunes, wildlife habitat,
recreational lands, farmland, and scenic
open space.
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Agricultural Preservation
The agricultural preservation
program provides capital funds and technical assistance
to prevent the loss of coastal agricultural lands
to other uses by acquiring interests in such lands,
installing agricultural improvements and protective
measures, and arranging for long-term agricultural
ownership and management.
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Site Reservation
The site reservation program
provides capital funds and technical assistance
to safeguard significant coastal resource sites
and respond to opportunities to acquire such sites
when other agencies are unable to do so, through
acquisition of interests in land for conveyance
to permanent management agencies. The Conservancy
has helped retire more than 600 inappropriately
planned subdivision lots.
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Urban Waterfronts
The urban waterfront program
provides capital funds and technical assistance
to protect, restore and expand coastal-dependent
recreational, commercial and industrial facilities
and to expand opportunities for public access
and use of urban waterfronts in conjunction with
new development, including the provision of technical
assistance to landowners and local governments
and through land acquisition and the construction
and restoration of facilities. The Conservancy
has assisted in the completion of more than 100
urban waterfront projects.
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Nonprofit Assistance
The nonprofit organization assistance
program provides capital funds and technical assistance
to nonprofit land conservation organizations to
aid them in implementing Conservancy projects
and in developing cost-effective local management
of resource land and public access facilities.
The Conservancy has joined in partnership endeavors
with more than 100 local land trusts and other
nonprofit groups, making local community involvement
an integral part of the Coastal Conservancy's
work. Read about how the Conservancy can help
your nonprofit organization.
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