SURVEYS SUBMITTED BY MPA WATCH VOLUNTEERS TO DATE

Resources

To learn more about the program, please see MPA Watch’s Summary Document.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For detailed information on how California’s MPA Watch program is implemented, please review the MPA Watch Statewide Manual.

To understand how data is collected, please see the protocols for conducting a land based MPA Watch survey.

To better understand MPA Watch’s data categories, please see the Statewide Land-Based MPA Watch Data Sheet.

External Resources

For more information, including education and outreach materials, visit California Marine Protected Areas

To find out what each coastal county is doing to conserve MPAs visit California’s MPA Collaborative network

See the official MPA information from the  California Department of Fish & Wildlife

Check out the MPA science being done by the California Ocean Protection Council

For lesson plans, activities, and field trip ideas about MPAs visit WILDCOAST

Find out about how MPAs span government, community, and science from Ocean Science Trust

Find out more ways you can help save the ocean from Thank You Ocean

Students at the Old Louisville Student Conservation Association recommend the Guide to Marine Plastic Pollution

For information about how to reduce your impact at home check out this article on The Dangers of Plastic Pollution to Marine Life