This fall, the California State Parks Interpretive Newsletter released a special edition focused totally on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)!

We encourage anyone interested in learning about California’s network of 124 MPAs check out this newsletter to learn about MPAs, topics include:

MPA FAQs: An Introduction to California’s Marine Protected Areas
California State Parks’ MPA Outreach and Education Project
Understanding California’s Marine Protected Area Program California’s Tapestry, Interview with Skip Lowry: An Indigenous Perspective
MPA Collaborative: Fostering local stewardship and management of MPAs
WILDCOAST: MPA Enforcement & Compliance
Snapshot Cal Coast: Introducing the Bio‐Blitz!
MPA Watch: Community Science for Stewardship of Ocean Resources
Join the Respect Wildlife Campaign!
Are You Sea Otter Savvy?
Becoming a Community Scientist with EAC
Explore My MPA: Educational Programs with WILDCOAST
Exploring the Deep with Marine Applied Research & Exploration (MARE)
Seeing More with Seamore
Dive into Point Lobos
Monitoring MPAs with Reef Check California
SOS: Saving Our Seals and other marine mammals
Integrating Tech into MPA Interpretation
Resources for Interpreters

In addition to providing outstanding information about the California MPA Network, we are proud to report that our 2019 Summer Coastal Advocate Intern, Ashley Wemp, is featured as a co-editor. Following Ashley’s internship with EAC she joined the California State Parks team at Seacliff Beach in Santa Cruz. Ashley continues her work to promote and protect MPAs with State Parks and with the MPA Collaborative Network.