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Our team was busy this year! Check out these five big victories from 2021. Enraged by the Amplify oil spill in October, we have reignited our fight for expedited offshore…

Cover Photo & Blog by Education Director Michaela Coats Decades ago, the coastline of Orange County was popular with a group of charismatic marine snails: abalone (Haliotis spp.). For centuries,…

In coordination with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ending the fisheries closure, here is a guest blog from expert angler Kristian Rørbye of fishingkris.com. Fishing is one of…

Coastal Cleanup Day, an event with humble beginnings in coastal Oregon in 1985, has blossomed into an international event with hundreds of thousands of volunteers participating annually. While the event shifted…

Written by Staff Attorney Lauren Chase While cruising down PCH, walking along the beach, surfing, bird or marine mammal watching in Southern California recently, have you found yourself counting the…

Written by Michaela Coats, Coastkeeper Education Director Orange County’s coastline is home to some of Southern California’s last remaining wetlands -- one of those being the Upper Newport Bay Ecological…

Orange County Coastkeeper seeks to infuse its staff with people from diverse professional backgrounds and finds it beneficial when staff members are role models for future generations. Coastkeeper’s newest hires…

“Rivers are the arteries of our planet; they are lifelines in the truest sense.” - Mark Angelo   On the fourth Sunday of September, which this year falls on September…

By Carolyn Hart Ecopreneurs are on the rise. Many new, environmentally conscious entrepreneurs are entering the business landscape, while a slew of well-established companies are turning their focus to the…

By Sean Taylor Hi! I am Sean, a junior at University of Southern California in the environmental studies program minoring in marine biology. During the spring 2021 semester I worked…