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#California's disappearing sea snails carry a grim climate warning: The red #Abalone abalone die-off may be a sign of what’s to come.
Kudos to @RichieHertzberg
#RedAbalone #PurpleUrchin
@michaelesgro @OPC_California- time for a partnership @NatGeo?
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@RichieHertzberg @michaelesgro @OPC_California @NatGeo @ilike_mike Time for a partnership to save the #RedAbalone

@RichieHertzberg @michaelesgro @OPC_California @NatGeo @ilike_mike Kelp restoration has the potential to play a valuable role as one of many integrated tools in an ecosystem-based management approach, especially for #RedAbalone @HealTheBay @SMBRF @nbcbayarea @CBSNews @abc7newsbayarea @ReefCheck
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@RichieHertzberg @michaelesgro @OPC_California @NatGeo @ilike_mike @HealTheBay @SMBRF @nbcbayarea @CBSNews @abc7newsbayarea @ReefCheck @ilike_mike & CASec for #EnvironmentalProtectionNeeded Jared Blumenfeld @CaliforniaEPA @OPC_California
The Northern Coast urges monies spent on actionable items that bring back the Kelp/Abalone ecosystem #Prop68 #ActionResearch @ActionResearchJ
opc.ca.gov/prop-68-fundin…

@RichieHertzberg @michaelesgro @OPC_California @NatGeo @ilike_mike @HealTheBay @SMBRF @nbcbayarea @CBSNews @abc7newsbayarea @ReefCheck @CaliforniaEPA @ActionResearchJ Prop 68, Chapter 9 (Appendix A): “Ocean, Bay, and Coastal Protection,” allocates $35 million to OPC for
grants consistent with the California Ocean Protection Act (Section 35650).

Priority shall be given to projects that conserve, protect, and restore marine wildlife and healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems with a focus on the state’s system of marine protected areas and sustainable fisheries. opc.ca.gov/webmaster/_med…

The funds in Chapter 9 may be allocated through competitive or discretionary grant programs.

Divers plan huge purple urchin harvest in bid to save kelp forest, abalone
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Indicators of #ClimateChange in #California hasn't addressed the impacts on #CaliforniaTribes. A key goal: include tribal impacts among those presented in the report. OEHHA has begun to engage California tribes to help us achieve this goal.
@reno_keoni #KashiaBand #Pomo