About
The San Diego Collaborative includes diverse representatives from over 30 organizations across San Diego County. Since its inception in 2012, the Collaborative has worked to identify and address numerous issues surrounding local marine protected areas, beginning with a successful request to the Fish and Game Commission to add a “no collecting” icon to State Marine Reserve signage. Members have spearheaded signage installation and development and produced and distributed 10,000 recreational brochures and fishing guides across San Diego County to enhance local understanding and compliance with marine protected areas. They have also worked to integrate Kumeyaay tribal practices and history into local interpretive panels and recreational brochures.

San Diego Event Calendars
Resources
San Diego Collaborative Projects
San Diego MPA Collaborative County Fishing Guide
San Diego MPA Collaborative Recreational Brochure
YouTube Video: San Diego County MPAs
Connect on Social Media
San Diego County MPAs Instagram Page
San Diego County MPAs Facebook Page
Education & Outreach Resources
Join San Diego’s MPA Watch Program
South Coast MPA Curriculum: Our Undersea Legacy (.pdf)
Exploring California’s MPAs: South La Jolla State Marine Reserve
WILDCOAST Blog: Hoover High School Students Explore La Jolla’s MPAs
Monitoring Resources
Ocean Science Trust: South Coast State of the Region Landing Page – June 2016
Join the Collaborative
Upcoming Events
Related Publications




Projects
San Diego Wildlife and Recreation Guide
The San Diego Collaborative created, printed, and distributed 8000 copies of the San Diego MPA Wildlife and Recreation Guide to increase public knowledge of MPAs and improve compliance with MPA regulations. The recreation guide boasts an inset of beautiful species illustrations that can be shared across the region.
MPA Outreach Toolkits
The San Diego Collaborative created MPA Curriculum for grades 1st – 5th, 6th – 8th, and High School. Curricula focuses on the Sandy Shore Habitat, Intertidal Habitat, Climate Change and MPA Science, and MPA Watch. OutreachToolkits were produced to feature the new MPA curriculum. Lesson plans are conveniently packaged along with materials and related activities for environmental educators. One hundred Outreach Toolkits are to be distributed to teachers and docent groups in San Diego County to improve MPA education, outreach, compliance and stewardship among approximately 3,000 students and MPA visitors in San Diego County.
- Complete MPA Outreach Toolkit
- Individual Components of Toolkit:
- Rocky Intertidal: Desiccation Lab (Grades 1-5)
- Sandy Shore: All Waterways Lead to the Ocean (Grades 6-8)
- Rocky Intertidal: Intertidal Transects (Grades 6-8)
- Sandy Shore: MPA Watch (Grades 9-12)
- Rocky Intertidal: Intertidal Bioblitz (Grades 9-12)
- Climate Change: Feeling the Heat (Grades 9-12)
- MPA Watch Outdoor Education Instructor Pack
- Living on the Edge: Field Guide to the Rocky Intertidal
- Life in the Sand: Field Guide to Sandy Shores
- MPA Tidepool Journal
- MPA Activity Brochure for Kids
- Ocean Literacy Guide
- Talking Trash and Taking Action Guide
- Our Undersea Legacy MPA Curriculum (Grades 6-8)
- Underwater Parks Posters
MPA Ambassador Program
The Collaborative carries out MPA informational trainings through the MPA Ambassador Program to kayak shops and other businesses. If you or your organization would like to learn more or schedule a training please contact Co-Chair Cory Pukini (contact below).
The “Floating Laboratory” Project
WILDCOAST, partnering with Crystal Cove Conservancy and Seaforth Landing, takes students on citizen science cruises in the South La Jolla MPAs where they gather and analyze data on marine wildlife and ocean conditions.
San Diego MPAs Video
San Diego County MPA Collaborative Leadership Team
Cory Pukini
San Diego MPA Collaborative Co-Chair
California Conservation Manager, WILDCOAST
cory@wildcoast.org
Jayme Timberlake
San Diego MPA Collaborative Co-Chair
Coastal Zone Program Manager, City of Encinitas
jtimberlake@encinitasca.gov
Isabelle Kay
San Diego MPA Collaborative Co-Chair
ikay@ucsd.edu
San Diego County MPA Collaborative Members
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Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
Birch Aquarium
National Park Service – Cabrillo National Monument
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
California Sea Grant
California State Park
Office of State Assembly Member Toni Atkins
Cardiff Main Street
City of Encinitas
City of San Diego
City of San Diego Parks and Recreation
City of San Diego Lifeguards
City of San Diego Mayor Faulconer
City of Solana Beach
City of Solana Beach Lifeguards
Coastal Conservation Association – California Chapter (CCA-Cal)
Office of County Supervisor Greg Cox
Del Mar City Council
Department of Defense
Environmental Defense Center of San Deigo
Friends of Famosa Slough
Friends of La Jolla Shores
Hike Bike Kayak
Kumeyaay Diegueno Land Conservancy
La Jolla Parks and Beaches
La Jolla Shores Association
Law Offices of Lori R. Mendez, PLC
Meric Spearfishing
National Park Service
Native American Environmental Protection Coalition
Natural Resources Defense Council
Ocean Discovery Institute
Reef Environmental Education Foundation
San Diego Council Member Barbara Bry
San Diego County District Attorney
San Diego Freedivers Association
San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association
Surfrider Foundation – San Diego Chapter
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
University of California Berkeley
University of California San Diego
Coastal Data Information Program – UCSD