About
The San Luis Obispo Collaborative brings together non-profits, educational institutions, fishermen, and local government agencies to share resources for local MPA outreach, enforcement, and monitoring.
Other Ways to Engage
Volunteer and Community Science Programs
- SeaLife Stewards – A water-based volunteer program that aims to reduce human-caused disturbance to wildlife and increase public awareness. Contact: SeaLifeStewards(at)gmail.com
- MPA Watch – A network of programs that support healthy oceans through community science by collecting human use data in and around our protected areas.
- California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program (CCFRP) – Volunteer anglers are essential to the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program (CCFRP). CCFRP volunteers aid scientific crew in the collection of valuable data on marine species by fishing inside and outside of MPAs.
- Respect Wildlife – For us, seeing wildlife in nature is thrilling! But to wildlife, seeing us may not be such a thrill. Understand that you’re visiting homes— where animals eat, sleep, play and breed. Fun and respect go together. Here’s how to have the best time at the coast.
Resources
Collaborative Co-Chairs
Robin Hazard
MPA Interpreter 1 (PI),
CA State Parks
robin.hazard@parks.ca.gov
Events
World Ocean Day with California State Parks
June 5,2023 All Day
MPA Signage Evaluation Webinar
May 5,2023, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
San Luis Obispo MPA Collaborative Meeting
April 24,2023, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Snapshot Cal Coast (June 17-July 9)
June 17,2023 All Day
Projects
Robin Hazard
MPA Interpreter 1 (PI),
CA State Parks
robin.hazard@parks.ca.gov
Biography
Robin (she/her/they) is a State Park Interpreter with California State Parks and she works very closely with technology to virtually interpret MPAs for school groups and individuals of all ages across the world. She loves having this ability to provide interpretation through technology and connecting with those who may not physically be able to visit the park.
San Luis Obispo MPA Collaborative Members
This list is not meant to imply that each affiliated organization is participating in the collaborative at a formal level nor that each collaborative member is representing the official view of their affiliation. All voices and perspectives are welcome and are considered unique to the person sharing them.
- yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini tribe
- Big Creek Reserve
- BLM – California Coastal National Monument
- BLM – Piedras Blancas Light Station
- Cal Poly Avila Beach Pier
- Cal Poly Biological Sciences
- Central Coast State Parks Association
- California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
- California State Parks – SLO Coast District
- Caltrans
- Cambria Fishing Club
- Central Coast Aquarium
- Central Coast Women for Fisheries
- City of Morro Bay
- Department of Defense – Vandenburg AFB
- ECOSLO
- Cayucos Land Conservancy
- Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve
- Friends of Piedras Blancas Light Station
- Friends of the Elephant Seal
- Green Space – the Cambria Land Trust
- Hearst Castle Volunteers
- Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
- California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- Morro Bay Museum of Natural History
- Morro Bay Harbor Patrol
- Morro Bay National Estuary Program
- Morro Coast Audubon Society
- National Forest Service
- Northern Chumash Tribal Council
- National Forest Service
- Ocean Conservancy
- The Otter Project
- Patriot Sportfishing
- PG&E
- Pismo Beach Recreation Dept.
Point Blue
- Port San Luis Harbor District
- Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School
- Reefcheck
- Salinan Tribal Council
- Sierra Club Santa Lucia Chapter
- SIMON: Sanctuary Integrated
- Monitoring Network
- San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper
- San Luis Obispo County
- San Luis Obispo County Parks
- Surfrider SLO Chapter
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Virg’s Landing Sportfishing