Wildcoast
Wildcoast
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About this organization
Mission
WILDCOAST is an international conservation team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife. WILDCOAST meets its conservation mission through: · establishing public and private protected areas; · implementing stewardship and management activities; · building community conservation capacity; · developing and advocating conservation policy; and · carrying out communications campaigns.
About
CALIFORNIAS MARINE PROTECTED AREASCALIFORNIAS 545,280 ACRES OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, OR MPAS, PROVIDE REFUGE FOR OCEAN WILDLIFE SUCH AS BLUE WHALES, WHITE SHARKS AND COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE ABALONE AND LOBSTER. THESE UNDERWATER PARKS ARE HOME TO TOWERING FORESTS OF GIANT KELP, THE RAINFORESTS OF THE SEA, WHICH GROW UNHINDERED FROM THE SEAFLOOR TO THE SURFACE. WILDCOAST IS LEADING EFFORTS TO HELP CONSERVE THESE MARINE REFUGES AND IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLDS LARGEST INTEGRATED NETWORK OF MPAS. THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, MONITORING AND EDUCATION, WE ARE LEADING THE WAY TO ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIAS COASTLINE AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT IS AS SPECTACULAR IN THE FUTURE AS IT IS TODAY. WILDCOAST WAS A LEAD ORGANIZATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIAS MPA NETWORK AND NOW A CRITICAL PLAYER IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION.WILDCOAST, A CO-CHAIR OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MPA COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE, IS WORKING WITH ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, COASTAL ZONE MANAGERS, USER GROUPS, RESEARCHERS AND LOCAL TRIBES TO CONSERVE 17,779 ACRES OF MPAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THIS WORK INCLUDES DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING BILINGUAL OUTREACH MATERIAL, ENGAGING YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC IN HANDS-ON MPA STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES AND WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO IMPROVE MPA COMPLIANCE IN CALIFORNIA. 87 INTERPRETIVE PANELS INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY MPASENGAGED 5,000 STUDENTS FROM LOCAL TRIBES AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN MPA STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY CARRIED OUT THREE COASTAL CONSERVATION EVENTS, DEMPSEY HOLDER OCEAN FESTIVAL, OTAY VALLEY REGIONAL PARK DAY AND TIJUANA RIVER ACTION MONTH, ENGAGING THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICWILDCOAST IS ENGAGING LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STEWARDSHIP OF 18,987 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE IN SOUTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY THROUGH CLEANUPS AND RESTORATION. IN 2018, WILDCOAST ENGAGED 4,789 VOLUNTEERS IN THE REMOVAL OF 131,193 POUNDS OF OCEAN-BOUND TRASH FROM THE TIJUANA AND OTAY RIVER VALLEYS.SAVING WILDERNESS ON THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULAIN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS (CONANP), FISHERMEN, LOCAL LANDOWNERS, MUNICIPALITIES AND RANCHERS, WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO IMPROVE THE CONSERVATION OF 10 MILLION ACRES OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULAS LARGEST INTACT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND PROTECTED AREAS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE LAST WILDERNESS AREAS OF THIS SCALE LEFT ON NORTH AMERICAS PACIFIC COASTLINE. TO CONSERVE UNDEVELOPED BEACHES, SEA TURTLE NESTING SITES AND LAGOON SHORELINE ON THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND BAJAS PACIFIC COAST, WE HAVE PROTECTED, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONANP, 1,327 MILES OF COASTLINE THROUGH FEDERAL ZONE CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH CONANP TO MANAGE THE 6.3 MILLION-ACRE VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND HOME TO TWO GRAY WHALE BREEDING LAGOONS, AND RESTORE 100 ACRES OF MANGROVES IN LAGUNA SAN IGNACIO. THROUGH DIRECT LAND PURCHASES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WILDCOAST HAS CONSERVED 51,490 ACRES AND 36 MILES OF WILDERNESS COASTLINE ON THE CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. IN 2020 WILDCOAST WILL PROTECT AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 ACRES AND ONE MILE OF COASTLINE IN THE REGION. WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL PARK COMMISSION (CONANP) TO IMPROVE THE CONSERVATION OF THE 6.3 MILLION-ACRE VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE THROUGH A MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE AND DEVELOPING A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAM.MANGROVES: FORESTS OF LAND AND SEAWILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH MEXICOS COMMISSION FOR NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT OVER 60,000 ACRES OF MANGROVE FORESTS COVERING OVER 500 MILES OF COASTLINE IN NORTHWEST MEXICO. THROUGH CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS WE ARE SETTING ASIDE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MANGROVE FORESTS IN THESE AREAS FOR CONSERVATION. WE ARE HELPING LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES UPDATE LOCAL LAND USE PLANS TO INCLUDE STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND WE ARE EDUCATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THAT MANGROVES PROVIDE. WILDCOAST IS PROTECTING OVER 60,000 ACRES OF MANGROVES AND 1,629 MILES OF COASTLINE IN NORTHWEST MEXICO THROUGH FEDERAL ZONE CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS. TO DATE, WILDCOAST HAS PROTECTED 8,454 ACRES OF MANGROVES AND 1,327 MILES OF COASTLINE THROUGH THIS EFFORT.DIRECTLY ENGAGED 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR IN CORAL REEF AND MANGROVE EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIESCONSERVING CORAL REEFSWILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE 31,087 ACRES OF NATIONAL PARKS IN CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO, MEXICO, WHICH ARE HOME TO SOME OF MEXICOS MOST IMPORTANT PACIFIC CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS. THE CABO PULMO NATIONAL PARK, ON THE TIP OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA, IS HOME TO THE NORTHERN MOST CORAL REEF IN THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST SUCCESSFUL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. IT IS AN ECOLOGICAL CORNERSTONE IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING HABITAT FOR WHALE SHARKS, MANTA RAYS, TROPICAL FISH AND SEA TURTLES. SIMILARLY, THE CORAL REEFS OF THE HUATULCO NATIONAL PARK IN OAXACA, CONTAIN INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY, WITH AN ESTIMATED 192 SPECIES OF FISH. WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH PARK STAFF AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO TO HELP BUILD ON-SITE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THEIR CORAL REEFS AND SURROUNDING PROTECTED AREAS. WE ARE SUPPORTING REEF MONITORING EFFORTS TO GAUGE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND WE ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE VISITATION BEST PRACTICES IN BOTH NATIONAL PARKS. THROUGH BEACH AND REEF CLEANUPS, FESTIVALS, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, LOCAL WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY MURALS, WE ARE BUILDING INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CORAL REEFS AS A CONSERVATION PRIORITY AND WE ARE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY IN THEIR PROTECTION.WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH CONANP TO STRENGTHEN VISITATION MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING FOR 483 ACRES OF CORAL REEFS IN THE CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO NATIONAL PARKS AND 9.3 MILES OF CRITICAL OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACH IN OAXACA. WILDCOAST IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSERVATION OF THESE AREAS THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC OUTREACH SUCH AS SIGNAGE, MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND MOORING BUOYS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS (CONANP), WE DISTRIBUTED 2,000 WILDLIFE AND DIVE GUIDES FOR THE 17,572 ACRE CABO PULMO NATIONAL PARK (CPNP)CARRIED OUT CORAL REEF OBSERVATION AND VISITATION MANAGEMENT TRAININGS WITH 20 TOUR GUIDES IN CABO PULMO AND CABO SAN LUCAS: SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH SIX PROTECTED AREAS TO STANDARDIZE CORAL REEF MONITORING METHODS; AND CARRIED OUT THREE MONITORING SURVEYS IN THE CPNPSEA TURTLESIN ADDITION TO ITS VIBRANT CULTURE AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE, THE OAXACA COASTLINE IS HOME TO MANGROVES, DRY TROPICAL FOREST, CORAL REEFS, WETLANDS AND SOME OF THE WORLDS MOST IMPORTANT SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES. MORRO AYUTA, BETWEEN SALINA CRUZ AND HUATULCO, IS THE REGIONS LARGEST NESTING BEACH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES. WILDCOAST IS WORKING DIRECTLY IN OAXACA WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT MORRO AYUTA AND NEIGHBORING NESTING BEACHES. IN 2015, WE DEVELOPED A SEA TURTLE DRONE MONITORING PROGRAM WITH THE MEXICAN SEA TURTLE CENTER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS, VISITATION AND DISTRIBUTION. WE ARE ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CHILDREN IN SEA TURTLE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND HAVE DEVELOPED A LOCAL SEA TURTLE OIL SPILL RESPONSE TEAM. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROMOTING MORRO AYUTA AS A WETLAND OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE (RAMSAR SITE) TO RECOGNIZE ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE ON A GLOBAL SCALE.CONTINUATION OF DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A:CLIMATE CHANGEOUR OCEANS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN REGULATING EARTHS CLIMATE. IN ADDITION TO FOOD, LIVELIHOODS AND ENJOYMENT, THEY PROVIDE US WITH THE AIR WE BREATHE. IN FACT, SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE PLANETS OXYGEN IS PRODUCED BY OUR OCEANS. THEY ARE ALSO THE PLANETS LARGEST RESERVOIR OF CARBON DIOXIDE, STORING ABOUT HALF OF THE WORLDS EMISSIONS SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. AS THE OCEANS BECOME "FULL" OF CARBON DIOXIDE, THE RATE AT WHICH THEY CAN CONTINUE TO ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE SLOWS, RESULTING IN MORE CARBON DIOXIDE REMAINING IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND AFFECTING OUR CLIMATE. THE IMPACTS OF ABSORBING SUCH HUGE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND HEAT INCLUDE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, SEA LEVEL RISE, DISRUPTED MARINE FOOD WEBS AND HARSHER STORMS AMONG MANY OTHER UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES.WILDCOASTS WORK TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS, MANGROVES AND UNDISTURBED SHORELINE IN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM WE HAVE TO SLOW THE IMPACTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, IN ADDITION TO REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS. THE PLACES THAT WE WORK ARE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE WORLD TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ARE ALSO THE MOST EFFECTIVE AT MITIGATING THESE CHANGES. OUR WORK TO STRENGTHEN NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS, DEVELOP AND IMPROVE LAND-USE PLANNING AND ADVANCE PUBLIC POLICY FOR CLIMATE
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
According to the filing, the non-profit's mission is “The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife.our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife. wildcoast's award-winning team is passionate, dedicated, and driven to achieve high impact results that safeguard our coastal and marine heritage for future generations.”.
When referring to its actions, they were described as: “The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife.”.
- According to the law, the state of operation reported by the non-profit is CA.
- As per the filing, the address of the non-profit for 2020 is 925 SEACOAST DRIVE, Imperial Beach, CA, 91932.
- According to their form, the non-profit as of 2020 has a total of 11 employees.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Has foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$173,776.
- The CEO compensation plan of the organization is determined by an independent party's review and approval.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 10 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2000.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $791,455 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $38,947 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.