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California Coastkeeper Alliance Programs
Although California has some of the toughest water quality and marine resource laws on the books, these laws are not implemented or enforced fully. Without proper enforcement or implementation of laws, the health of California’s water and people suffer. CCKA is dedicated to holding our government accountable for decisions that affect the waters and coast. We divide our efforts into four main program areas: Clean Abundant Water, Healthy Marine Habitats, People & Government, and our Mapping Initiative. Explore the links below to learn more about our current initiatives in each of these areas.
Clean, abundant water is essential to California's environmental, human, and economic health. For that reason, ensuring clean, abundant water throughout California, and particularly along the coast, is CCKA's top priority.
California's natural heritage, as well as its economy and the livelihood of many of its citizens, rely heavily on healthy coastal and marine habitats. CCKA works to protect and increase the diversity of marine habitats and wildlife.
Californians lack access to reliable information on the health of their local waterways. CCKA uses maps as a means of sharing information with the public, and educating key decisionmakers, on the health of California's rivers, bays, beaches, estuaries, and ocean.
CCKA uses its expertise in government and connections to on-the-ground, local efforts to increase coordination among water, land, air and wildlife agencies. We also work to increase public access to decision making, and hold decision-makers accountable to the public.
