Stewards tackle need to protect California’s coasts

WATCH: The Future of California’s Coasts INQUIRER/Vic Valbuena Bareng

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coastal Act, a landmark piece of legislation that helped preserve California’s 1,100-mile coastline for generations of Californians, marked its 40^th anniversary last year, 2016. California’s coast faces the combined risk of rising seas and development pressures.

Local activists explained what they are doing to engender a new and more diverse generation of coastal stewards during a panel discussion “A Time of Reckoning–Sea Level Rise, Public Access and a New Generation of Coastal Stewards”

last February 9, Crissy Field Center, Golden Gate Nat’l Recreation Area, Presidio, San Francisco.