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Agencies by Subject: Environmental Protection and Improvement
There are 22 agencies in this list.

Advocates for the Forest of Nisene Marks

The Advocates for the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park is a non-profit volunteer organization that supports the maintenance and improvement of the park. The Advocates engage in a number of activities which support this goal. These activities include: Assist State Parks in the operat...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 461
Aptos,  CA  95001
Email: info@advocatesfnm.org
Website: http://www.advocatesfnm.org


Beach COMBERS

Coastal Ocean Mammal and Bird Education and Research Surveys (BeachCOMBERS)has trained volunteers to survey beached marine birds and mammals monthly at selected sections of beaches throughout the Monterey Bay area. The program is a collaborative project between Moss Landing Marine Laborato...[Full Record]
Address: 8272 Moss Landing Rd.
Moss Landing,  CA  95039
Phone: 831-771-4422
Email: beachcombersmb@gmail.com
Website: http://sanctuarysimon.org/monterey-bay-nms/beach-combers/


California Coastal Commission Central Coast District Office

The Coastal Commission, in partnership with coastal cities and counties, plans and regulates the use of land and water in the coastal zone. Development activities, which are broadly defined by the Coastal Act to include (among others) construction of buildings, divisions of land, and activ...[Full Record]
Address: 725 Front Street, Suite 300
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-427-4863
Website: http://www.coastal.ca.gov


Community Action Board

The Community Action Board of Santa Cruz, Inc. (CAB) is celebrating over 50 years of Community Action! CAB operates 6 programs assisting close to 10,000 low-income people with emergency, sustaining/self sufficiency services and serves an additional 7,000+ with requests for information and ...[Full Record]
Address: 406 Main Street Suite 207
Watsonville,  CA  95076
Phone: 831-763-2147  Ext: 208
Website: http://www.cabinc.org/


County of Santa Cruz Agricultural Commissioner

The County Agricultural Commissioner is charged with enforcing provisions of the California Food and Agricultural Code which promotes and protects the production, sale and distribution of food, feed and horticultural crops, while assuring that a clean environment is conserved, workers' hea...[Full Record]
Address: 175 Westridge Drive
Watsonville,  CA  95076
Phone: 831-763-8080
Email: agc030@agdept.com
Website: http://www.agdept.com/


Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

Provides nonprofit environmental consultancy, education, and technical assistance relating to waste reduction, pollution prevention, energy efficiency, climate change and transportation....[Full Record]
Address: 877 Cedar Street, Suite 240
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-426-5925
Email: info@ecoact.org
Website: http://www.ecoact.org


Environmental Health Appeals Commission

Hearing of appeals of orders issued by County Environmental Health Service, pursuant to Santa Cruz County Code. ELIGIBILITY: Persons appealing permit denials or abatement orders of the County Environmental Health Service are eligible to request a hearing by the Commission. AREAS SER...[Full Record]
Address: 701 Ocean Street
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-454-2335
Website: http://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/default.aspx?tabid=263


Physicians for Social Responsibility, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit educational organization, combines the power of concerned and active citizens with the knowledge and credibility of physicians and other health professionals to promote public policies that protect human health from the threats of nuclear w...[Full Record]
Address: 548 Market Street, #90725
San Francisco,  CA  94104
Phone: 415-562-6726
Email: info@sfbaypsr.org
Website: http://www.sfbaypsr.org


Power2Sustain

Power2Sustain is a non-profit organization that supports K-12 public, charter and independent schools in teaching environmental literacy by providing lessons activities and programs free-of-charge. All activities are grade-leveled and aligned to the Common Core Content Standards. The envi...[Full Record]
Address: 312 Locust St.
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-704-6886
Email: Info@Power2Sustain.org
Website: http://www.Power2Sustain.org


Rural Bonny Doon Association

An environmental and community organization, whose mission is to "Keep Bonny Doon Rural and Natural". Our mission includes outreach both to community members and elected officials. We educate and inform the public on the natural history of our area, and on the politics of land use and publ...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 551
Felton,  CA  95018
Email: board@rbda.us
Website: http://www.bonnydoon.got.net


San Lorenzo Valley Property Owner's Association

The San Lorenzo Valley Property Owner's Association Incorporated is a non-profit association of your friends and neighbors who have come together for these purposes: 1. To be a clearinghouse for information on any important issue pertinent to property owners in the San Lorenzo Valley; ...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 325
Ben Lomond,  CA  95005
Website: http://slvpoa.wordpress.com/


Santa Cruz County Environmental Health Services

State-mandated programs include the control of retail food establishments, public swimming pools, organized camps, housing, and surveillance of public swimming beaches. State programs delegated at local option include employee housing inspections, medical wastes, and regulation of small pu...[Full Record]
Address: 701 Ocean Street, Room 312
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-454-2022
Email: env.hlth@santacruzcounty.us
Website: http://scceh.com/


Santa Cruz County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Commission

The Fish and Wildlife Advisory Commission advises the board of supervisors on any matters pertaining to fish and game in the county, including the natural habitat, wildlife, and environment in general. The Commission also makes recommendations, consistent with the policies and regulations ...[Full Record]
Address: 701 Ocean Street, Room 312
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-454-3154
Email: Kristen.Kittleson@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Website: http://scceh.com/Home/Programs/WaterResources/FishandWildlifeAdvisoryCommission.aspx


Santa Cruz County Planning Department

Our goal for the site is to provide applicants and members of the public with access to an extensive level of information related to land use and development within the unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County. We know that land use, environmental and building regulations and the permit pr...[Full Record]
Address: 701 Ocean Street, Room 400
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Phone: 831-454-2580
Email: plnbuildinginfo@santacruzcounty.us
Website: http://www.sccoplanning.com/


Save Our Shores

Save Our Shores is a 501(c)3 nonprofit marine conservation organization. Over the last 30 years, Save Our Shores has been responsible for key accomplishments such as preventing offshore oil drilling in Central Coast waters, helping to establish the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, p...[Full Record]
Address: 345 Lake Avenue Suite A
Santa Cruz,  CA  95062
Phone: 831-462-5660
Email: info@saveourshores.org
Website: http://www.saveourshores.org


Save the Redwoods League

Save the Redwoods League is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and restore California redwoods and connect people to the peace and beauty of redwood forests. The League protects redwoods by purchasing redwood forests and the surrounding land needed to nurture them. We res...[Full Record]
Address: 111 Sutter Street, 11th Floor
San Francisco,  CA  94104
Phone: 415-362-2352
Email: membership@SaveTheRedwoods.org


Sempervirens Fund

We envision a permanently protected, forested, collaboratively managed, continuous ecosystem covering the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, with extensive trails, picnic and camp sites, landscapes, and scenic vistas. To make that vision a reality, we cooperate with other land conservatio...[Full Record]
Address: 419 South San Antonio Rd., Ste. 211
Los Altos,  CA  94022
Phone: 650-949-1453
Email: redwoods@sempervirens.org
Website: http://www.sempervirens.org


Sierra Club-Santa Cruz County Group

The Santa Cruz Group of the Sierra Club provides monthly programs and outings, and serves as a voice for the local environments of Santa Cruz County. The Santa Cruz Group offers residents opportunities to join together with other environmentally-conscious people to explore the coast, footh...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 604
Santa Cruz,  CA  95061
Email: santa.cruz.group@sierraclub.org
Website: http://www.ventana.sierraclub.org


Surfrider Foundation, Santa Cruz Chapter

Our Santa Cruz chapter was founded in 1991. We are an ALL VOLUNTEER Chapter united by our love of and respect for the ocean and by our desire for clean water, healthy beaches and access to such sites. Surfrider was founded by surfers and many of us surf whenever we can. However, our member...[Full Record]
Address: 2222 East Cliff Drive, #234
Santa Cruz,  CA  95062
Phone: 831-476-7667
Email: chair@santacruz.surfrider.org
Website: http://santacruz.surfrider.org/


Ventana Wilderness Alliance

Founded in the summer of 1998, the Ventana Wilderness Alliance is a California nonprofit corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status dedicated to protecting the wildlands of California's northern Santa Lucia mountain range. Our organization is composed of people from all walks of life...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 506
Santa Cruz,  CA  95061
Phone: 831-423-3191
Email: vwa@ventanawild.org
Website: http://www.ventanawild.org


Watsonville Wetlands Watch

Watsonville Wetlands Watch advocates for wetland issues, educates elementary, middle, and high school students, restores degraded habitats, preserves what remains whole, and teaches appreciation for the unique beauty and life of the Pajaro Valley wetlands. In cooperation with numerous othe...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 1239
Freedom,  CA  95019
Phone: 831-728-1156
Website: http://www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org


Wild Farm Alliance

The Wild Farm Alliance (WFA) was established by a group of wildlands proponents and ecological farming advocates who share a concern for the land and its wild and human inhabitants. To make our food systems sustainable in the 21st century, we envision a world in which community-based, ecol...[Full Record]
Address: PO Box: 2570
Watsonville,  CA  95077
Phone: 831-761-8408
Email: info@wildfarmalliance.org
Website: http://www.wildfarmalliance.org