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CalCoast is a
member of the Public Advisory Committee of the Southern
California Wetlands Recovery Project (WRP) a partnership
of public agencies working cooperatively to acquire, restore,
and enhance coastal wetlands and watersheds between Point
Conception and the International border with Mexico. Using a
non-regulatory approach and an ecosystem perspective, the WRP
members work together to identify wetland acquisition and
restoration priorities, prepare plans for these priority
sites, pool funds to undertake these projects, implement
priority plans, and oversee post-project maintenance and
monitoring. The WRP's efforts will result in a long-term
increase in the quantity and quality of the region's wetlands.
CalCoast and the WRP helped pass Propositions 12, 40 and 50,
which created billions of dollars in funding for parks, clean
water and coastal uses. During the 2002 legislative session,
CalCoast was the sponsor of AB (Nakano), which was
incorporated into AB 2354 (Pavley) to allocate from
Proposition 40 $46 million for wetlands restoration.
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