Nature Based Solutions for Coastal Resilience
The City of Santa Cruz, funded by the California Coastal Conservancy, is conducting outreach to educate residents and visitors on coastal resilience. We aim to engage the public on the use of nature-based solutions to improve coastline protections from erosion and flooding made worse by episodic events and climate change. Nature-based solutions incorporate natural features and processes to protect, conserve, restore, and manage the coastline and its ecosystems. These solutions range from vegetation- and ecosystem-only to concrete constructed human systems with some habitat. Each solution has distinct benefits and tradeoffs. Your feedback on coastal adaptation is important to realize the community’s vision for coastal management. The nature-based solutions project will be complete in 2025.
Nature Based Solutions Study Recommendations Open House - May 1, 2025
Join us to learn about feasible nature based solutions resulting from this project! Stay tuned for a registration link for the final Open House on May 1, 2025 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at London Nelson Community Center! Feel free to share and post the flyer!
Past Focus Groups and Community Conversation Materials
Focus Group 4 - March 28, 2025
Community Conversation 2 (Virtual) - December 12, 2024
Focus Group 3 - Week of December 2, 2024
Community Conversation 1 - October 21, 2024
Focus Group 2 - Week of September 30, 2024
Focus Group 1 - Week of August 25, 2024
Pilkington Lagoon Habitat Restoration (source: Groundswell Ecology)