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Cambria area shore. White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area located off the coast of the city of Cambria, California on California’s central coast. The marine protected area covers 2.32 square miles (6.0 km 2). Within the SMCA the take of all living marine resources is prohibited except the ...
Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area and seal colony Tidepool at North Moonstone beach, in the southern part of the State Park. Giant Green anemones with black tegula snails. Hearst San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. It is located between Cambria and San Simeon.
The reserve has 225 acres (0.91 km 2) of Monterey pine forest, at the southern end of one of the state's three remaining original stands. [2] Adjacent to reserve lands lies White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area. Kelp beds support southern sea otters as well as a wealth of fishes and rocky intertidal species.
There are 34 Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) off the coast of California. These are marine areas that "support an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often host unique individual species" that are monitored for water quality by the California State Water Resources Control Board .
The largest is Anza-Borrego State Park at 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2), making it one of the largest state parks in the country. The smallest, Watts Towers, owned by the State Park system but managed by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, [12] is a mere 0.1-acre (400 m 2). Sunset at Bolsa Chica State Beach
California State Parks is the state park system for the U.S. state of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [5]
The San Pedro-based Marine Mammal Care Center is in need of donations and volunteers as it combats an algae bloom that has killed or sickened more than 1,000 creatures.
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Coastal Discovery Center is located across California State Route 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway) from the Hearst Castle visitor center in San Simeon, California, at the William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach. [6]