Monument Facts

Partnerships Key to Coastal Monument Management

            • The California Coastal National Monument, established by Presidential proclamation on Jan. 11, 2000, includes more than 20,000 rocks, islands and pinnacles (totaling about 1,000 acres) off the California Coast.  It does not include major islands, such as Santa Catalina, the other Channel Islands, the Farallon Islands or the Islands of San Francisco Bay.

            •  The monument protects “all unappropriated or unreserved lands and interest in lands owned or controlled by the United States in the form of rocks, islands, pinnacles and exposed reefs above mean high tide within 12 nautical miles of the shoreline of the State of California.”

            •  The proclamation directed the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, to manage the monument.  Management focuses on the geologic formations and the habitat they provide for seabirds, pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) and plant life.

            •  Extending from San Diego County to Del Norte County, these features have been in federal government ownership, administered by the BLM or its predecessor (the General Land Office) since the time of California statehood

            •  Since 1983, the BLM has coordinated with the California Department of Fish and Game to manage these natural resources.  DFG and California State Parks are now Core Managing Partners with the BLM in administration of this national monument.  Under terms of a Memorandum of Understanding, BLM, DFG and State Parks will work jointly, managing the monument to develop a greater understanding of its resources and to provide information to the public.

            •  The BLM’s coastal field offices (Arcata, Ukiah, Hollister, Bakersfield and Palm Springs/South Coast) will be key BLM contacts in monument management.  Additionally, BLM and coastal communities will cooperate to establish Coastal Monument Gateway Communities, where the public can learn more about the national monument.

 

For more information contact: Rick Hanks Manager, California Coastal National Monument 299 Foam Street, Monterey, CA  93940 (831) 372-6115 or ccnm@ca.blm.gov