A seagull flies over the California Coastal National Monument which stretches along the entire coast of California and extends 12 miles into the Pacific Ocean. The Monument includes 20,000 rocks, islands, pinnacles and reefs.
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California Coastal National Monument

Coastal Monument

California Coastal National Monument

Site Characterization

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This site characterization of the California Coastal National Monument (CCNM) is a summary of existing information about CCNM's natural and cultural resources.  It is a dynamic document which will be continually updated as new data is made available.

Two main products have been completed to date:  a literature search and summarization of key biological resources, and a geologic characterization study of the Monument.

 Now Availble Online:  Seabird and Marine Mammal Monitoring at Gualala Point Island, Sonoma County, California, May to August 2008 (PDF format, 5.2 Mb, 56 pages)

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

   
Last updated: 08-07-2009