The Coast to Mountain Environmental Transect, or COMET, project was recently funded with a $2.1 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is part of the agency's Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories program.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7985

USGS new report on shoreline change in California
resources.ca.gov/ocean/cwo06/PDF/cwo_erosion.pdf

Newly released ‘Draft Report on Long-term Health of the State’s 1,100 mile Coastline.”
Please provide reviews and comments. resources.ca.gov/ocean/cwo06/PDF/cwo_press03.pdf

Desalination Talks
KUSP highlights deslination along the central coast     www.landwatch.org/pages/kusp2006/082106kusp.html#thrusday

Restoration $$ to Santa Cruz County
$6.4 Million directed for watershed restoration projects in 14 central coast counties.
www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/September/27/local/stories/07local.htm

Thank You Oceans Campaign Launched
resources.ca.gov/ocean/cwo06/PDF/thankyou.pdf

West Coast Governor’s Agreement on Ocean Health
resources.ca.gov/ocean/cwo06/PDF/WC_Ocean_Agreement.pdf

MBARI undersea Scientists explore the submerged wreck of USS Macon 
www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2006/macon.html

The Center for Integrated Marine Technology receives $2M for ecosystem research in the Monterey Bay
www.ucsc.edu/currents/02-03/11-18/ecosystem.html 

Monterey Bay 06 Ocean Observing Experiment
www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2006/mb06.html