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Laguna Beach: Where Art and Nature Thrive

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Rancho Palos Verdes: Nature Preserves and Natural History

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Hermosa Beach

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Manhattan Beach: A Sense of Freedom, a Taste of Reality

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Restoring Surfer's Point at Seaside Park

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Santa Monica: A Fortunate City With a Bright Future

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The Steward of Ormond Beach

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Ventura: Channel Island Views and Laid-Back Shores

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Carpinteria: Matt Moore's Rincon Design

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Protecting Ventura's Open Space

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Gaviota Coast: SoCal's Celebrated Rural Shoreline

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Bici Centro: Connecting Santa Barbara's Bicycling Community

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Newport Beach: Hanging Out at the Pier

Newport Beach's coastal center is undoubtedly around its namesake pier, found on the four-mile-long sand spit known as Balboa Peninsula and home to McFadden Square and Dory Fleet, where fresh fish just snapped up from the ocean are sold on weekends. The area has some of that classic small beach town vibe: funky with a side of corn dogs, lemonade, and Balboa Bars, a local favorite down the street.

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Crescent City Harbor Trail

Del Norte County is home to the cleanest river in the continental U.S., the Smith River.

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Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park

Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park hosts sea-side bluffs above ancient redwoods.

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Connecting Communities on the Humboldt Bay Trail

The Humboldt Bay Trail is a network of trails that will connect Humboldt's largest cities.

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Haul Road: MacKerricher State Park

The Fort Bragg Coastal Trail sees as many as 12,000 people per day on holiday weekends.

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Restoring Coastal Access at Noyo Headlands Park

In Fort Bragg, California, an industrial mill site closed off the coastline for 150 years.

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Pelican Bluffs and The Art of Trail Design

The Mendocino Land Trust has just completed the two-mile Pelican Bluffs Trail.

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The Sea Ranch: An Environmentally-Planned Community

The Sea Ranch is an environmentally-planned private community along the Sonoma Coast.

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Ownership of Tribal Land Restored at Kashia Coastal Reserve

In 2015, the Trust for Public land helped establish Kashia Coastal Reserve.

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Discovering Russian History on the California Coast

Decades after the Russians withdrew, Fort Ross was acquired by the state in 1906.

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Experiencing the Wild Sonoma Coast Along the Kortum Trail

Pristine conditions along this area are a result of decades of work from activists.

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