CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY
5 CRYSTAL COVE, NEWPORT COAST, CA 92657 www.crystalcove.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To promote educational and interpretive activities of the California State Park System at Crystal Cove State Park, support scientific studies, continue restoration of the Historic District buildings and presentation of these subjects to the public.

RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION:LOCATED ON THE HISTORIC UNCEDED LANDS AND WATERS OF THE ACJACHEMEN AND TONGVA TRIBAL NATIONS -- 4400 ACRES OF COASTAL BLUFFS, UNDEVELOPED BEACHES, BACKCOUNTRY HABITAT, AN OFFSHORE MARINE PROTECTED AREA, AND A UNIQUE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMPRISE CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK. AS PART OF ITS MISSION AS THE NONPROFIT PARTNER TO CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK, CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY (THE CONSERVANCY) HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN FUNDING AND MANAGING THE RESTORATION OF 45 HISTORIC BEACH COTTAGES AND A HISTORIC JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE PARKS HISTORIC DISTRICT, A NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTRY SITE. SINCE THE EARLY 2000S THE CONSERVANCY HAS RESTORED 28 OF THE COTTAGES AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE THIRD PHASE OF RESTORATION -- THE 17 REMAINING UNRESTORED COTTAGES ON THE NORTH BEACH OF CRYSTAL COVE. THE COMPLETION OF THE NORTH BEACH PROJECT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS TO ONE OF ORANGE COUNTYS PREMIER COASTAL DESTINATIONS WHICH WELCOMES MORE THAN 2 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY AND WILL DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN STAY OVERNIGHT FROM 24,000 TO 48,000 ANNUALLY. PHASE I, COMPLETED IN 2006, SUCCESSFULLY RESTORED, PRESERVED, AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE, 22 HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS GOVERNORS AWARD FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN 2007. PHASE II, COMPLETED IN 2011, INCLUDED THE RESTORATION OF A NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMON SPACE, THE FILM AND MEDIA CENTER INCLUDING HISTORIC FILM EXHIBITS, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OVERNIGHT RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS, ADDITIONAL PARK OPERATIONS SPACE, NEW PUBLIC RESTROOMS, AND SIX RE-CONSTRUCTED HISTORIC GARAGES WHICH SERVE AS STORAGE AREAS, PREP KITCHENS FOR THE CONCESSIONS AND HOUSEKEEPING FACILITIES. THE CONSERVANCY IS MIDWAY THROUGH THE RESTORATION OF THE REMAINING 17 COTTAGES ON THE NORTH BEACH. WITH ALL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NOW COMPLETE, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF 17 RETAINING WALLS, NEW LIFT STATIONS, MODERN UTILITIES AND A 650-FOOT-LONG ADA ACCESSIBLE BOARDWALK AND SERVICE PATH, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDS ADA ACCESS TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE BEACH, THE CONSERVANCY IS NOW ACTIVELY RESTORING THE FIRST FOUR COTTAGES WHICH WILL OPEN AS FIVE RENTAL UNITS IN EARLY 2022. ONCE COMPLETE, THE REST OF THE NORTH BEACH COTTAGES WILL BE RESTORED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN SUBSEQUENT GROUPS OF 4-5 COTTAGES AT A TIME UNTIL ALL 17 ARE COMPLETE. AS BOTH THE CONTRACTED NONPROFIT PARTNER AND CONTRACTED CONCESSIONAIRE IN THE PARK, THE CONSERVANCY IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO LEVERAGE REVENUES CREATED BY THE OVERNIGHT COTTAGE RENTALS AND FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS IN THE PARK TO SUPPORT IMPORTANT STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS TIED TO ONGOING ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND HABITAT RESTORATION WORK IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, THE BEACHES AND IN THE 1100-ACRE OFFSHORE MARINE PROTECTED AREA.

Park Education:THE CONSERVANCYS STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION PROGRAMS IMMERSE NEARLY 10,000 K-12 STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK EACH YEAR. BY TAKING PART IN CONSERVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS AND HELPING TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CRYSTAL COVE IS CHANGING OVER TIME, PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP THE SCIENCE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BECOME OUR COMMUNITYS NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS, ENSURING THAT CRYSTAL COVE, AND PLACES LIKE IT, WILL BE PROTECTED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THE CONSERVANCYS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS LEVERAGE A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE TO CONNECT CLASSROOM LEARNING TO REAL-WORLD ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS. STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS WORK ALONGSIDE STATE PARK LAND MANAGERS AND UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS TO ANALYZE AND SOLVE REAL-WORLD CONSERVATION PROBLEMS. CONSERVANCY PROGRAMS, WHICH PAIR AS MANY AS 15 CLASSROOM LESSONS WITH FIELD EXPERIENCE IN THE PARK, OFFER EXPERIENCE IN THREE DISTINCT AREAS: MARINE ECOLOGY WHICH TAKES STUDENTS ABOARD A FISHING VESSEL TO MONITOR THE CRYSTAL COVE STATE MARINE CONSERVATION AREA;COASTAL ENGINEERING WHERE STUDENTS MEASURE SAND DEPOSITION AND CONSTRUCT COMPUTER MODELS TO SHOW BEACH CHANGE; AND BACKCOUNTRY HABITAT RESTORATION WHERE STUDENTS WORK ALONGSIDE SCIENTISTS TO INVESTIGATE THE BEST WAY TO HELP SUPPORT NATIVE PLANTS AND ENDANGERED PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES. ALL PROGRAMS ARE ADAPTED FOR IN-PERSON AND DISTANCE LEARNING. MORE THAN 70% OF PARTICIPANTS COME FROM UNDERSERVED, INLAND TITLE 1 SCHOOLS AND MORE THAN HALF SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME. EACH PROGRAM IS TIED TO ONGOING RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN THE PARK, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO PROTECT ALL THE NATURAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK.

FIELD EXPERIENCE:EACH OF THE STEM EDUCATION CURRICULA DEVELOPED BY THE CONSERVANCY IS TIED TO ONGOING CONSERVATION INITIATIVES IN THE PARK INCLUDING HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS WHICH AIM TO RESTORE HABITATS DEGRADED BY CENTURIES OF CATTLE GRAZING AND HUMAN IMPACTS; MONITOR THE HEALTH AND EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE OFFSHORE MARINE PROTECTED AREA WHICH IS PART OF A LARGE NETWORK OF PROTECTED AREAS OF SEAS, OCEANS, OR ESTUARIES INCLUDING PROJECTS LIKE WILDLIFE REFUGES TO RESEARCH FACILITIES WHICH RESTRICT HUMAN ACTIVITY FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES; AND MEASURE AND EVALUATE BEACH CHANGE AND THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE AND HUMAN COASTAL DEVELOPMENT. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN LESSONS TO PROVIDE SKILLS AND CONTEXT FOR THESE PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN ENGAGE IN FIELD EXPERIENCES WHERE THEY EXPLORE THE PARK AND COLLECT DATA AND THEN RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM TO ANALYZE THE DATA, BUILD CONCEPTUAL AND COMPUTER MODELS AND REFINE SOLUTIONS TO PRESENT BACK TO PARK NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS. BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS WE WORK WITH ARE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER-RESOURCED, TO MAKE FIELD EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS, THE CONSERVANCY COVERS ALL COSTS FOR A SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION, IF NEEDED, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION COSTS, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER COSTS AND MATERIALS FOR THE PROGRAM. WITHOUT THIS SUPPORT, THE 70% OF PARTICIPANTS FROM TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, WHO ARE OFTEN BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC), WOULD LIKELY BE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE. THE CONSERVANCY HAS PRIORITIZED INTENTIONAL INCLUSION OF THESE COMMUNITIES TO MITIGATE THE HISTORIC EXCLUSION OF BIPOC PEOPLE FROM PARKS, NATURAL AND PROTECTED LANDS AND WATERS, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE ITSELF.

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