Nature Based Solutions for Coastal Resiliency

The City of Santa Cruz, funded by the California Coastal Conservancy, is conducting outreach to educate residents and visitors on coastal resilience. We aim to engage the public on the use of nature-based solutions to improve coastline protections from erosion and flooding made worse by episodic events and climate change. Nature-based solutions incorporate natural features and processes to protect, conserve, restore, and manage the coastline and its ecosystems. These solutions range from vegetation- and ecosystem-only to concrete constructed human systems with some habitat. Each solution has distinct benefits and tradeoffs. Your feedback on coastal adaptation is important to realize the community’s vision for coastal management. The nature-based solutions project will be complete in 2025.