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CSUMB students soar with NOAA-funded drone training

This past summer, Cal State Monterey Bay celebrated the first cohort of its Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fellowship Remote Pilot Training Program. The training program prepares students to pass the Federal Aviation Administration’s Remote Pilot certification exam and provides extensive hands-on flight training, including participation in the week-long California DroneCamp hosted at CSUMB.

Hartnell College launches climate ambassadors program with NOAA grant support

Hartnell College has introduced the Climate and Environmental Resilience Ambassadors (CERA) Program, an innovative initiative designed to empower students as leaders in climate adaptation and environmental resilience.

Nonprofit using $71 million for Monterey Bay climate resilience

California Marine Sanctuary Foundation hosted a gathering to highlight plans to use $71 million in new federal grant money for community climate resilience.

Hartnell College awarded $2 million as part of Climate Resilience Regional Challenge

Hartnell College has been awarded $2 million as part of a five-year, $71 million grant provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its Climate Resilience Regional Challenge.

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $71.1 million for California project as part of Investing in America Agenda

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended $71.1 million for a project in California to make the state’s coast more resilient to climate change and other coastal hazards. The awards are being made under the Biden Administration’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge, a competitive, $575 million program funded through the nearly $6 billion total investment under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.

New grant funding will help UC Santa Cruz build and diversify a climate resilience workforce for the Monterey Bay region

UC Santa Cruz will receive more than $2 million in funding to support education and training programs for undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals as part of a larger $71.1 million federal grant to the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation and a host of local partners.