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Coastal Commission awards planning grants for sea level rise

  A map of Mendocino County.
A map of Mendocino County.

Three million dollars in grants awarded to Mendocino County, Fort Bragg and Point Arena to study and plan for sea level rise.

At a meeting hosted by the Grass Roots Institute on May 17th, representatives from the Coastal Commission defined the elements of a local coastal program and reviewed the grant requirements. Representatives from the Commission, County and Coastal Cities answered questions about how the money will be used and some of the goals they hope to achieve.

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Michelle Blackwell is a writer, journalist, and reader. She contributes to the KZYX News program and publishes in the Fort Bragg Advocate and the Mendocino Beacon regularly. She developed, hosts, and produces the KZYX radio show and podcast “Upwelling” Her fiction pieces have appeared in various Writers of the Mendocino Coast anthologies.