Bay Alive Campaign Focuses on Local Engagement as Communities Create Sea Level Rise Plans
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, February 6, 2025: Sierra Club’s Bay Alive Campaign announces its “The Bay is Rising, Let's Rise to the Challenge Together!” webinar on March 20, 2025, 7:00 - 8:00 pm. The webinar will highlight what the Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC) approval of their Regional Shoreline Adaptation Plan (RSAP) guidelines means for local shoreline communities around the Bay moving forward and how the general public can ensure development of local sea level rise plans are as robust as possible.
The RSAP guidelines establish criteria and standards that shoreline jurisdictions must follow to gain approval from BCDC and access to priority state funding for their local sea level rise planning. The Bay Alive Campaign’s webinar will bring participants up to speed on the opportunities created by the RSAP, and encourage participants to engage in community conversations around the creation of their sea level rise plans.
“Now that the RSAP is approved, there’s a finite window of time for every shoreline community to develop their sea level rise plan,” said Arthur Feinstein, Bay Alive Campaign’s Sea Level Rise Committee Chair. “We have this once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of those conversations, ensuring each plan is the strongest it can be, putting nature first and protecting vulnerable communities.”
The goal/outcome of the webinar is to create a Bay Area volunteer-driven network of residents helping their communities understand and meet the RSAP requirements as local sea level plans are developed. Registration is open and people can register now.
About the Bay Alive Campaign
The Bay Alive Campaign is organized by Sierra Club Chapters located in the San Francisco Bay Area (Loma Prieta, San Francisco Bay, and Redwood Chapters) and Sierra Club California. The Campaign is both regional and local in its scope. The goal of the campaign is to build equitable community and ecological resilience to sea level rise while promoting a collaborative and regionally aligned approach to sea level rise adaptation that prioritizes nature-based resilience strategies to both protect our communities and preserve our Bay’s health.
Bay Alive’s regional work is performed by a committee composed of volunteers and staff from each chapter, who develop region-wide policy positions and work with scientists, agencies and other entities that operate with a Bay-regional focus. In addition, each chapter takes action in its own geographic location to build local awareness and influence local entities.
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