In this newest sanctuary, NOAA partners with an Indigenous tribe to protect vital marine habitat and sacred places.

The Biden administration, members of Congress and Native tribes commemorated the designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary on Monday — the first such preserve in California ...

Now, in the first partnership of its kind, the area will soon be part of a new national marine sanctuary that Native people will co-steward with a federal agency. It will give the Chumash people ...

As indigenous people from this area, we are in favor of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary designation. We feel it adds protection and provides for the health of yak spasini that is ...

Violet Sage Walker, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council chairwoman, in Pismo Beach, California.

Please reference the included map for the expanded Southern California zone in the new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. The previous 2024 BWBS season was greatly successful with the ...