San Mateo Coast Natural History Association

Marine Protected Areas (MPA): Docent Reference Material

These articles and images are provided to assist docents in interpreting the MPAs of the central California coast for the visitors to our parks.

Docent reference card

General facts for laminated card

Central Coast MPA Map

Reference documents

Año Brochure

Central Coast MPA Messaging

Create "WOW" messaging for MPAs

Establishing a learning culture and ongoing traning

Important information use of images

Interpeting conflict

Interpreting remote resources

Linking tangibles and intangibles

MPA messaging simplified

Sample MPA message introduction for docents

Images

Intertidal Area

Miscellaneous underwater photo