Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument

Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument

The view up the coast before entering the forest at Cotoni-Coast Dairies. Credit: Mike Kahn.

A jewel on Santa Cruz’s north coast.

A Monumental Morning at Cotoni-Coast Dairies

Ascending one of Cotoni's coastal marine terraces, next to the winding folds of a creek ravine. Photo by Mike Kahn.

A tour of the Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument with the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

Museum of Natural History Explores Cotoni-Coast Dairies

The "Cotoni-Coast Dairies: Monumental Steps" exhibit runs June 7 - August 25, 2024, at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

The original exhibit, “Cotoni-Coast Dairies: Monumental Steps,” looks at the soon-to-be-open National Monument on Santa Cruz County’s North Coast.

Why isn’t Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument Open Yet?

While the park is not open to the public yet, visitors can take part in guided hikes. Credit: Zachary Ormsby, Bureau of Land Management

By Naomi Friedland

Oct. 11 2023— Local residents have been anticipating the opening of Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument, the largest onshore piece of the California Coastal National Monument, which was established by Pres. Barack Obama in 2017.

Cotoni–Coast Dairies National Monument: A Good Thing

Hilltromper photo

The campaign to create the Cotoni–Coast Dairies National Monument came to a storybook ending on Jan. 12 when Pres. Barack Obama issued the proclamation three days before Martin Luther King’s birthday.

J. Nichols: National Monument a ‘No-Brainer’

J. Nichols' Blue Marble movement has distributed more than a million little reminders  that life on earth is precious and fragile.

The North Coast scientist, author and ocean advocate calls for designation of Coast Dairies as a national monument.

National Monument on Capitol Hill

Rick Cooper of BLM welcomes a CCC crew made up of young veterans to a trail-building event at Coast Dairies on Saturday, Oct. 3. Photo courtesy Conservation Lands Foundation

Cotoni-Coast Dairies gets first Senate subcommittee hearing Thursday, Oct. 8