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-- Paul Clinton

The Orange County Board of Supervisors has implemented a program to

help protect the county’s delicate tide pools using state grant money.

The board on Tuesday approved the use of $265,000 for seven

marine-life refuges. The county will spend $185,000 this year to hire a

coordinator, put up signs at the tide pools and implement a

public-education program. The county will spend $55,000 each of the next

two years to keep the program going.

The grant money was given to the county by the California Coastal

Conservancy on March 22.

The tide pools in Little Corona are only one of the marine zones. The

coordinator will be stationed at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point

Harbor.