Wildcoast (stylized WiLDCOAST) is an international non-profit environmental organization that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife. Headquartered in Imperial Beach, California, Wildcoast established a Mexican division in 2007, Costasalvaje A.C. in Tijuana to manage its conservation programs in Latin America. Charity Navigator awarded Wildcoast its four-star charity ranking. The organization received the Excellence in Organizational Development Award from Nonprofit Management Solutions in 2006. It also received the San Diego Earthworks E.A.R.T.H. Award in 2007. In 2008, Wildcoast received the Green Wave Award from the Surfer's Path Magazine. Campaigns Demanding an end to ocean pollution - Wildcoast's Clean Water Now! page Protecting sharks from exploitation - Wildcoast's Sharks... Killing Machines or Victims? page Defending the sea from toxic waste and overfishing - Wildcoast's Defiende el Mar page Saving endangered sea turtles - Wildcoast's Sea Turtles page Preserving the beautiful San Ignacio Lagoon - Wildcoast's Laguna San Ignacio page Conservation programs Wildlands conservation One of Wildcoast's primary missions is to preserve spectacular, undeveloped coastal areas throughout the peninsula of Baja California such as Bahía de los Ángeles, Bahía Concepción, Bahía Magdalena, Laguna San Ignacio and the North Central Pacific Coast. These are some of the most ecologically important coastal areas remaining on the planet and are teeming with wildlife including endangered species of sea turtles, whales and migratory birds. Inhabited by people who make their living from fishing, ranching, and ecotourism, these locations are threatened by megaresort construction, land speculation, energy development, and mining projects. Working in partnership with local community-based organizations and landowners, Wildcoast provides support for land conservation projects such as easements, private reserves, concessions, and sustainable development projects. Many of Wildcoast conservation projects are carried out with members of ejidos, or communal agrarian cooperatives and private landowners to help them hold on to their ancestral land and receive financial incentives to protect the land from development. Wildcoast made history by working with the Laguna San Ignacio Conservation Alliance in the brokering of a deal to protect the entire territory of the Ejido Luis Echeverria in San Ignacio Lagoon. The legally binding deal is being praised as a model for conserving both the environment and the local way of life. San Ignacio is the world’s last undeveloped gray whale lagoon and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Along the North Central Coast of Baja California Wildcoast has protected more than of coastline through conservation easements. In addition, Wildcoast worked to