The fund has announced its 2009 Request for Proposals, and is making a total of $500,000 available to support conservation and restoration projects in Northern and Central coastal California. Of this $500,000, a total of $325,000 will be awarded to projects implemented within the Central Federal Court District of California which includes coastal areas from Orange to San Luis Obispo Counties. The remaining $175,000 will be awarded to projects implemented within the Northern Federal Court District of California which includes the following three National Marine Sanctuaries: Monterey Bay, the Gulf of the Farallones, and the Cordell Banks, in addition to the California coastal zone between the Port of San Francisco and the Oregon border.