The former Bureau of Land Management assistant field manager in Ukiah, Calif., is the new California Coastal National Monument manager.
Leisyka Parrott will manage approximately 20,000 offshore rocks and islands and more than 7,900 acres along the California coastline, a news release said. She has nearly 20 years of public service.
“Leisyka is an experienced leader who brings a strong background in collaboration, cooperation and coordination needed to manage this important and complex resource,” Central California District Manager Chris Heppe said in the release.
The California Coastal National Monument connects the Pacific Ocean with land and has 7,924 acres of public land in six onshore units: Trinidad Head, Waluplh-Lighthouse Ranch, Lost Coast Headlands, Point Arena-Stornetta, Cotoni-Coast Dairies and Piedras Blancas, the Bureau of Land Management reported. It has a coastal “habitat for marine-dependent wildlife and vegetation on more than 20,000 rocks, islands, exposed reefs and pinnacles along the coastline.”
As assistant field manager in Ukiah, Calif., Parrott worked with Point Arena Gateway partners and others “in developing plans for trails, implementing fuel reduction work and completing watershed restoration,” the release said. She led the North Coast Seabird Protection Network when she was with the bureau’s Arcata Field Office as an interpretive specialist in Trinidad, Calif.
“I look forward to collaborating with coastal Tribal governments, local communities, organizations and agency partners,” Parrott said in the release. “We will work together to keep these iconic public lands healthy and accessible for generations to come.”
