California (CA) Sea Grant and University of Southern California (USC) Sea Grant have received just over $5.2 million in funding from the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) to fund four new projects to give the state a greater understanding of the human health risk and ecological risk due to deep ocean DDT+ deposits (i.e., ocean disposal sites, other coastal sources, and DDT processes) in the Southern California Bight. 

In 2022, Aaron Angel completed the California Sea Grant State Fellowship. This program provides fellows with hands-on training with either a municipal, state or federal host agency in California. Over the course of 12 months, fellows work at the intersection of science, policy, communication and management. During her fellowship, Aaron worked with the Planning and Performance Division for the Delta Stewardship Council. Upon completion of her fellowship, she accepted a position as an environmental scientist in the Delta Stewardship Council’s Science Division.