Conservation and Restoration Ecology Seminar Series, Fall 2019
Conifer Forest Management & climate change impacts: fire, drought and disease
Monday’s 6-7pm, Rm 1013 Harder South (Classroom)
The Conservation and Restoration Ecology Seminar series is a topical series that is available for credit to UCSB students and is open to the public.
NCOS Water Quality Update
With National Estuaries Week and Santa Barbara County's Creek Week happening this month, it's a good opportunity to update and review some results from our ongoing monitoring of one of the most important elements of the NCOS wetland restoration project - the water. Read on about the results from some of the water quality monitoring conducted at NCOS this past winter and how these results are influencing our future monitoring plans.
Kids in Nature 2018-2019
The Kids in Nature Program has had a wonderful year of outdoor learning in picturesque and often breathtaking locations. Read more here.
Planting the NCOS Mesa Slopes with a Diverse Palette
After several months of full-time weed control, CCBER Restoration staff and students are excited to be back to planting! Read more about the restoration design for the slopes of the NCOS Mesa, where up to 40 different species are being planted in 9 plant community "zones".
Exclosures Deployed to Help Snowy Plovers in Tough Breeding Season
The threatened Western Snowy Plover faces many challenges when attempting to successfully reproduce. This breeding season, crow predation on plover eggs has been so intense on COPR and NCOS that something creative needed to be done or the plovers would not be able to reproduce successfully. Read more.
New UCSB Graduates Reflect on Their NCOS Experiences
With the end of the school year upon us, we have a number of graduating students who have worked on the NCOS project for some time, including before the project broke ground. We asked some of these students to reflect on their experience at NCOS and how it has influenced their lives. Read more here.
Community Perceptions and Use of NCOS Revealed
This winter, CCBER conducted surveys to get a better understanding of the community’s perceptions and use of the North Campus Open Space project. Read more about the surveys and results here.
Spring Quarter Seminar Series on Grassland Restoration
CCBER's Conservation and Restoration Ecology Seminar Series for the 2019 Spring quarter will focus on Restoring California's Native Perennial Grasslands. See the schedule of topics and speakers here.
Collections Research Meetings Spring 2019
The UCSB Natural History Collections will be having weekly informal research seminars, with several guest speakers planned. If you are interested in natural history or collections research, come join every Wednesday from 5-6pm in CCBER's classroom! This will also be the meeting time for the Natural History Collections Club. Read more to find out the schedule of presenters.
Blooms and Bugs: Invertebrate Zoology Trip to Anza-Borrego
This past weekend, CCBER invertebrate zoology staff went on a surprise field trip to the UC Irvine Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. Read on about our experiences collecting with researchers from the California Academy of Sciences!
