Southern California's effort to designate parts of our coast
and oceans as protected underwater wilderness areas (Marine Protected Areas)
under the Marine Life Protection Act is nearing its final stages. Despite the
law's clear intent as a conservation mandate, the process is in serious jeopardy
of failing to offer true conservation benefits as a result of significant
opposition from other stakeholder interests. Channelkeeper has been
working tirelessly to make sure that conservation interests do not take a
backseat in the process to ensure that critical habitats for marine life are
protected.
For more information or to get involved in ensuring that MPAs
truly protect marine life for future generations, contact Michael Sheehy at michael@sbck.org or (805) 637.8730
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Just say NEITHER to "Plastic or Paper?"
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is spearheading an advocacy and
education campaign to impel the City of Santa Barbara
to drastically reduce the use of disposable plastic and paper shopping bags and
to shift to reusable bags. We’re lobbying City Council to pass an ordinance
requiring a reduction in the use of single-use bags, and we’re cooperating with
the City to educate the community and local retailers about the negative
environmental impacts of disposable bags and to facilitate a shift to
reusables.
Click on "more info" below to learn some alarming facts about the
environmental impacts of disposable bags.
Stream Team
Ventura - Saturday, July 11th
Goleta - Sunday, July 12th
Stream Team is Channelkeeper's volunteer-based water quality monitoring
program. Every month, volunteers join Channelkeeper staff to test for common
water quality parameters at our established sampling sites throughout the
Ventura River and Goleta Slough watersheds. Come join us and help protect our
local waterways.
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