Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds. Through science-based advocacy, education, fieldwork, enforcement, and community engagement, Channelkeeper defends our community’s right to clean water and informs, inspires, and empowers people to speak and act for our waterways.
Channelkeeper’s vision is for clean water, healthy habitats, abundant wildlife, and thriving communities.
Our goals are to:
- Protect the community’s right to clean water by upholding environmental laws.
- Preserve the health and biodiversity of the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds by identifying and eliminating pollution sources.
- Prevent adverse impacts to the Santa Barbara Channel from commercialization by guiding policy development at the local, state, and federal levels.
- Build resilience to the impacts of climate change by advancing beneficial solutions and planning for a resilient future.
- Inspire community members to care for local waterways through environmental education, collaboration with partners, and volunteer opportunities.
Our service area includes approximately 500 square miles of coastal watersheds stretching from the Gaviota Coast to the Ventura River.
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a proud member of Waterkeeper Alliance, a coalition of more than 300 independent grassroots organizations on six continents collectively patrolling and protecting more than 2.7 million square miles of watersheds. We are also a member of the California Coastkeeper Alliance, which represents the California Waterkeepers by using law, policy, science, and creative media to advance statewide policies and programs for healthy and clean waters.
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If you have questions, or are interested in learning more,
please call us at (805) 563-3377, email us or use the contact form below.