Consider joining the all-student Coastal Fund Board of Directors, in charge of allocating approximately $350,000 in funds each year to projects that preserve, protect, and restore the watershed and shoreline associated with UCSB. Positions are open to all degree fields, and students should expect to commit at least one academic year to the Board of […]
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1. Beyond the Beach: Video Monitoring of Open Ocean Biodiversity, MSI Included funding for 3 interns. Total funding: $16,066.10 2. Making Adventures Possible for All Students, MAPAS Included funding for 8 interns. Total funding: $7,059 3. The Proof is in the Pollen: Using Pollen Metabarcoding Techniques to Monitor Native Pollinator Communities on the UCSB Campus and Restored
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1. Native Tree Restoration and Maintenance at UCSB, Your Children’s Trees Included funding for 7 interns. Total funding: $13,825.10 2. UCSB Ocean Portal, MSI Included funding for 2 interns. Total funding: $11,549 3. Data Analytics of the Montecito Debris Flow, Earth Science Included funding for 3 interns. Total funding: $8,109.25 4. Endangered in California/Back From the Brink, Michael Love
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Major Grants 1. Community Environmental Council: “Rethink the Drink” Total funding: $4,148 2. Environmental Defense Center: Preventing New Fossil Fuel Projects and Impacts on Climate Change Total funding: $10,000 3. SBCC Center for Sustainability: Hydration Stations Total funding: $2,088.70 4. Channel Islands Restoration: Goleta Slough Tide Gate Total funding: $15,724.40 Emergency Grants 5. Earth Research Institute: Plumes and Blooms in
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1. Carsey-Wolf Center: Blue Horizons Summer Program for Environmental Media Total funding: $4,917 2. Santa Barbara Channelkeeper: MPA Watch Internship Program Included funding for 2 interns. Total funding: $5,889 3. NatureTrack Foundation: Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature Included funding for 20 interns. Total funding: $12,750 4. County of Santa Barbara Community Services Department Parks Division: Camino Pescadaro Beach
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Major Grants 1. Community Environmental Council: “Rethink the Drink” Total funding: $4,148 2. Environmental Defense Center: Preventing New Fossil Fuel Projects and Impacts on Climate Change Total funding: $10,000 3. SBCC Center for Sustainability: Hydration Stations Total funding: $2,088.70 4. Channel Islands Restoration: Goleta Slough Tide Gate Total funding: $15,724.40 Emergency Grants 5. Earth Research Institute: Plumes and Blooms in
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Marine Scientists to Monitor Health, Biodiversity of Protected Areas on California Coast Jul. 29, 2019 Controlling Invasive Sea Lavender in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Jul. 3, 2018 Growing Solutions and UCSB’s Coastal Fund Jun. 30, 2018 ForestWatch and UCSB Adventure Programs Volunteers Clean Up the Playground May 7, 2018 Thomas Fire Ash Sampled in the Santa Barbara Channel Feb.
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1. Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration: “Golf Course to Wetland” – Feature Documentary Film Total funding: $11,097 2. Native Species Diversity and Grassland Community Resistance to Reinvasion by Exotic Annual Grasses, EEMB Included funding for 2 interns. Total funding: $3,454 3. Coal Oil Point Reserve: Internships and Additional Funding Support for Conservation, Education, and Restoration Programs
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Marine Conservation Internship: Restoring our Marine Environment About EDC: The Environmental Defense Center is a non-profit, public interest law firm that has worked to protect and restore California’s environment and natural resources for more than 30 years. EDC’s work focuses primarily within San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, including the northern Channel Islands and
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1. Restoration Intern Training Program Summer & Fall 2017 Organization: Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration $2,250 Included funding for 6 interns 2. Kids in Nature Peer-to Peer Environmental Education Program Organization: Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration $21,083 Included funding for 8 interns 3. Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with
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