Winter 2021 Funded Projects

1. Kelp forest and rocky reef monitoring student internships

Marine Science Institute

$18,475.52, including $18,475.52 for UCSB student positions  

 

2. Goleta Creek and Watershed Protection, Education, and Cleanup Program

Environmental Defense Center (EDC)

$10,000.00, including $3,000.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

3. Watershed Resource Center Internship Program

Explore Ecology

$4,830.00, including $2,860.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

4. CCBER Plant Habitat Book – Revision and Re-issue

Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Diversity (CCBER) 

$12,000.00, including $1,600.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

5. Conversations with Collections: Documenting Coastal Change and Ecology through Photography

Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Diversity (CCBER) 

$8,657.63, including $450.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

6. CCBER Junior and Community Scientists

Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Diversity (CCBER) 

$12,447.04, including $2,500.00 for UCSb student positions  

 

7. The potential effects of ENSO on the seawater chemistry and the calcifying phytoplankton population in the Santa Barbara Channel

Marine Science Institute (MSI)

$14,992.92, including $570.64 for UCSB student positions 

 

8. Reef Check California

Reef Check Foundation

$17,995.00, including $3,900.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

9. Phytoplankton functional group response to mineral-mediated ocean alkalinity enhancement

Marine Science Institute (MSI) 

$12,000.00, including $10,000.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

10. Leveraging Marine Science Datasets for Integrated and Interactive K-12 Learning

Marine Science Institute (MSI) 

$3,275.00, including $3,000.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

11. Plan Bee

Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)

$5,600.00, including $3,350.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

12. Gathering essential fishery information for racer and king crabs to assess the potential for new California trap fisheries 

Marine Science Institute (MSI)

$9,193.70, including $1,500.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

13. Wildlife Rehabilitation and Outreach

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

$14,500.00, including $14,500.00 for UCSB student positions  

 

14. UCSB Ocean Report

UCSB 

$2,683.13, including $1,933.13 for UCSB student positions 

 

15. Sunday Del Playa Cleanups 

UCSB Greeks Go Green

$265.00

 

16. Native Planting along Santa Barbara trails trial

Sage Trail Alliance

$1,000.00, including $400.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

17. Funding Undergraduate Research Experiences in Invertebrate Zoology Collections and Curation

Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)

$1,000.00, including $1,000.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

18. Santa Cruz Island Trips for Undergraduate Bee Researchers

Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER)

$997.00

 

19. Developing methods to detect the protozoan parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha in coastal monarch populations

UCSB 

$1,000.00, including $606.00 for UCSB student positions 

 

20. Managing restored vernal pools through nitrogen content evaluation

UCSB Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology (EEMB) 

$1,000.00

 

21. Making Birding Accessible to Students and the UCSB Community

Goleta Coast Audubon Society Student Conservation Chapter

$313.00

 

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