The Conservation Committee of Santa Barbara Audubon addresses local conservation issues on several fronts, typically meeting on the first Monday of each month. Meetings begin at 7:00 PM and are held at the Goleta Valley Community Center (address below) in room 5B (Coastal Resource Information Center). Call Steve Ferry, Conservation Chair, for more information, (805) 967-5162 or email at sjferry@cox.net.

We are looking for volunteers. Please see Volunteering

• Current Habitat Restoration Projects

  • Coal Oil Point Reserve
  • Arroyo Hondo Preserve

• Past Habitat Restoration Projects

  • Goleta Slough Habitat Enhancement
  • Pampas Grass Control Project
  • San Jose Creek Restoration
  • Ellwood Acres Restoration

• Sensitive Species Protection

  • Santa Barbara County Watchlist
  • Belding's Savannah Sparrow
  • Snowy Plover
    • Snowy Plover Program Overview
    • Docent Program
  • Tiger Salamander, Santa Barbara Population
  • Steelhead Trout
  • Oak Conservation
  • Bird Island, Return of the Cormorants

• Review of Proposed Development

  • Devereux Slough / UCSB's North and West Campus Housing Proposal
  • Monarch Point Reserve
  • Santa Barbara Shores County Park
  • Goleta Beach Seawall
  • Mission Creek Flood Control Project

• Multi-agency Participation

  • Goleta Slough Management Committee
  • Weed Management for SB County
  • South Coast Watershed Alliance/Project Clean Water
  • Southern California Wetland Recovery Project
  • San Marcos Foothills Coalition
  • Gaviota Coast Protection

• Other Conservation Issues

  • Shade-Grown Coffee
  • Belize: Wildlife, Conservation, and Belize Audubon Society
  • California Condor Recovery Program