Join us in restoring UCSB campus natural areas for local plants and wildlife through an internship with CCBER. Classes are currently offered during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters. Students will gain valuable hands-on field experience restoring native wetland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and oak woodland habitats. Learn about local plants and animals, earn course credit, meet environmental professionals in your community, and enjoy a beautiful outdoor working environment!
Each week throughout the quarter will focus on a specific restoration theme. Students will have the opportunity to visit multiple restoration sites, gain hands-on experience and learn from all the CCBER staff throughout the quarter. Below are the topics, schedule, and meeting locations.
Course Requirements
The Ecological Restoration Field Skills Course is open to all academic levels and majors. Add codes from the instructor are required.
All students must complete the following for 1 unit of credit:
- 3 hours of field work/week
- Compile a restoration journal throughout the quarter
What you will need
- Closed toed shoes
- Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
- Sunscreen/hat/water
For those who are enrolled in the class, please visit GauchoSpace for the course syllabus and updates: https://gauchospace.ucsb.edu/
CCBER has multiple internship and volunteer opportunities. We offer this formal restoration course approved for credit with UCSB.
Winter 2017 Schedule
Jan 9 - Jan 13 | Orientation/Collections Tour |
Andy Lanes
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1013 Harder
South/ CCBER
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Jan 16 - Jan 20 | Research/Project Design | Lisa Stratton | stratton@ccber.ucsb.edu | Parking Lot 5 |
Jan 23 - Jan 27 | Regional Ethnobotany/History | Wayne Chapman | chapman@ccber.ucsb.edu | CCBER Greenhouse |
Jan 30 - Feb 3 | Site Preparation/Planning | Darwin Richardson | drichardson@ccber.ucsb.edu | North Parcel |
Feb 6 - Feb 10 | Plant ID/Sourcing | Justin Luong | CCBER Room 1013 | |
Feb 13 - Feb 17 | Plant Propagation | Wayne Chapman | chapman@ccber.ucsb.edu | CCBER Greenhouse |
Feb 20 - Feb 24 | Small Scale Strategies | Lauren Dykman | dykman@ccber.ucsb.edu | West Depression |
Feb 27 - Mar 3 | Wildlife Monitoring/Bird ID | Beau Tindall | tindall@ccber.ucsb.edu | Devereux Bridge |
Mar 6 - Mar 10 | Site Management/Monitoring | Andy Lanes | lanes@ccber.ucsb.edu | Manzanita Village |
Mar 13 - Mar 17 | Restoration Field Day | Darwin Richardson | drichardson@ccber.ucsb.edu | South Parcel |
Directions to Meeting Locations:
North Parcel: From Main Campus, take El Colegio Rd towards Storke Rd. Make a right on Storke Road. Turn left on Phelps Road. Continue until Phelps dead ends. Meet at the intersection of Phelps Road and Cannon Green Drive.
Greenhouse: From Harder Stadium take the maintenance road on the north end of Lot 38. Make a right on the 2nd dirt road and continue passed the Community Gardens greenhouse. Meet at the end of the road.
South Parcel: From Main Campus, take El Colegio Rd towards Storke Rd. Make a right on Storke Road. Make a left onto Venoco Rd (open white gate) after the Family Student Housing. Follow the road until you reach a black gate. Meet at the bridge that is passed the gate.
San Clemente: Meet at the western end of Parking Lot 38 by the trail
References and Resources
- An introduction to using native plants in restoration projects
- Society for Ecological Restoration
- CalPhotos
- The Jepson Manual of Higher California Plants (Hickman)- Key to all plants of California
- A Flora of the Santa Barbara Region (Clif Smith) - Guide to the plants of Santa Barbara
For More Information
Please contact the Intern and Volunteer Coordinator, Rachel Davis (davis@ccber.ucsb.edu) to find out more information.
Departmental Contacts
Department |
Advisor |
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CCS |
Leslie Campbell |
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EEMB |
Mike Tucker |
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ES |
Eric Zimmerman |
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GEOG |
Kathy Davis |