Date

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Speaker

Location

Parking:
On site and free.

Time

Cost

Title

Habitat Restoration on Santa Cruz Island

Topics

Please join Ken Owen of Channel Islands Restoration for a presentation featuring the habitat restoration project on Santa Cruz Island. Through slides and videos, this one hour PowerPoint presentation will highlight the following:

• Overview of the California Channel Islands, a Biological Treasure

• Human History of Santa Cruz Island from the Chumash to Today

• The Restoration Project, Including Volunteers and Invasive Plant Removal Techniques

• Stunning Island Landscapes

• Marine Mammals and Endemic Land Animals

• Native and Endemic Plant Species

Channel Islands Restoration is a California Nonprofit Organization that restores habitat in sensitive and unique natural areas in the Channel Islands National Park and adjacent mainland. They help protect rare and endangered native plant and animal species by restoring the natural habitat they depend on for survival. They also help educate a variety of groups about the value of native habitat and how to protect it.

About the Speaker

Ken is a lifelong resident of the south coast. He has worked in the environmental restoration field for Coal Oil point Reserve, Growing Solutions and Santa Barbara Audubon Society. He is currently coordinator of the Santa Cruz Island Native Plant Restoration Project and is Executive Director of Channel Islands Restoration.