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CCBER Receives NSF Award |
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CCBER has just been notified that it will be a recipient of a $272,162 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a two-year project to install a new compact storage system for the herbarium and to curate the specimens. |
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Faculty Outreach Grants Initiative (FOG) awarded the Kids in Nature program with a $26,000 grant for the 2009-10 academic year. The award will support the participation of two 5th classes from the Cesar Chavez Dual Language Immersion Charter School in Santa Barbara.
Coastal Fund Grants: A grant from the Coastal Fund will provide $16,633 in funding for training UCSB undergraduate students to provide hands-on placed-based environmental education through our Kids in Nature (KIN) program. Coastal Fund has also provided grants to 1) finish construction of two new greenhouses and 2) support further restoration activities on Lagoon Island, building on successful techniques of prescribed fire to control annual grasses and their seedbank and solarization to control iceplant.
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Student volunteers planting native plants on Lagoon Island next to iceplant
killed by solarization. Courtesy of Lisa Stratton. |
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Campus Point Stairway
CCBER is currently raising funds to construct a much needed stairway from Campus Beach up to Campus Point. Estimated to cost over $350,000, we have commitments of $90,000 from Coastal Fund and $150,000 from the Coastal Conservancy and are in the final permitting stage for the project. We hope to find the final fund source for construction by 2010. We welcome your suggestions or contributions!
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Location of the new stairway. Courtesy of Lisa Stratton. |
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