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Volunteer
Snowy Plover Docent | Chick Nursery | Habitat Restoration | Tour Leader
Snowy Plover Docent Program
The next docent trainings for 2008 will be August 9, and Sept 27th, October 11. Please register with Jennifer Stroh at stroh@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Snowy Plover Docent Program at COPR
Snowy Plover Chick Nursery
From March – September, Reserve staff collect abandoned Snowy Plover eggs from the beaches of Coal Oil Point Reserve. The eggs are placed in an incubator until they hatch. Snowy Plover chicks are then raised by a group of dedicated volunteers. Volunteers collect Sand Hoppers-small crustaceans that Snowy Plovers eat-off the beach on a daily basis and feed the chicks every two hours. After five weeks, the Plovers are ready to fledge and they are released at Coal Oil Point Reserve.
When you volunteer in the Snowy Plover Chick Nursery, you will have close contact with an endangered species, and you will learn more about the ecology of Snowy Plovers and of Santa Barbara’s sandy beaches.
Minimum time commitment to volunteer in the nursery is one feeding or 30 minutes per week. You must undergo a 2-hour training before participating in the Chick Nursery.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the Program Coordinator at (805) 893-5092.
Habitat Restoration
Contact Tara Longwell to reserve the workday for your group longwell@lifesci.ucsb.edu.
Upcoming workdays for volunteers are the following saturdays 9:00 AM-12 noon
So if you are a big group let us know when you would like to come as soon as you know and also let us know how many people will come.
Habitat Restoration at COPR
Restoration Project along Devereux Slough - July 18, 2008
Become a Tour Leader at Coal Oil Point Reserve!
Do you enjoy learning and teaching others about the historical and natural wonders of Santa Barbara? Then you might consider becoming a Tour Leader!
The tour is a two hour walk through the Coal Oil Point Reserve's eight ecosystems: from sandy beach to the Devereux Slough to a restored coastal dune system. You will learn and teach others about the Reserve's cultural and geologic history and its current restoration projects. When you are a Tour Leader you will be able to identify rare and endangered species-such as White Tailed Kite, Western Snowy Plover, Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, and the Wandering Skipper butterfly-that make their home at the Reserve.
Tour Leaders partake in a series of eight training sessions to learn about the history and ecology of Coal Oil Point Reserve. Thereafter, Tour Leaders must give at least one two-hour tour per month and attend a monthly 1-2 hour lecture.
Potential benefits and opportunities of becoming a Tour Leader are: to expand your and the public’s ecological and historical knowledge of the area; to participate in a local environmental and educational movement; and to gain excellent community service or internship hours for schooling or occupation.
To become a Tour Leader, please contact the Program Coordinator at (805) 893-5092.
