COASTAL FUND

INTRODUCTION

Coastal Fund was once again active in supporting a wide range of projects and activities that enhance our local coastline. Each year Coastal Fund grants total approximately $300,000. Applications to the fund are rigorously vetted by students and projects are required to report on their progress. Almost all grants from Coastal Fund fund student internships as part of the project.

Here’s what one intern had to say about his experience with UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration (CCBER):

Hello,
I’m thankful to say that I will be continuing to work with CCBER throughout the summer of 2015 and hopefully even into the academic year of ’15-’16. Interning in the Spring of 2015 providing [sic] me great insight into the field work done by CCBER staff and the importance of maintaining local habitats and natural landscapes. I’m thrilled to continue learning with them in the future and working towards a good cause. Thank you for what you do at the Coastal Fund as much of this would not have happened without your work.
Sincerely,
Dominic C.”

THE BOARD AND STAFF

This year’s Coastal Fund Board was:

Jack Morrow, Chair
Lauren Croshaw, Vice Chair
Isabella Marill, Board Member, Graduate Representative
Maximillian Stiefel, Board Member, Graduate Representative
Madeline Dahm, Board Member, Undergraduate Representative
John Liedle, Board Member, Undergraduate Representative
Dalaney Archer, Board Member, Undergraduate Representative

Staff included:

Sarah Siedschlag, AS Staff Advisor
Alejandra Posada, Outreach and Education Coordinator
Emily Rogers, Outreach and Education Coordinator
Maya Normandi, Outreach and Education Coordinator
Stephen Fetterly, Outreach and Education Coordinator

FUNDED PROJECTS

The Coastal Fund’s website lists the projects it funds. You can see them below for 2014/15 and click here for previous years.

Fall 2015

1.Gray Whales Count
Included funding for 12 interns
Total funding for project is $4,500

2. Coal Oil Point: Short Education Films for COPR Visitor’s Center
Total Funding: $1,125

3.Coal Oil Point: Internships and Additional Funding Support for Conservation, Education, and Restoration Programs for Winter and Spring 2016
Included funding for 37 interns
Total Funding: $16,809.44

4. Your Children’s Trees at UCSB: Coal Oil Point Live Oak Planting
Included funding for 14 interns
Total Funding: $8,442.60

5. Environmental Defense Center: Gaviota Coast Preservation and Education
Included funding for 1 intern
Total funded: $10,000

6. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Coastal Wetlands in Central Coast, California: Patterns and Mechanisms
Included funding for 1 intern
Total Funding: $3,880.60

7. Environmental Defense Center: Goleta Watershed Protection Clean-up Program
Included funding for 1 intern
Total Funded: $5,550

8. CCBER: Restoration Intern Training Program Winter and Spring 2016
Included funding for 6 interns
Total Funded: $4,500

9. CCBER: Kids in Nature Environmental Education Program
Included funding for 8 interns
Total funded: $13,878.32

10.LIMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experimental Training for Students)

Included funding for 4 interns
Total funded: $5,940

11. CCBER: Experimental Trail for North Campus Open Space Restoration Project
Included funding for 2 interns
Total funded: $3,650

12. Marine Science Institute: The Effects of the Refugio Oil Spill on Phytoplankton in the Santa Barbara Channel

Included funding for 1 interns
Total Funded: $9.474.64

13. South Coast Habitat Restoration: Watershed Restoration Internship

Included funding for 4 interns
Total Funded: $3,823.36

14. Get Oil Out! Education and Legal Fund (GELF)

Included funding for 1 intern
Total Funded: $994.98

15. Fairview Gardens Farm Education Internships
Included funding for 2 interns
Total funded: $950

16. Marine Science Institute: Community HAB’s Monitoring Program
Included funding for 2 interns
Total funded: $1,113

17. Marine Science Institute: Phragmites australis Rhizome Reproduction
Included funding for 2 interns
Total funded: $750

Winter 2016

1. Earth Science and Geography Department: The Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Erosion at UCSB
Included funding for 6 interns.
Total funded: $9,200.

2. Santa Barbara Surfrider: Gaviota Coast Legal Defense
Total funded: $5,000

3. Los Padres Forest Watch: Wilderness, Wildlife, and Watersheds
Included funding for 2 interns.
Total funded: $3,065

4. Santa Barbara County Trails Council: Ellwood Mesa Coastal Trail and Habitat Restoration Project
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $17,990

5. Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration: Coastal Habitat Arthropod Sampling and Collection Project
Included funding for 4 interns.
Total funded: $11,794.54

6. Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration: UCSB Campus Lagoon- Continuing Multifaceted Restoration Efforts
Included funding for 2 interns.
Total funded: $6,727.86

7. Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration: North Campus Open Space Planning and Design Project
Total funded: $7,500

8. Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council: Botanic Garden Eucalyptus Removal
Total funded: $1,100

9. Carsey-Wolf Center: GreenScreen Environmental Media Program
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $1,237.20

10. Environmental Defense Center: Protecting California’s Central Coast from the Risks and Impacts of Oil Development
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $10,000

11. Earth Research Institute: Determining the Ocean’s Role in the Distribution of Beach Trash
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $3,402.30

12. Marine Science Institute: The Use of Novel Water Sampling Systems to Study Nutrient Dynamics and Human Impacts on Santa Barbara Coastal Kelp Forests
Included funding for 3 interns.
Total funded: $17,092

13. Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration: Promotion and Outreach for CCBER
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $375

14. Fairview Gardens: Farm Internships
Included funding for 2 intern.
Total funded: $1,000

15. Bren School of Environmental Science and Management: Resurvey of the California Rock Crab Fishery: A Data Limited Fisheries Case Study
Included funding for 2 intern.
Total funded: $998.01

16. Santa Barbara Surfrider: Kuya’mu State Park
Total funded: $950

17. Geography Department: Impacts of Coastal Fishing on Food Security, Community Health, and Conservation in Santa Barbara County
Included funding for 2 intern.
Total funded: $1,000

18. Santa Barbara Audubon Society: Dune Whale Pond Buffer Fire Recovery Project
Included funding for 2 intern.
Total funded: $1,000

19. Sprout Up!: Sprout Up 16-17 Materials Purchasing
Total funded: $859.02

20. Fairview Gardens: Farm Education Internships
Included funding for 2 intern.
Total funded: $950

21. Cheadle Center for Biological and Ecological Restoration: Lupinus Nipomensis Outplanting Soil Analysis
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $990

22. Marine Science Institute: Santa Barbara HAB’S Monitoring Network
Included funding for 1 intern.
Total funded: $1,000

COASTAL SERVICE PROGRAM

The Coastal Service Program gives student organizations registered with the Office of Student Life opportunities to raise money while maintaining their local community! Students participated in beach or street cleanups for $100 or worked with a local environmental organizations in restoration projects for $200. All that Coastal Fund asks is for a brief summary of the group’s experience and pictures to document the project. Organizations can participate in one restoration project or beach/street cleanup per quarter. It’s an easy and fun way to fundraise, while contributing to the enhancement of the UCSB campus community!

 

ACTIVITIES

Pardall Carnival

Coastal Fund tabled at Pardall Carnival and distributed information about their organization.

Adopt-a-Block Hallowclean

Partnering with several other groups Coastal Fund, cleaned up after this year’s Halloween festivities.

Beach Clean Ups

Coastal Fund hosted a beach clean up at Sunset Beach in November.