tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74670204983385365002024-03-13T18:24:24.022-07:00CIR Anacapa Island Restoration BlogChannel Islands Restoration works with Channel Islands National Park and other partners to restore the native plant communities on Anacapa Island. Together we are removing non-native iceplant that threatens sea-bird nesting habitat on the island. Working with adult volunteers and school children, we remove iceplant, collect native plant seed and grow native plants in the island nursery. If you would like to volunteer on this interesting project, contact CIR at: volunteer@cirweb.org.Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-81717265900904634572016-08-16T16:17:00.001-07:002016-08-16T17:08:11.602-07:00Anacapa Seabird Habitat Restoration Underway<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="textEdit" style="background-color: white; display: table; width: 100%px;">
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Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-25216644628427920852015-12-09T17:52:00.002-08:002015-12-09T17:53:19.546-08:00REI Funds Restoration Trips to Anacapa Island<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">
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the third year in a row, outdoor retailer REI has supported the Anacapa
restoration project by providing a grant to CIR for native plant
installation on the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The funds were granted to Channel Islands Restoration, which works in partnership with the National Park Service on the project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over
the course of six trips, 30 volunteers planted several hundred plants
including sage brush alkali rye grass and coastal prickly pear cactus.</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></div>
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volunteers who helped on these trips were all associated with local
conservation groups or were employees or members of the local REI
stores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Participating groups includes Santa Barbara Audubon Society,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ventura Surfrider Foundation and the Santa Barbara Zoo.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "franklin gothic book"; font-size: 3.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "franklin gothic book"; font-size: 3.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Most of the trips were led by Kelle Green, the CIR nursery manager and all around NPS volunteer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The groups worked hard, and also had an opportunity to take a short walk on the island following the restoration work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR thanks all the volunteers and REI for making these trips possible!</span></div>
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Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-21216987983743773472015-08-10T14:28:00.004-07:002015-08-10T14:29:07.563-07:00CIR Awarded Grant for Anacapa Restoration<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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CIR has received a second annual grant award from
recreational equipment retailer REI, as part of CIR’s work on the Anacapa
Island Restoration Project, undertaken in partnership with the National Park
Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REI awarded a generous amount
of $6,000 which will allow us to take volunteers to Anacapa Island on another
series of restoration trips this fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>REI employees and members of the Santa Barbara and Oxnard stores will be
among those invited to participate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
will also recruit volunteers from local conservation groups like the Surfrider
Foundation, the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, and the Santa Barbara Zoo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year, REI trips were comprised of enthusiastic volunteers and experienced NPS volunteer work leaders and CIR staff,
who cleared large areas of 3 types of invasive iceplant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, volunteers will have the
opportunity to plant native plant species grown in the on-island nursery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR staff will be busy this month preparing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for these volunteer trips.<br />
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The funding from REI will pay for round-trip boat
transportation, plus the cost to organize and lead the trips. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Volunteers will receive training on the
identification of native and non-native plants and on proper techniques before
work begins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR will also present
volunteers with information on the impacts of non-native species in natural
areas and the history of the introduction of invasive iceplant to Anacapa
Island.</div>
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Through our partnership with REI, we intend to build a
greater awareness of our efforts to care for and showcase Anacapa Island—part
of the Channel Islands National Park, and a recreational paradise enjoyed by
hikers, paddlers, birders, and campers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are proud to partner with this sponsor and excited to share the news
of their investment in our organization and mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR is proud to work with the National Park
Service and REI on this important restoration project.</div>
Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-56449280532465626892014-11-18T19:46:00.001-08:002014-12-08T10:39:21.852-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="en-US">As summer 2014 started to fade, things began heating up for CIR on Anacapa Island. With word from the Park Service that Anacapa’s Western Gull breeding season was over, we started planning a series of grant-sponsored volunteer trips to the island. With funding we received and reported on earlier this year—$9,000 </span>from outdoor retailer REI and $4,900 from the UC Santa Barbara Community Affairs Board (CAB) Foundation—we scheduled a series of weekend fall trips, with the final CAB trip slated for February 2015. At this time, there are still two REI trips to fulfill, but by the end of November, CIR will have taken a combined total of 130 volunteers to Anacapa to restore habitat. For many of these volunteers, this was their first experience on Anacapa Island, as well as their first visit to the Channel Islands National Park. CIR is thrilled each time we are able to facilitate an island introduction through our amazing volunteer opportunities!</div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">REI Trips</span><span lang="en-US">: To kick-start recruiting, CIR staff, along with a Board Member, tabled at the Santa Barbara REI store over Labor Day Weekend where customers were encouraged to sign-up! Trips were also promoted by Sylvia Schnopp, REI Outdoor Programs and Outreach Market Coordinator, who put notices in stores alerting employees, customers, and members to the volunteer opportunities. Additionally, REI sent out member emails and used social media to spread the word. As pledged in our grant application, CIR recruited volunteers from a variety of outdoor groups, including the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, the Los Padres Chapter of the Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, and the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council. With this widespread effort, we had a tremendous response from the community, and trip rosters quickly filled. We also built a waiting list of around 50 individuals, which is still growing, although many fortunate standby volunteers have been called to participate!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">REI trips were comprised of 9 outdoor-loving volunteers and an experienced NPS volunteer work leader. Heading up each crew was CIR staff, Aaron Echols, a knowledgeable trip leader with ample field experience on Anacapa. Beginning on the last day of August, our first REI volunteer group set out to restore sensitive habitat by removing invasive crystalline iceplant and small-flowered iceplant. With 9 total trips in the series, our REI volunteer program will conclude in November. It has been a great success in that the island’s habitat has been enhanced, CIR has increased recognition and respect throughout the community for the work we are doing, and volunteers have had profound experiences while participating on the Anacapa Island Restoration Project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUgBGbz9Q9Lfeq2FQmIBiQrf8xjYqqLUiX9mvlxpch_cnn-uSBhNDWbkzcRwFtwIHQ5kCmdMs40XyvQoKJGJfeKUZyBYi2i3NUynR0oVFqk0L7jWd6DIZoVoyNnvZh3X3JH4AQUnhyphenhyphen2U_/s1600/cab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUgBGbz9Q9Lfeq2FQmIBiQrf8xjYqqLUiX9mvlxpch_cnn-uSBhNDWbkzcRwFtwIHQ5kCmdMs40XyvQoKJGJfeKUZyBYi2i3NUynR0oVFqk0L7jWd6DIZoVoyNnvZh3X3JH4AQUnhyphenhyphen2U_/s1600/cab.jpg" height="183" width="320" /></a><span lang="en-US">The CAB Foundation grant is affording three wonderful opportunities for UCSB students to volunteer with CIR on Anacapa Island. Each trip was designed for 20 student volunteers, and the first trip took place in October during Fall Quarter after the first week of classes. Prior to the trip, Lisa Stratton, of the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, offered her classroom as a venue for CIR’s pre-trip volunteer meeting. Executive Director, Ken Owen, gave his PowerPoint presentation to a core group of dedicated students who were about to embark with CIR to Anacapa for field work. His presentation helped to prepare students for the experience, while emphasizing the importance of habitat restoration, the history of the Anacapa Restoration Project, and the work that has been accomplished over the years by CIR, the Channel Islands National Park, and other partners.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; font-size: 6.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">Students were recruited for Trip #2 when CIR staff scheduled a tabling event on-campus at the Arbor. By setting up in a busy, high-traffic area at UCSB, many more students were educated and engaged. The tabling event succeeded at filling the next trip roster of 20 UCSB volunteers, who enjoyed their volunteering on Anacapa in early November. There were also enough sign-ups from the tabling event that we have a huge head-start on recruiting volunteers for the final February CAB trip.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; font-size: 6.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">It was no surprise that the majority of UCSB volunteers went out with us to the Channel Islands National Park for the very first time and enjoyed their first visit to Anacapa. Enthusiastic, strong, and able the UCSB volunteers enjoyed learning about the island’s ecosystems, and removing invasive iceplant was a satisfying way for them to participate in the restoration of this unique island.</span></div>
Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-82744998855225254062014-08-15T11:59:00.004-07:002014-08-19T17:09:23.816-07:00CIR Receives Two Grants For Anacapa Restoration<!--[if !mso]>
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<span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">CIR is pleased to announce that we recently received two grant awards as part of CIR’s work on </span></div>
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the Anacapa Island Restoration Project in partnership with the National Park Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recreational retailer REI awarded an outstanding $9,000 which will allow us to take at least 70 volunteers to Anacapa Island on a series of restoration trips this fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REI employees and members,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>plus customers of the Santa Barbara and Oxnard stores will be amongst those invited to participate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will also recruit volunteers from outdoor recreational groups like the Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Audubon Society, and the trail councils of Santa Barbara and the Santa Monica Mountains.<br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Additionally, the UC Santa Barbara Community Affairs Board (CAB) Foundation awarded $4,900 which will be used to engage 60 UCSB students on a series of volunteer trips to Anacapa Island that will take place during the fall and winter of 2014-2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR will recruit volunteers from the UCSB student body through on-campus promotions and educational programs, complete with PowerPoint presentations followed by island field work.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">The month of May finds Western gulls busy incubating eggs in their nests dotted all over Anacapa—nests that the parents fiercely defend in the presence of island visitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because working around nesting gulls in their native habitat is extremely disruptive to the birds, CIR volunteers are taking a pause from the Anacapa restoration project so that this seasonal rite of passage can play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work will resume in late summer after the new generation of chicks go from egg, to hatchling, to fledgling!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before gulls began sitting on nests, CIR accomplished a succession of self-funded volunteer group trips this spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Utilizing Island Packers for transportation, volunteers helped cover their trip costs for the opportunity to be of service.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Despite this year’s drought, seedlings did pop up all across Anacapa, with iceplant sprouting amongst natives, and plant identification became a job for skilled volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With much of the mature iceplant already removed, some aspects of the restoration project are now requiring more detail-oriented work and are best suited to volunteers with more experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A select few were enlisted to help NPS Restoration Ecologist, Sarah Chaney, as members of the newly designated “Anacapa Field Team.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a group of experienced, specially-trained volunteers to tackle sensitive restoration tasks and oversee the volunteer groups that visited the island this spring.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">CIR continues to partner with NPS, and to help accomplish restoration goals, we’ve written and have been awarded grant funding from the UCSB CAB Foundation and REI, the outdoor company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this backing, we will coordinate a series of volunteer group trips after gull season for these organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR will also begin planning trips that will extend opportunities to experienced volunteers as well as new volunteers who wish to participate on the Anacapa Island restoration project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weekend trip dates will be available, and with a reasonable fee to help offset trip costs, these self-funded outings will offer individuals the chance to volunteer on Anacapa—now a rare opportunity! The Park’s intention to declare Anacapa “iceplant free by 2016,” is clearly manifesting, with so much of it already gone, and the revegetation of native plants so fruitful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Under the guidance of Sarah Chaney, the project has progressed and relies on her continual assessments to ensure that no harm is done in the recovery process of native plants. The evolution of this project is indicative of its success, as the alien red-flowered iceplant from South Africa is no longer the clear and obvious threat it once was to the island’s native plant communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, the Anacapa project has triumphed, due to the diligence of NPS staff, the contributions of CIR, and the many years of service provided by thousands of volunteer hands. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">Since last summer, in the wake of a tragic accident, the number of volunteers who can be accommodated on the National Park Service boats has been greatly reduced, for safety. These volunteers generally need to have had some previous experience boarding and debarking small boats, and must be able to demonstrate the motor skills, balance and physical confidence needed to do this safely. As a result of the reduction in passenger capacity, CIR’s volunteer program on Anacapa has needed to transition to smaller groups and less-frequent trips, with priority given to experienced volunteers. We are planning to offer alternate transportation options to accommodate more volunteers in the future.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">Aaron remains heavily involved in the island’s habitat restoration. He directs volunteer field leaders, and oversees occasional NPS volunteer groups. He keeps the irrigation system maintained and operational, makes repairs, assembles shade screens, and continues to keep invasive species at bay. In late January, Aaron even discovered a new weed species </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">Urtica urens</span><span lang="en-US"> on the North side of the Anacapa lighthouse trail, taking a herbarium sample for the Park’s assessment.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">Meanwhile, CIR’s volunteer trips to Anacapa on the park boat resumed in February. In 2014, we will now recruit handfuls of experienced volunteers for the 2</span><sup>nd</sup><span lang="en-US"> and 4</span><sup>th</sup><span lang="en-US"> Wednesdays of each month. Additionally, CIR has received numerous trip requests from volunteer groups. There are already a few calendared this Spring, with a few more in the works! Student groups, Rotary groups, and corporate groups are all interested in helping to restore Anacapa, and volunteer trips are being planned with Island Packers transportation. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">CIR also plans to offer Anacapa restoration trips on Island Packers! While involving a trip fee, these trips would be open to our ever-growing volunteer list, </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">and</span><span lang="en-US"> they would occur on </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">weekends</span><span lang="en-US">—something our volunteers have been requesting for years! Weekend trips would allow more volunteers the opportunity to experience the satisfaction and fulfillment in helping restore Anacapa’s precious, unique natural habitat.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-20023761606986721672013-11-23T10:48:00.001-08:002013-11-23T11:13:08.584-08:00CIR Continues to Conserve Anacapa Island – Planting, Weeding, Watering!<!--[if !mso]>
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Island – Planting, Weeding, Watering!<br />
</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">By Linda Benedik</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">CIR provides a great deal of staff time to the Anacapa Project, both administratively with behind-the-scenes volunteer coordination, and out in the field with management of volunteers and their activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A familiar face on Anacapa is that of CIR field staff, Aaron Echols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, Aaron’s work on the island has revolved around invasive plant treatment, preparing planting sites, and working with volunteers to install and care for nursery-grown native plants.<br />
</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 4.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Before volunteers arrive on the scene, Aaron locates areas of high iceplant (</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Malephora crocea</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">) resurgence and seedling recruitment for removal. Other species of high concern that occasionally require his attention are: </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Cretan Lavatera</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">, </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Crystalline Iceplant</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">, </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">and Small-flowered iceplant</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently, a soil penetrant called “EZ-Wet” has been added to the planting water to enhance initial watering of the new plants, and a product called “Cloud Cover” has been applied to new plantings to reduce transpiration water loss in the first critical period after planting.<br /><br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Aaron manages the island’s rudimentary but effective irrigation system to facilitate watering of remote plantings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The system comprises a network of ¾ inch plastic tubing, plus strategically-located 55 gallon water storage drums along the lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Installation of the water distribution system replaced backpacking of water, and is easily extended to additional areas as plantings are expanded. <br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Tending to the island’s nursery is also part of the regular maintenance Aaron provides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work ranges from patching holes in the netting cover to prevent pesky sparrows from entering, to pricking out seedlings from flats to containers, transplanting plants to larger pots, organizing supplies and maintaining the nursery watering system. <br /><br />
</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 4.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">In preparation for the arrival of volunteer groups, which have included CIR volunteers, as well as high school groups, Aaron can be found “scalping” through dead iceplant thatch, using a power weed trimmer, digging planting holes with a gas-powered soil auger, filling water storage drums, and bringing plants and tools to the worksites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once volunteers arrive, Aaron provides an orientation and offers instruction while supervising their activities – weeding, planting, watering – until he waves goodbye as they depart the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aaron has worked with multiple volunteer groups on the same day, and may supervise several consecutive days of volunteers on the island. He is truly an asset to the various volunteer programs engaged on the island, and to the restoration of Anacapa’s natural habitat.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Ventura County Master Gardener, Kelle Green reveals that, in the past year, a total of 25,000 native plants were grown in the island’s nursery, which was constructed by CIR and the NPS in 2010. The volunteer nursery crew grows all the plants used in island restoration from seed collected on the island. As planting season resumed in late Fall 2013, volunteer groups on Anacapa are planting 150-250 plants per workday, depending on their group size. </span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">In addition to the many individual volunteers that CIR recruits from a variety of sources, this year we were also joined by employees of several local businesses who arranged for a group volunteer workday, including REI, Deckers Outdoors, The North Face, Amgen, Citrix Online, and the Santa Barbara Zoo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were also student groups from Buena, Oxnard, Ventura, Rio Mesa and Pacifica High Schools , as well as UCSB, who arranged service days on the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the spring of 2013, REI sponsored two very special weekend day trips to Anacapa, and volunteers signed up for these trips at the CIR booth during the REI Oxnard Grand Opening festivities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anacapa Island and the NPS welcomed two REI-funded volunteer groups of 30 strong, who traveled to the Park on an Island Packers boat for two great days of habitat restoration.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">During the month of June, CIR volunteer trips paused while the Island’s large breeding population of Western Gulls produced and raised this year’s ‘crop’ of chicks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were gratified to see young chicks enjoying the all-important shade of newly-established native plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As CIR trips resumed in July, volunteers continued their work troweling and removing invasive plant species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout the dry summer months into early fall, watering became a huge priority.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">In September, Kelle Green reports that the Master Gardeners were “really cooking” in the nursery, transplanting seedlings to 4x6 tree pots, and preparing for a productive volunteer planting season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly, the government shutdown closed Channel Islands National Park, and restoration activities came to a halt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The island was closed to visitors, including nursery crew and volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shutdown threw the nursery’s plant production off-stride, and set back nursery plant production for this season. By mid-November, the nursery was just starting to recover from the disruption that had been caused by the shutdown.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 4.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Volunteer Work Leader, Ron Nichols, has made many trips to Anacapa Island throughout the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has supervised volunteers in the winter rainy season, when planting was the focus, and worked with volunteers during the dry summer season, when watering and removing invasives like crystalline iceplant were the primary tasks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a personal level, he’s enjoyed seeing Anacapa’s Western Gulls go through their annual island nesting rituals, as chicks hatch and scurry around their renovated native habitat, and then fledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In describing his volunteer experiences, the most valuable benefit Ron receives from his frequent service on Anacapa Island is that he can keep his eye on the plants that he’s put into the ground himself, and watch them mature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gives him a feeling that he has become a part of these plants, and subsequently, “a part of the island.” This gives him a sense of great personal satisfaction and “ownership,” which are rewards shared by other volunteers, as well.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Frequent CIR volunteer and recently trained Work Leader, Mike Buratti, echoed Ron’s feelings of pride for his work on Anacapa and is grateful to have participated in the island’s habitat restoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we enter the fall season, Mike reports he’s been doing a lot more planting than pulling – which is a good thing, he says, as there is simply a lot less iceplant to pull!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With volunteer watering efforts increasing, he believes that native plantings are having a much better rate of success presently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When asked what keeps bringing him back to Anacapa, Mike heartily responded, “Progress!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To work in an area previously covered with an iceplant carpet, which he helped to pull with his own hands, and to see that area now thriving with natives that he planted, Mike describes it a personally gratifying experience, to be able to witness such progress.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-currency-font-family: Calibri; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Calibri; mso-default-font-family: Calibri; mso-greek-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-latin-font-family: Calibri; mso-latinext-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Through inspired partnerships, and a great deal of combined effort, the NPS, CIR and many, many volunteers have been a part of this progress that continues to change the face of East Anacapa Island, and return the island habitat to its natural state.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent">Employees from the new REI store in Oxnard volunteered for Channel Islands Restoration and the
Park Service on Anacapa Island in March REI purchased passage on
Island Packers for nearly 30 volunteers and help up plant natives and
remove invasive iceplant. The photo above shows Middle and West Anacapa Island with Santa Cruz Island in the distance. This photo was our most popular post ever on Facebook with around 3900 views and nearly 160 "likes." </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">REI supports CIR with grant funding and
volunteer help. Join them at their three-day grand opening event for
their new store in Oxnard March 22-24. CIR and other environmental
non-profits will have information booths, and REI will provide breakfast
and great giveaways! For more information, follow this link:<a href="http://www.rei.com/stores/oxnard.html" target="_blank"> http://www.rei.com/stores/oxnard.html</a><a href="http://www.rei.com/stores/oxnard.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"></a></span>Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-75055478587746693322012-11-16T13:24:00.000-08:002012-11-16T13:26:07.968-08:0020,000 Native Plants Grown on Anacapa Island!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";">Over
20,000 native plants of 30 species, were grown on East Anacapa Island since CIR
and the National Park Service (NPS) constructed a nursery there in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During 2011-12, NPS and CIR staff eradicated 25
acres of non-native iceplant, and volunteers hand-cleared a further 4 acres of
iceplant. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Native plants have been
planted on approximately x39 acres of the islet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nearly 1,400 CIR volunteers contributed over
11,000 hours to this effort. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conservative
amounts of water are being applied to the plantings through a system of ¾”
black irrigation tubing which now delivers water to far flung locations on the
island, including to Inspiration Point. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this system, we no longer use valuable
volunteers hours backpacking water to planting sites. This tremendous effort
has been accomplished with the help of individual volunteers, school groups,
corporations and community groups.</span></div>
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Anacapa Island provides critical habitat for seabirds, pinnipeds and several
endemic plants and animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is home
to 16 plants endemic to the California Channel Islands, two of which are unique
to Anacapa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anacapa’s dense vegetation
was once dominated by the showy plants giant coreopsis, gumplant, island
tarweed, live-forever, Santa Cruz Island buckwheat, sagebrush, saltbush,
lemonade berry and island mallow, which provided shelter, perches and nesting
habitat for seabirds and land birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
large quantities of seeds provided abundant food for the endemic Anacapa deer
mouse, and for many small birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";">The
island’s stands of giant coreopsis, as well as all the other plants of its
coastal bluff community, were devastated by sheep grazing (up until the early
1900s) rabbit browsing through the 1950s and by large-scale destruction of
native vegetation during construction and manning of the Coast Guard Light
Station in the 1930s to 1960s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only
small patches of native plants remained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The United States Coast Guard planted two types of iceplant around their
facilities, with the idea of erosion control and ornamentation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iceplant is highly invasive, and spread to
cover an estimated 30 acres of the islet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Small-scale eradication of iceplant in the vicinity of the buildings began in
the late 1980s, done by Anacapa Ranger and Maintenance staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1993, Sarah Chaney, a restoration
ecologist with Channel Islands National Park, began working with volunteers and
researchers to expand iceplant removal to the rest of the island, and by 2010,
about 14 acres of iceplant had been cleared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>October 2011 saw the commencement
of intensive iceplant removal, with the receipt of the first of three years of
National Park Service funding for iceplant eradication. At the end of 2010,
Channel Islands Restoration helped fund and construct a native plant nursery on
the island in partnership with the NPS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Channel
Islands National Park operation funds have supported the nursery improvements
and upkeep since then. The Ventura County Master Gardeners along with many
other volunteers have grown an impressive 20,000 plants in the nursery since
that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These include giant coreopsis,
California barley, purple needlegrass, gum plant, alkali-heath and many others—thirty
species, to date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";">Several
groups helped plant the natives in areas where the iceplant has been
eradicated, including nearly 1,400 CIR volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the work occurs on Wednesdays, when
the NPS boat makes regular visits to the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR staff recruit the volunteers, meet them
at the NPS headquarters and escort them to the island and to the
worksites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several corporations have
volunteered for the project, including REI, Deckers Outdoors, Amgen, Horny Toad
and Citrix Online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Non-profit
organizations also participated, including the Santa Barbara Zoo, the
California Native Plant Society and Santa Barbara Audubon Society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to planting the natives,
volunteers helped to remove iceplant seedlings from among native plants,
collect seeds of native plants for propagation and provide precious and
essential water to the plantings throughout their first year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";">The
water supply for the island is delivered by NPS boat once a year, at great
expense, so water conservation is vital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To provide for watering plantings without depleting the domestic water
supply, NPS staff and CIR volunteers installed rain barrels to collect
rainwater from the roofs of several of the buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The large concrete rainwater catchment basin
installed by the Coast Guard in the 1930s is again collecting rainwater (now
used for plant irrigation) thanks to the work of NPS staff. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Current rainwater storage capacity is 2100
gallons, with plan to expand this capacity this year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A temporary system of ¾” black plastic
irrigation tubing now delivers the water by gravity, assisted by a small pump, to
the planting locations throughout the islet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The strenuous and time-consuming backpacking of water to plants is no
longer needed!<br />
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Through inspired partnerships and lots of combined effort, the NPS, CIR and
many, many volunteers have changed the face of East Anacapa Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Formerly the bright red flowers of the
non-native, invasive iceplant would color much of the landscape. This year, the
landscape was colored bright yellow by the flowers of the native plants like giant
coreopsis, gumplant and island tarweed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Western gull chicks that were formerly exposed to predators and the
elements on a low, flat, open iceplant landscape, were instead able to find
refuge among <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the varied structures of
the taller native plants that were grown and planted by volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Volunteers of all ages obtained a new
understanding of this rare island habitat and gained a valuable education of
the importance of habitat restoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-35340935810694831832012-01-20T14:55:00.000-08:002012-01-30T08:54:30.026-08:00Productive Planting Season on Anacapa!<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">The last couple months on Anacapa Island has been a tremendous adventure, and 2011 was a very productive year for Anacapa’s native plant restoration project! With nearly 5,000 endemic and natives planted on the island so far by volunteers (under the direction of NPS restoration biologist Sarah Chaney) we can say with conviction that Anacapa has never looked more native! Many groups including several hundred CIR volunteers have helped with the growing and planting on the island this season. Here is how a typical trip has gone recently:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none;">More than 500 natives were planted on Anacapa last week by CIR volunteers and NPS staff! Nearly 10,000 plants have been grown in the Island nursery, and so those involved with the restoration effort are going to be busy in the next few months. The best time to plant is during the wet season to take advantage of the rainfall, so NPS staff made a special effort to install as many plants as possible. Staff used an auger to dig the holes in areas where iceplant had been removed, and then staff and more than 20 volunteer recruited by CIR planted mostly yarrow and native barley grass. A small stake (color coded) was placed with each plant, which will help keep track of how each species did in each planting locaiton<br />
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There are many thousands more plants growing in the nursery including two kinds of grasses, Coreopsis, yarrow, morning glory, wild cucumber and even some prickly-pear cactus. There will be many opportunities for volunteers to participate in upcoming trips, so watch your email for announcements about these trips!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">The plant nursery on Anacapa island is in full production, and among the native plants we are growing there are two kinds of grasses, Coreopsis, yarrow, morning glory, wild cucumber and even some prickly-pear cactus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many thousands of plants are being grown (with more species to come) and volunteers are helping make it happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This fall and winter the natives will be planted in areas where invasive iceplant has been removed.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The nursery is a joint project of Channel Islands National Park (NPS) and Channel Islands Restoration (CIR).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR helped initially raise funds for the project with a grant from the Ventura Patagonia store and with donations from our Board of Directors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CIR Board member Gordon Hart (with help from fellow board member Dave Edwards and others) supervised the construction of the nursery in close cooperation with NPS staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The project is now chiefly funded by the NPS, and CIR has recruited hundreds of volunteers to staff the nursery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarah Chaney (NPS restoration biologist) provides overall leadership of this important project (see previous blog posts for background on the restoration project).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">CIR and NPS sponsor ongoing trips to the island so that volunteers can help with the project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you would like more information about the CIR trips, contact our Volunteer Coordinator at: volunteer@cirweb.org.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>Channel Islands Restorationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151692361736214674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467020498338536500.post-85263505028487545352011-08-02T12:33:00.000-07:002011-08-02T12:41:43.956-07:00Keeping Busy on Anacapa!We continue to get support from our great volunteers, including folks who are signed up on our email list (<a href="http://www.cirweb.org/volunteer.htm">http://www.cirweb.org/volunteer.htm</a>) and from our corporate partners like Citrix Online. At least twice a month we take volunteers out to the island to help us remove non-native iceplant and to grow plants in the on-island nursery. At this point, we are growing a large amount of two species of native grasses (barley and needlegrass). These will be planted (along with other native species) in areas where iceplant has been removed. If would like to volunteer on Anacapa, please follow the link above and fill out the volunteer form. You can also ask questions about the project by sending an email to <a href="mailto:volunteer@cirweb.org">volunteer@cirweb.org</a><br />
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Check out the company website here:<br />
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Starting in 2011, the park and CIR started constructing a native plant nursery, with park funding and with funding from the Ventura Patagonia store and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NPS has a goal to eradicate iceplant from the island by 2016, and park staff is working hard with CIR and other organizations to achieve that goal.<br />
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If you would like to volunteer for the project, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at: <a href="mailto:volunteer@cirweb.org">volunteer@cirweb.org</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Anacapa’s prolific and dense vegetation was once dominated by the showy Giant Coreopsis, an erect, shrubby perennial with a stout, succulent trunk growing to some 8' tall. The main trunk grows up to 5" thick and often resembles a small tree. During its blooming season, March to May, it bursts forth with a mass of showy, bright yellow flowers and green leaves. Giant Coreopsis provided shelter and perches for seabirds and land birds, and nesting habitat for many. The prolific seeds provided abundant food for the endemic Anacapa deer mouse, and for many small birds. The island’s stands of Giant Coreopsis, as well as all the other plants of its coastal bluff community, were devastated by sheep grazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, rabbit browsing in 1910-1950s, and by large-scale destruction of native vegetation associated with facility and road development by the U.S. Coast Guard during construction and manning of the Anacapa Light Station. Only small patches and individuals of native plants remained. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After completion of the lighthouse and associated facilities, the Coast Guard planted two types of iceplant on East Anacapa Islet: red-flowered iceplant (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Malephora crocea</i>) and sea fig, aka ‘freeway iceplant’ (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carpobrotus edulis x aequilaterus</i>). <span style="color: black;">Both are highly invasive. </span><br />
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