[CINC] Thursday December 11th - Join us for a lecture on California’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative

[L Charleboix]

Reminder Invitation

Thursday December 11th, you are invited to join us for a free lecture on California’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPA) presented by Michael Sheehy from Santa Barbara Channelkeeper. 

The lecture will be held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Fleischmann Auditorium 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm and there is plenty of free parking. Directions: http://www.sbnature2.org/visitors/directions.php Light refreshments will be provided. Please invite your friends, family and colleagues. RSVP is requested and not required.

This lecture is offered through a collaboration with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Ty Warner Sea Center, Shorelines and Watersheds and UCSB’s Coal Oil Point Reserve.

This is a great opportunity to learn about California’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, learn about current research on marine protected areas locally and internationally and meet new people.

Please join Michael Sheehy, Channelkeeper's Marine Conservation Coordinator to learn more about California's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) and how you can get involved. Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is providing an informational presentation on California's initiative to establish a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Southern California. MPAs are underwater wilderness areas that limit the extraction of marine species and aim to protect and conserve marine life and habitats. Proposals for the designation of these areas in Southern California will be developed over the next year and will be greatly influenced by public input and participation. For more information about this event, please email michael at sbck.org  or call (805) 563-3377. For more information on the MLPA Initiative and MPAs, please visit www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa or www.caloceans.org.

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds. As Channelkeeper's Marine Conservation Coordinator, Michael Sheehy communicates with and educates the public on marine conservation efforts and issues as they pertain to the Santa Barbara Channel, including engaging the public in the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative process in California's south coast region.  Michael has extensive regional knowledge of the Santa Barbara Channel's near-shore marine communities and scientific expertise in marine ecology- having worked for more than eight years as a research ecologist with the Marine Science Institute and as a project manager with the research consortium, Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, at UCSB.  Michael has also consulted for non-profit and businesses interests, including advising on such topics as the state of global marine
 resource management.

I hope to see you Thursday night and please contact me if you have any questions.

Many thanks,
Leeza Charleboix

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Channel Islands National Park
Channel Islands Naturalist Corps Volunteer
Channel Islands National Park Research Assistant Volunteer
Email: l_charleboix at yahoo.com
Phone: (805) 636-8408

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center
Volunteer and Interpretation Manager
Email: lcharleboix at sbnature2.org
Phone: (805) 962-2526 ext. 104
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center Website
www.sbnature.org

Coal Oil Point Reserve
Shorelines and Watersheds
Education and Tour Program Coordinator
Email: coprstaff at lifesci.ucsb.edu
Phone: (805) 636-8408
Coal Oil Point Reserve Website
coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org/Tours.html
Shorelines and Watersheds Website
www.shorelinesandwatersheds.org