[CINC] Invitation to Lectures on California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative 11/20/08 and 12/11/08

[L Charleboix]

Dear Fellow Naturalists,

You are invited to attend upcoming lectures on California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative on 11/20/08 and 12/11/08. Please feel free to also invite anyone you think might be interested in attending. 

UCSB's Coal Oil Point Reserve Monthly Lecture
Thursday November 20th 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Topic: California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative
Presenter: Michael Sheehy, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

On Thursday, November 20th, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm 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.

Directions and Parking: The presentation will take place at the Cliff House, located at Coal Oil Point Reserve in Goleta. You can find directions to Coal Oil Point Reserve at coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org. Limited parking is only available in the inner parking lot (through the gate) and anyone who parks in the outer parking lot may receive a parking ticket. Carpooling, biking, or walking from Isla Vista with friends and flashlights is encouraged. If you plan on parking in the inner parking lot, please arrive more than 30 minutes early so you will have time to check if there is a spot available or drive to the end of Isla Vista and walk with a friend and flashlight.

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. For more information about this event, please email michael at sbck.org or call 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.

Reservations are requested. Please send Leeza Charleboix an email to reserve a spot at this lecture.

If you miss this lecture, the lecture will be offered again as the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center Monthly Volunteer Training Lecture Thursday December 11th at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Fleischmann Auditorium 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. Reservations are also requested for this lecture. Please send Leeza Charleboix an email to reserve a spot at the lecture and note the date of the lecture.

The lectures are offered at no cost and are supported by UCSB’s Coal Oil Point Reserve, Shorelines & Watersheds, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center, the Coastal Fund and Venoco Inc.

Staff, volunteers, docents, faculty, students and individuals from Coal Oil Point Reserve, UCSB, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Ty Warner Sea Center and many other organizations will be in attendance at both lectures. It will be a great time to learn more about California’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative and meet new people! Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided too!

Look forward to seeing you sometime soon!

Many thanks,
Leeza Charleboix

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Channel Islands National Park
Channel Islands Naturalist Corps Volunteer
Email: l_charleboix at yahoo.com
Cell 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
www.sbnature.org

Coal Oil Point Reserve
Education and Tour Program Coordinator
Email: coprstaff at lifesci.ucsb.edu
Phone: (805) 893-5092
Coal Oil Point Reserve Website
http://coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org/Tours.html
Shorelines and Watersheds Website
http://www.shorelinesandwatersheds.org