Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Tour & Nature Walk
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Thu, May 22 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Address (map)
Estero Street
Venue
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park
Join Channelkeeper on Thursday, May 22, at 12:00 pm to explore the Carpinteria Salt Marsh with board member and UCSB Research Professor Bob Warner and Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Director Andrew Brooks.
The Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, a part of the University of California’s Natural Reserve System, supports many sensitive plant and animal species. This ecologically important site includes wetlands, subtidal channels, and emergent upland habitats. The Reserve is adjacent to a sandy beach, subtidal rocky reef, and kelp beds.
The reserve provides habitat for migratory waterfowl along with several species of plants and animals listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern, such as salt marsh bird’s-beak, light-footed clapper rail, and Belding’s savannah sparrow. It is also an important regional nursery for California halibut and other species of marine and estuarine fish.
The tour will encompass walking the approximately 0.3-mile length (0.6-mile round-trip) of the Estero St. extension, a hard gravel roadway. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses. Bring a reusable water bottle (no disposable plastic), along with any cameras, binoculars, or spotting scopes on monopods (but no tripods, please).
We will meet at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve entrance at the end of Estero Street, just south of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks off of Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria. Please note that this entrance is different from the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park access off Ash Avenue.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, May 22, from 12 pm to 2 pm. Email Lsanchez@sbck.org with any questions.
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s Board Walks set out to explore water from different perspectives. They are designed for the whole community to understand our place in nature, especially with respect to life-giving water. Each is led by a Channelkeeper board member, drawing upon their expertise as naturalists, hydrologists, nature film producers, native plant gardeners, and more.
