For Further Information Contact: Channel Islands Field Station
1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001-4354 Phone: (805)
658-5753 FAX: (805) 893-8062 The Southern California Bight and
its offshore islands are a unique natural resource with many
sensitive and endemic plants and animals. This area is also an
expanding urban center for the nation. The corresponding
elimination and degradation of coastal habitats have created a
need for scientifically guided management. The Channel Islands
Field Station has cooperative agreements with Channel Islands
National Park in Ventura, Calif., and the University of
California, Santa Barbara, that facilitate collaboration between
field station scientists and university and park biologists. The
linkage with the university also provides opportunities to
supervise graduate students in marine ecology and work in
laboratories with flow-through seawater to allow housing
temperate marine species. Channel Islands National Park provides
access to the habitats of several rare and ende