How to Participate
Volunteer
Help keep your community beautiful by coming out to one of our many clean-up and restoration events throughout Creek Week.
Go on a Nature Walk
Explore the beauty of our surroundings by attending guided nature walks in and around our creeks, beaches, and watersheds.
Attend a Guided Tour
Learn what local governments, non-profits, and service organizations are doing to restore our watersheds and improve creek and ocean water quality.
Schedule of Events
Download Printable Schedule (Updated 9/12/16)
Join in the City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division’s first Creek Week Scavenger Hunt! Celebrate Creek Week, explore our local watersheds, and win fun prizes while you’re at it! How to Play: 1) Download the[...]
SWIM | PADDLE | CELEBRATE & SUPPORT CLEAN WATER! Join Santa Barbara Channelkeeper on Saturday, September 17th from 8AM – 1PM at Leadbetter Beach for our first annual Santa Barbara AQUATHON! SWIMATHON – 500m or[...]
Be part of the Solution! Coastal Cleanup Day is on Saturday, September 17th, 9am-12pm. With more than 30 sites to choose from in Santa Barbara County, it’s time to show your favorite beach or creek[...]
Learn about the important role salt marshes play as part of our watershed. See the wildlife in this beautifully restored habitat and have fun. Meet at the entrance on the beach side of the Carpinteria[...]
At the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration (CCBER), we’re making the most of an interconnected housing and natural area restoration project! North Campus Faculty Housing (aka Ocean Walk), is a model for integrating[...]
Explore the Carpinteria coastline and learn about the local watershed with this land and sea tour. Kayak along the coast where you will have a view of the top of the watershed in the mountains[...]
Join the Urban Creeks Council and Friends of Arroyo Burro Creek at the newly dedicated City Park Open Space on Arroyo Burro Creek. We will start at 12:00 with an informal talk and tours of the Park.[...]
The North Campus Open Space Restoration Project will restore more than 40 acres of wetland and 90 acres of diverse uplands and transitional habitats to the former Ocean Meadows Golf Course and adjacent lands that[...]
JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF BBQ, BEER + SHORT FILMS The YETI Presents Stories from the Wild Film Tour invites you to get to know YETI on a more personal level. Over a night[...]
Tour the Goleta Sanitary District’s recently upgraded Wastewater Treatment Plant, and learn how biological, physical and chemical processes treat wastewater and produce recycled water, biosolids, and energy for the plant. Meet at One William Moffett[...]
Join the City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division and Creeks Advisory Committee for a site visit at our Upper Arroyo Burro Restoration at Barger Canyon project, which is currently under construction. In late 2013, the[...]
Join us as Eric Boldt from the National Weather Service discusses the ongoing drought in southern CA and what the coming winter might hold for us. Mauricio Gomez and Erin Maker will follow that with[...]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT – Thank you for your interest. We will plan on hosting paddles again next year! Explore the Carpinteria coastline and learn about the local watershed with this land and sea[...]
Bring your little ones and join BabywearingSB for a clean-up of Leadbetter Beach. Meet up between the restrooms and Shoreline Beach Cafe. Bags and gloves will be provided. For details contact Jen Hollywood at JHollywood@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
Join the City of Goleta for a Bird Walk at Goleta Beach. Meet at the foot of the pier at Goleta Beach Park. For details contact Everett King at (805) 961-7565 or eking@cityofgoleta.org.
Learn about the important role salt marshes play as part of our watershed. See the wildlife in this beautifully restored habitat and have fun. Meet at the entrance on the beach side of the Carpinteria[...]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT – Thank you for your interest. We plan on hosting another Land Shark Tour next year! Join the City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division for a tour on the Land[...]
Calling all families! Join us at UCSB’s Campus Point for a day of ocean celebration, with activities and adventures for all ages. Tidepooling, ecolabs, E/V Nautilus interactions, water activities (surfing and paddling), and face painting.[...]
Join the Environmental Defense Center and the City of Goleta for a clean-up of San Jose Creek in Goleta! Meet at the footbridge over San Jose Creek on Berkeley Road. For more information, please contact Brian[...]
Join us for a fun and informative afternoon at The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County’s Arroyo Hondo Preserve. Celebrate Creek Week with family and friends as guests of the Land Trust on the beautiful Gaviota[...]
Join Explore Ecology at the Watershed Resource Center for snacks, make a “Wish in a Bottle,” watershed model demonstrations, videos, and more! Other activities will include giant bubbles, kelp beads, and water art projects! Watershed[...]
Check out UCSB’s multi-benefit stormwater management system at San Clemente Habitat Restoration area! This 6 acre restoration site contains multiple habitats including a one acre stormwater management system that slows down the flow, allows infiltration,[...]
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Contacts
Liz Smith
City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division
lsmith@santabarbaraca.gov
(805) 897-2606
John Karamitsos
County of Santa Barbara Project Clean Water
johnk@cosbpw.net
(805) 568-3373
Everett King
City of Goleta Environmental Services
eking@cityofgoleta.org
(805) 961-7576
Erin Maker
City of Carpinteria Public Works
erinm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us
(805) 684-5405 x415
Jodi Woods
UCSB Department of Environment
jodi.woods@ehs.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-7014
