Starr Ranch is a 4000 acre Audubon preserve in southeast Orange County.  Driving down the Ranch’s oak lined country road is like going back through time. The original Ranch buildings, built in the 1930s by previous owners Eugene and Applin Starr, now serve as staff residences and spaces for meetings and education programs. The Ranch protects and restores the rare native landscapes of Southern California and is truly a wild land jewel in South Orange County. 

Channel Islands Restoration is organizing a tabling event for Earth Day in Santa Barbara. We’re looking for outgoing volunteers to help spread the word about all the great work Channel Islands Restoration is accomplishing. We will organize activities for the kids, sell merchandise, and sign up new volunteers. The shifts will be around 3 hours long. It will be a fun event with a chance to meet like-minded people. If you’re interested, please get in touch with us by email at volunteer@cirweb.org or call 805.448.6203 and let us know which day you’d like to volunteer.

Join Channel Islands Restoration for a rewarding day of restoring and preserving one of Santa Barbara's most beautiful natural spaces. This is your chance to directly impact your local environment while connecting with fellow nature enthusiasts and environmental volunteers.

Native grassland habitats across the Coastal Range foothills are threatened by continuous feedback between decades of uncontrolled grazing, historic and current fire occurrence, and the threats of invasive grasses. Despite this, the San Marcos Foothills Preserve, located just 3 miles inland from the coast of Santa Barbara, remains an enclave of this ecologically important habitat displaying our native Purple needlegrass (Stipa pulchra) and a suite of beautiful wildflowers that shelter and feed a diverse set of animals including CA species of special concern such as the Burrowing Owl.