Please help us protect our Natural Resources on Santa Cruz Island For protection of native species, all clothing, tools, equipment and supplies should be inspected and cleaned of plant propagules and soil prior to departure from the mainland or when moving between islands. Special attention should be paid to velcro, footwear, pant cuffs, clothing seams, sleeping pads, sleeping bags, backpacks, duffels, tents, tool joints, chainsaws, towels, wetsuits, surfboard socks/bags/leash, and duct tape rolls.
1. NO cardboard boxes should be taken to the islands. Small seeds and insects can hide inside the corrugations. Please transfer items inside to an ActionPacker or other tight-sealed container. (Unopened, original packaging is OK).
2. All gear, building materials, heavy machinery, and equipment should be clean of dirt, soil, insects, and spiderwebs. Insects as small as ants and spiders can be extremely invasive.
3. Inspect and clean boots, gear, and clothes prior to boarding. Small weed seeds and insects can hide in the grooves on the bottom of shoes, in pant cuffs, and in zipper seams.
Click here for the Channel Islands National Park Service Biosecurity Regulations
To search the Bio Security Publication Database Click here(link is external)
Click here(link is external) to REPORT Invasive Species Sightings
Argentine Ant Eradication Program Information Click here(link is external)
Click here (link is external)for Invasive Species Printable Field Cards for SCI and SRI
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Flora
Santa Cruz Island Reserve Herbarium On-Line Click here(link is external)
to search and view SCIR Hebarium Specimens on the North American Network of Small Hebarium
You can also search the SCIR Herbarium Specimens on the IDigBio Portal(link is external)
UC Santa Barbara Collections Network Click here to search observations and specimen data for SCIR
UC Berkeley Natural History Museum Reserve Mapper Click here to locate SCIR specimens(link is external)
Calflora Click here(link is external) to view Calflora's list of plants(link is external)
Consortium of California Herbaria Click here (link is external)For the Consortium of California Herbaria Two, CCH2 click here(link is external) to view specimen collections for Santa Cruz Island.
CalPhotos-University of California Berkeley Click here(link is external) to view CalPhotos. A collection of 475,043 photos of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes from around the world.
Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Click here (link is external)to view Lichen specimen collections for Santa Cruz Island
Illustrations of Flora and Fauna The Unique Plants and Animals of the Northern Channel Islands by Michael James Emerson, March 1982 Click here for PDF
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Santa Barbara Breeding Birds Study-Enter your observations on this site here(link is external)
eBird Click here(link is external) to submit observations or explore data in eBird(link is external)
Great Backyard Bird Count Click here(link is external) to submit observations or explore data in GBBC(link is external)
CINPS Bird Checklist Click here(link is external) to download a PDF of a 2011 Bird Checklist by Dr. Paul Collins
YouTube Click here (link is external)to watch a YouTube Video on The Songbirds of the Channel Islands featuring Scott Sillett
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CCEBER Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration
MVZ (link is external)The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
Click here(link is external) to search for additional Santa Cruz Island specimens
WFVZ (link is external)Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology "The Bird Museum"
Click here(link is external) to find information on bird specimens of the Channel Islands
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Marine
NOAA(link is external)-National Marine Sanctuary - Channel Islands Photos and Videos of the Sanctuary(link is external)
PISCO(link is external)-Partnership for Interdiscipliary Studies of Coastal Oceans - Click here (link is external)for access to PISCO Data
LTER(link is external)-Santa Barbara Coastal-Click here(link is external) for access to LTER Data
