Surfrider Website
SB Channelkeeper Website

 

Special reports

The data and observations, when put all together, present a wealth of information about the health of our watershed. In addition to our quarterly newsletter, we also publish a series of reports from our different programs. These reports are available below as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat file. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Summary Reports

Goleta Slough Stream Team: 2005-2006

(1.2 MB)

Ventura River Stream Team: 2005-2006

Ventura River Stream Team: 2001-2005
TOC, Intro, Background ---
Results ---
Reccomendations ---
References, Appendices ---

Goleta Stream Team: 2002-2005

Ventura River Algae Studies

Click here for Stream Team's algae TMDL site

Stream Team Presentation (Feb 10, 2007)

Looking at Data Part 1 (pdf)

(2.2 MB)

Looking at Data Part 2 (pdf)

Stairway to Heaven Excercise (pdf)
Forwards (mp3)
Backwards (mp3)

Ventura River: Cycles of Change

Part 1a. "Cycles of Change, The Ventura River - 2001 to 2003"
Author: A. Leydecker
.pdf document
(2.2 MB)
Part 1b. "Nutrient uptake and cycles of change: The Ventura River in Southern California"
Author: A. Leydecker
.pdf document
(494 KB)
Part 2. "The Ventura River: before and after the big storm" (The storms of 2004-2005)
Author: A. Leydecker
.pdf document
(1.2 MB)
Part 3. "The Ventura River - a look at rainfall and the river"
Author: A. Leydecker
.pdf document
(200 KB)

Stream Walk Reports

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Goleta Stream Walk Website
link to webpage
Ventura Stream Walk Website
link to webpage

 

Santa Barbara Storm Watch

Storm Watch Background and Report
link to webpage
"A curious relationship between E. coli and Enterococci"
Author: A. Leydecker
.pdf document
(191 KB)

Other Special Reports

Lower Ventura River Restoration Opportunities Report, Decenber 2010

 

.pdf document
(4 MB)

Channelkeeper letter to Trash TMDL Stakeholders and Ventura River Stream Team Trash Survey Results, March 5th, 2011

 

.pdf document
(15.3 MB)

Draft Ventura River Urban Watershed Restoration Opportunities, May, 2009

 

.pdf document
(4 MB)

"A Creekside Homeowners Guide, How to live responsibly as a creekside neighbor "

 

.pdf document
(455 KB)

"Before the Dawn's Early Light, or What Happens with Dissolved Oxygen and pH overnight"

Author: A. Leydecker

.pdf document
(343 KB)

"What's All That Green Stuff in the Backcountry: Algae in 2005"

Author: A. Leydecker
Photo Comparison, November 2005 - November 2006

Author: A. Leydecker

Other Channelkeeper Watershed Advocacy

5/25/09 Santa Barbara Channelkeeper comments on 2010 303(d) List for the Central Coast
4/25/08 Corrective Action Plan for Venoco Oil and Gas Processing Facility - Carpinteria
4/17/08 Veronica Meadows - Arroyo Burrow Creek
3/24/08 Mosler Rock Quarry - N. Fork Matilija Creek
3/7/08 Central Coast Beaches Bacteria TMDL - All Central Coast beaches
3/5/08 8th Street Bridge Project - Carpinteria Creek
2/9/08 Laguna Fence Project - Sycamore Creek
1/17/08 Goleta General Plan Amendments - All watersheds of Goleta
1/15/08 Goleta General Plan Amendments - All watersheds of Goleta
10/26/07 Goleta General Plan Amendments - All watersheds of Goleta
10/23/07 Ventura River Estuary Trash TMDL - Lower Ventura River
8/13/07 Schwan Brothers Final Development Plan - San Jose Creek
7/18/07 Ojai Valley Sanitary District Effluent Reuse Feasibility Study - Lower Ventura River
6/1/07 Final Mitigated Negative Declaration for the San Jose Creek Capacity Improvement Project - San Jose Creek
4/27/07 VWPD Arundo Eradication - Ventura River - Matilija Creek
4/20/07 UPS Development Plan - Old San Jose Creek
4/2/07 Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration for the San Jose Creek Capacity Improvement Project - San Jose Creek
3/28/07 Santa Barbara Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
Ventura Stream Team 303(d) Recommendations, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, February 28th, 2006

(124 KB)

Goleta Slough Stream Team 303(d) Recommendations, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, February 28th, 2006

(124 KB)

12/11/2006 Veronica Meadows - Arroyo Burro Creek