California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA)

Coal Oil Point Reserve Monthly Lecture
Thursday November 20th 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Topic: California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA)
Presenter: Michael Sheehy, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

On Thursday, November 20th, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Santa Barbara  
Channelkeeper is providing an informational presentation on  
California's initiative to establish a network of Marine Protected  
Areas (MPAs) in Southern California. MPAs are underwater wilderness  
areas that limit the extraction of marine species and aim to protect  
and conserve marine life and habitats. Proposals for the designation  
of these areas in Southern California will be developed over the next  
year and will be greatly influenced by public input and participation.

Directions and Parking: The presentation will take place at the Cliff  
House, located at Coal Oil Point Reserve in Goleta. You can find  
directions to the Coal Oil Point Reserve at coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org.  
Limited parking is only available in the inner parking lot (through  
the gate) and anyone who parks in the outer parking lot may receive a  
parking ticket. Carpooling, biking, or walking from Isla Vista with  
friends is encouraged. If you plan on parking in the inner parking  
lot, please arrive 30 minutes early so you will have time to check if  
there is a spot available or drive to the end of Isla Vista and walk  
with a friend.

Please join Michael Sheehy, Channelkeeper’s Marine Conservation  
Coordinator, to learn more about California’s Marine Life Protection  
Act (MLPA) and how you can get involved.  For more information about  
this event, please email michael@sbck.org or call 563-3377. For more  
information on the MLPA Initiative and MPAs, please visit  
www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa or www.caloceans.org.

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a non-profit organization dedicated to  
the protection and restoration of the Santa Barbara Channel and its  
watersheds.  As Channelkeeper’s Marine Conservation Coordinator,  
Michael Sheehy communicates with and educates the public on marine  
conservation efforts and issues as they pertain to the Santa Barbara  
Channel, including engaging the public in the Marine Life Protection  
Act Initiative process in California’s south coast region.  Michael  
has extensive regional knowledge of the Santa Barbara Channel’s  
near-shore marine communities and scientific expertise in marine  
ecology- having worked for more than eight years as a research  
ecologist with the Marine Science Institute and as a project manager  
with the research consortium, Partnership for Interdisciplinary  
Studies of Coastal Oceans, at UCSB.  Michael has also consulted for  
non-profit and businesses interests, including advising on such topics  
as the state of global marine resource management.

Reservations are requested. Please send Leeza Charleboix an email to  
reserve a spot at the lecture.


Leeza Charleboix
Coal Oil Point Reserve
Education and Tour Program Coordinator
coprstaff@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Email: coprstaff@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Phone: (805) 893-5092