UCSB North Campus Open Space Restoration

Status In-progress County Santa Barbara
Project Type Non-mitigation Location 34.42008° N, -119.87740° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 136.4 Last Updated 31 January 2024
Project Abstract This restoration project is being undertaken by UC Santa Barbara in collaboration with multiple local, state and federal agencies. Project is designed to restore and enhance wetland and associated upland habitats characteristic of the historic Devereux Slough ecosystem. The overall project vision is to restore the opportunity for tidal connection.
Project Groups CDFW Prop 1
Administrative Region Central Coast Region - Kevin O'Connor, Moss Landing Marine Labs

Project Identification

IDType
CDP No. 4-16-0631 CCC - Coastal Development Permit
P1696006 CDFW - Prop 1 Grant ID
1600-2016-0177 -R5 CDFW - Streambed Alteration Agreement
34216WQ19 SWRCB - 401 Certification Letter (e.g., Site Number or WDID)
SPL-2016-00339-TS USACE - Standard Individual Permit

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
UCSB North Campus Open Space None Restoration (unspecified) Infrastructure, Vegetation Management, Wildlife-specific Measures Unknown/unspecified habitat None 136.4 Implementation in-progress

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
UCSB North Campus Open Space In-progress/Implementation 136.4

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2017-04-26 Groundwork start

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Contact Lisa Stratton University of California Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
None Restoration (unspecified) WCB Wildlife Conservation Board $3,820,000
None Restoration (unspecified) USFWS National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program $3,191,763
None Restoration (unspecified) California Transportation Commission $2,449,000
None Restoration (unspecified) SCC State Coastal Conservancy $1,053,126
None Restoration (unspecified) California Ocean Protection Council $1,000,000
None Restoration (unspecified) CNRA California Natural Resources Agency $1,000,000
None Restoration (unspecified) CDFW Wetlands Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program $999,989
None Restoration (unspecified) CDFW Prop 1 - Watershed Restoration Grant Program $997,095
None Restoration (unspecified) CDWR Urban Streams Restoration Program $939,385
None Restoration (unspecified) CNRA Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program $350,000
None Restoration (unspecified) SCC Wetlands Recovery Project $29,900

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2023-09-06 6.2 Santa Barbara North Parcel Vernal Pool 17 individual vernal pool 73
2023-08-31 6.2 Santa Barbara Vernal Pool North Parcel 15 individual vernal pool 66
2023-08-31 6.2 Santa Barbara North Parcel Vernal Pool 16 individual vernal pool 70
2023-08-29 6.2 Santa Barbara North Parcel Vernal Pool 19 individual vernal pool 79
2023-07-13 6.2 Santa Barbara NCOS Vernal Pool 2 individual vernal pool 86
2023-07-13 6.2 Santa Barbara NCOS Vernal Pool 1 individual vernal pool 80
2022-11-03 6.1 Upper Devereux Slough bar-built estuarine 86
2016-07-07 6.1 Devereux Creek riverine non-confined 60

Performance Criteria

StatusDetailsEvaluation Date
Criteria not evaluated yet Original criteria 2022-01-01
Name File Type Submitted On Submitted By
NCOS Project Photo Documentation Monitoring Data Set 2020-04-09 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara
North Campus Open Space Restoration Project - Restoration Plan Plan Or Permit 2019-04-23 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara
North Campus Open Space Restoration Project Annual Monitoring Report: Year 2 (2019) Monitoring Report 2020-04-09 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara
North Campus Open Space Restoration Project Monitoring Report: Year 6, December 2023 Monitoring Report 2024-01-31 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara
North Campus Open Space Restoration Project: As-Built Grading and Hydrology Report Monitoring Report 2019-04-23 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara
North Campus Open Space Restoration Project: Detailed Project Program Plan Or Permit 2019-04-23 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara
North Campus Open Space Restoration Project: First Year Monitoring Report (2018) Monitoring Report 2019-04-23 Alison Rickard, University of California, Santa Barbara

How to Use the Habitat Development Curve

Habitat Development Curves (HDCs) are used to determine the developmental status and trajectory of on-the-ground projects to create, restore, or enhance California wetland and stream habitats. Each HDC is based on assessments of habitat condition for different age areas of one habitat type that in aggregate represent the full spectrum of habitat development. The assessments of condition are provided by expert applications of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Visit the CRAM website for more information about CRAM.

For each HDC, reference condition is represented by areas of a habitat that consistently get very high CRAM scores, have not been subject to disruptive management practices, and exist within landscapes that are protected and managed for their natural conditions. The horizontal lines intersecting the top of an HDC represent the mean CRAM score and standard deviation of scores for 25 qualifying reference areas.

The age of a project is estimated as the elapsed time in years between the groundwork end date for the project and the date of the CRAM assessment. To add or update a groundwork end date, use the Project Events form in Project Tracker (ptrack.ecoatlas.org). The minimum age in years of a non-project area, including any natural reference area, is estimated from all available local information, including historical maps and imagery, historical written accounts, and place-specific scientific studies of habitat development.

An HDC can be used to address the following questions:

  1. At what time in the future will the area of assessed habitat achieve the reference condition or other milestones in habitat development? The HDC can answer this question if the CRAM score for the assessed area is within the confidence interval of the HDC. The answer is the time in years along the HDC between the current age of the assessed area and the future date corresponding to the intersection of the HDC and the reference condition or other milestone.
  2. Is the area of assessed habitat likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace as most other areas of the same habitat type? The habitat area is likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace if the CRAM score for the area is above, below, or within the confidence interval of the HDC, respectively.
  3. What can be done to improve the condition of the habitat area or to increase its rate of development? HDCs by themselves cannot answer this question. Possible answers can be inferred by the following analysis that involves HDCs:
    1. Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
    2. Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
    3. For any low-scoring Attribute, examine the component Metric Scores (note: the Metric Scores for any public CRAM assessment in the CRAM database can be obtained through EcoAtlas);
    4. Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
    5. Consider modifying the design or management of the habitat area in ways that will sustainably increase its score(s) for the low-scoring Metric(s).

For more information about CRAM Attributes and Metrics, including their scientific rationale, see the CRAM Manual.

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CRAM Site Scores