Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration

This report, however cursory, provides the first official assessment of burrowing owls onthe Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, located in Santa Barbara County, California,including prevalence, usage of burrows, habitat assessment, potential for improvements,and threats. The Dangermond Preserve consists of 24,000 acres of diverse habitatsincluding Bishop pine, oak woodland, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, riparian, wetmeadow, and more, from the Santa Ynez mountains to the Pacific Ocean and includes the dynamic place where the coast of California stops trending east west and begins trendingnorth. This report focuses specifically on the Cojo Terrace, 1,046 acres of low elevation,almost entirely flat land encompassing the areas around Cojo Bay, Government Point, andPoint Conception at approximately 10-40 m above sea level.