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NCOS News - March 2019

Abstract

The Cheadle Center at UCSB manages the North Campus Open Space (NCOS), which is a project that has restored 136 acres of upland and wetland habitats that existed before the area was converted into the Ocean Meadows Golf Course in the 1960s. The NCOS restoration project began in 2017 with a fine-scale grading of the site in order to recreate the salt marsh and use the excavated soil to rebuild the upland habitats to the southwest, which are now called the NCOS Mesa. In addition to re-establishing native biodiversity, a key goal of the restoration is to utilize the site as an educational, scientific, and recreational resource. This archived version of the March 2019 newsletter includes updates on the NCOS user survey, beach wrack brought into NCOS by tides, trail refinement, and the spring breeding and nesting season. The feature story focuses on spring planting and weeding plans on the NCOS Mesa and other parts of the site. Community photos include California Saltbush (Extriplex californica), Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus), and a loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus).

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