Coal Oil Point Reserve and Goleta Area

COPR - April 2008

Devereux Slough - Januuary, 24, 2008

View of the snow dusted Goleta Mountains from Devereux Slough, Rainny late Afternoon - January 23, 2008

January's Welcomed Guest ( A little story)

Coal Oil Point Reserve, Devereux Slough winter changes and reflections, Snowy Plovers - January 2008

Ellwood Main Monarch Butterfly Grove
January 21, 2007

Coal Oil Point Reserve Vegetation
Time-lapse Movie 2006-01-10 thru 2006-07-31 (by Kevin Brown)

Coal Oil Point Reserve view toward the Beach
Time-lapse Movie 2006-01-10 thru 2006-07-31 (by Kevin Brown)

Late May 2006 - Brown Pelicans and gulls come in Large Numbers to Sands Beach

Spring Flowers on the Dunes at Sands Beach and Coal Oil Point Reserve - May 2006

First Snowy Plovers Chicks of the season at COPR were sited on Thursday May 11, 2006
The above picture was taken May 14, 2006 | Snowy Plover Chicks - May 2006 Slideshow

Checking out the surf at Sands, two days in a row, reveals the change in the height before and after filling up at the Ellwood Terminal.

Devereux Slough Story (12/29/05)

Coal Oil Point Reserve, Sands Beach 09/17/05 | COPR Late Summer 2005
Coal Oil Point Reserve, Devereux Slough has had a great abundance of birds this late summer as the water, though shallow, still covers a large area

COPR Spring 2005
Spring Bird Count, Bird boxes, Whales, Dolphin, shorebirds, Whimbrels, Curlews, Marbled Godwits, birds flying. Jovalan Tanker at Ellwood Terminal

COPR Dunes and Devereux Slough, Spring 2005
Wind on Dunes and Sands Beach, Dead Seal, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Mallard Chicks

Storke Ranch Vernal Pool 02/19/04 (where I live)

Sitting on the Cliff at Ellwood 02/14/05

Native Planting at Manzanita Village UCSB | Jan. 15th - Feb. 19th Assorted Pictures

Poster by Dr. Kevin Lafferty for event (photos from Kevin and Callie) | Coal Oil Point Reserve Home Page

Santa Barbara County file on The Ellwood-Devereux Slough Ecosystem

Flood Control Topographic Maps for Download