Just as national parks and national forests protect and conserve our natural resources on land, national marine sanctuaries do so in the ocean and Great Lakes. Sanctuaries are managed to support lives and livelihoods, and have strong connections to local communities and special places. Now available are a set of factsheets that summarize what we know about the benefit of national marine sanctuaries (including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary) to local income and jobs.
Sanctuary
Overflight Regulation Amendment (January 2012)
NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries is announcing an amendment
to existing overflight regulations (15 CFR Part 922) for four
west coast sanctuaries: Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf
of the Farallones, and Olympic Coast. Although these federal
regulations have been in place in most sanctuaries for many
years, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries has standardized regulatory
language to reflect a consistent and clear regulatory approach.
NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries is working with the FAA to
change the notation on the charts from “recommended”
minimum altitude to “required” minimum altitude.
These amendments are intended to better inform pilots, improve
resource protection, and potentially reduce the risk to pilots
and aircraft from bird strikes. Sanctuary low overflight restrictions
pertain to discrete zones within each sanctuary; at the Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary the regulation applies to
areas below 1,000 feet within 1 nautical mile of the islands
within the sanctuary. Click
here for the Final Rule announcing this regulation amendment,
and here for a list of
all regulations for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
Meet:
Rocio Lozano-Knowlton
Program Coordinator, MERITO (Multicultural
Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans) Program,
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
New Sanctuary Film “Beneath the Rainbow Bridge: A Journey
Through the Channel Islands”The
recently completed Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
film will be screened at the upcoming Santa Barbara International
Film Festival, January 27 through February 6, 2011. The 29-minute
documentary was written and directed by
John Brooks from NOAA's Ocean Media Center, and produced in
collaboration with the sanctuary. Filmed in high definition
the film immerses viewers in the sanctuary's unique ocean
and island ecosystems and explores cultural, recreational,
science, and conservation connections to the Channel Islands.
The film will be shown in downtown
Santa Barbara on *Friday, February 4th at 2:00 pm (Metro 4,
Theatre IV)* and on *Saturday, February 5th at 1:00 pm (Santa
Barbara Museum of Art)*. Full details about the film festival
are online at: http://sbiff.org
From
Shore to Sea Lecture Series Update
Channel Islands National Park,
with support from Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary,
presents the "From Shore to Sea" Lecture Series
to engage the public in interesting science and natural history
topics related to the Channel Islands. http://nps.gov/chis
This FREE series will be shown only at Ventura Harbor in the
Channel Islands National Park auditorium on the following
dates at 7:00 p.m. in 2011:
September 14,
2011
October 12,
2011
November 9,
2011
Channel
Islands Naturalist Corps
We are pleased to announce that 25 new Channel Islands
Naturalist Corps (CINC) volunteers will be trained by the
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park
this March 2011. CINC volunteers provide interpretation on
local whale watch vessels, lead island hikes on the Channel
Islands, as well as represent the sanctuary and park at community
outreach events. A warm welcome to our new recruits!
This
is gray whale season! Join a local cruise with our
CINC volunteers and experience the magic of the gray whale
annual migration in the Santa Barbara Channel. Click here
to find out how to get out to the Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary and Park http://channelislands.noaa.gov/edu/edu_vessel.html
Construction
Update
Construction began in April 2010, for the new Ocean
Science Education Building which will house the Outreach Center
for Teaching Ocean Science (OCTOS) and incorporate the educational
outreach programs of UCSB's Marine Science Institute and the
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Half of the building
will house OCTOS and include state-of-the-art interactive
exhibits in marine science. The balance of the structure is
the new home for CINMS administrative offices. Construction
is expected to be complete in Fall 2011. For more information
about OCTOS:
http://www.msi.ucsb.edu/education/outreach-center-teaching-ocean-science-octos
Links:
National
Ocean Service weekly podcast series on marine topics Making
Waves. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast.html
Thank You Ocean news, activities for kids & more, plus
listen to podcasts! http://www.thankyouocean.org
Protecting your Channel Islands Brochure (with Marine Reserves
Map)
Click here 
pdf
(4.6MB)
Check
out the Sanctuaries on YouTube
"Discover
the marine life and extraordinary habitats that make up your
nation's 13 national marine sanctuaries and one marine national
monument. And find out more about continuing efforts to conserve
these ocean and coastal treasures.
National Ocean Service weekly podcast series
on marine topics Making Waves. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast.html
Thank
You Ocean news, activities for kids & more, plus
listen to podcasts! http://www.thankyouocean.org
Protecting
your Channel Islands Brochure (with Marine Reserves
Map)
Click here
pdf (4.6MB)
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