Keeping Watch for Clean Water
The ocean covers over 70% of the planet and produces at least 50% of its oxygen. It is home to most of the Earth’s biodiversity and it nourishes more than a billion people around the world. The ocean is also critical to our economy with an estimated 40 million people being employed by ocean-based industries… Read more
For over fifteen years environmental engineering consultant and researcher Al Leydecker worked with Channelkeeper as a Stream Team Science Advisor. During that time, Al helped shape Channelkeeper’s community monitoring program. He was actively engaged in research on the Ventura River and in the Goleta Watersheds and conducted analyses of the data that volunteers collected.We are pleased… Read more
Celebrating 20 Years of Clean Water and Community Impact For 20 years Santa Barbara Channelkeeper has served our community as a vigilant watchdog and tenacious advocate for the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds. We’ve successfully championed stronger policies to better protect our water resources, stopped scores of illegal discharges into the Santa Barbara Channel… Read more