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Advocacy

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper represents our community’s interest in clean water by providing expert, science-based stakeholder advocacy and testifying before government officials to influence policies to better protect our waters and habitats. We review and weigh in on wastewater discharge permits to ensure that requirements for pollution control, treatment and monitoring are as stringent as possible, and on Environmental Impact Reports for proposed development projects that may impact water resources and habitats to ensure that adequate mitigation measures are imposed or that environmentally harmful projects do not get built. We birddog compliance with and enforcement of clean water laws and hold polluters and government agencies accountable.

Channelkeeper also coordinates closely with the California Coastkeeper Alliance, Waterkeeper Alliance, and other Waterkeepers and partners to strengthen water policies at the state and federal levels.

Click on the links below to learn more about some of our current advocacy initiatives:

  • reducing single-use plastics and encouraging and facilitating a shift to reusable or recyclable alternatives
  • regulating pollution from irrigated agriculture
  • reducing stormwater pollution and urban runoff
  • championing a shift to more sustainable water supplies
  • addressing impacts of oil and gas production
  • protecting groundwater aquifers from overdraft and pollution
  • supporting Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to restore and protect marine ecosystems
  • restoring flow to the Ventura River

Contact Us Today

If you interested in learning more,
please call us at (805) 563-3377, email us or use the contact form below.

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    • About
      • Our Mission & Vision
      • Our Team
      • Our Boat
      • Our History
      • Our Impact
      • About the Santa Barbara Channel
      • About Local Watersheds
      • Strategic Framework
      • Financial Information
      • Careers
      • Contact Us
    • Our Work
      • Education
        • Student Art Show
      • Community Engagement
        • Cruise Ship Advocacy
        • Report Pollution
        • Volunteer
        • Water Conservation
        • Oil Spill Resource Guide
        • Film Plastic Recyling
        • Action Alerts
      • Field Work
        • Beach Water Quality
        • Stream Team
          • Water Quality Indicators
          • Stream Team Data Portal
          • Leydecker Archives
        • MPA Watch
        • Cruise Ship Monitoring
        • Ocean Acidification
      • Advocacy
        • Aquaculture Advocacy
        • Polluted Runoff
        • Agriculture
        • Oil & Gas
          • Protecting the Coast from Sable Offshore’s Pipeline Restart
          • Refugio Oil Spill
          • Oil Spill Resource Guide
          • Platform Decommissioning
          • Legacy Oil Wells
          • Offshore Fracking
        • Ventura River
        • Plastic
          • Film Plastic Recyling
        • Marine Protected Areas
          • MPA Watch
        • Water Supply
          • Desalination
          • Conservation
      • Enforcement
        • Ventura River
        • Offshore Fracking
        • Agriculture
        • Sewage
        • Ojai Quarry
        • Halaco
    • Media
      • Press Releases
      • Blog
      • Newsletter Archive
      • eNews Archive
      • Photo Gallery
      • Video Gallery
    • Take Action
      • Donate
      • Events
      • Volunteer
        • Watershed Brigade
        • MPA Watch
      • Report Pollution
      • Action Alerts
      • Subscribe to eNews
      • Shop
        • Buy Channelkeeper Gear
        • Shop & Support Channelkeeper
    • Donate