Rules and Directions
Rules and Regulations
PLEASE READ
This e-mail is automatically generated when a request to visit the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve is submitted and confirms receipt of your Visit reservation request. It does not constitute an approval of your Project or its associated visits. The Reserve Director will notify you when your Project has been reviewed and your Visit approved.
Please take a moment and read the following information regarding use of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. Thank you.
Please take a moment and read the following information regarding use of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. Thank you.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Use of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (CSMR) is limited to bona fide research and class use in the fields of sciences and humanities and must be coordinated through the UCSB Natural Reserve System campus office. The Reserve also allows managed Public access to the Reserve by special arrangement. All requests to visit the Reserve must be approved in advance by the reserve director, Dr. Andrew Brooks (ajbrooks@ucsb.edu).
Requests to visit the Reserve should be submitted to the UCSB campus office at least three weeks prior to the initial visit.
- You must have a submitted Project for each discrete project.
- Reservations requests should be associated with the appropriate Project.
Research projects: if you have more than one research project, a separate Project application must be filed for each project. It is important to indicate on the project application the approximate duration of the proposed research project/s. Approved Project applications are valid for one field season only (from date of approval through June 30) but may be renewed annually via phone or email for the duration estimated on the application. Non-UC researchers may need to sign a release form.
Field trip and class-use: a separate Visit request must be submitted for each visit or series of visits.
RESERVE WAIVERS
All persons entering the Reserve must submit a completed and signed copy of the electronic Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Waiver prior to their first visit each calendar year. In the case of an individual under the age of 18 on the date of their first visit to the Reserve, the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Waiver must also be signed by the individual's parent or legal guardian.
For classes or groups entering the Reserve, it is the responsibility of the Class Instructor or Group Leader to ensure that everyone in their class or group has completed and submitted a signed copy of the NRS e-Waiver before entering the Reserve.
Group or Class Leaders: Please have your students or group members include your LAST NAME and E-MAIL address in the spaces provided when completing their waiver.
Electronic NRS Waiver form (DocuSign) - Available in English and Spanish:
https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=c17316b7-28e5-4093-a8bc-9b3959558154&env=na3&acct=36d87d60-c882-4887-835a-bc389fb776dd&v=2
Waivers are valid for the entire calendar year in which they are submitted.
Field trip and class-use: a separate Visit request must be submitted for each visit or series of visits.
RESERVE WAIVERS
All persons entering the Reserve must submit a completed and signed copy of the electronic Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Waiver prior to their first visit each calendar year. In the case of an individual under the age of 18 on the date of their first visit to the Reserve, the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Waiver must also be signed by the individual's parent or legal guardian.
For classes or groups entering the Reserve, it is the responsibility of the Class Instructor or Group Leader to ensure that everyone in their class or group has completed and submitted a signed copy of the NRS e-Waiver before entering the Reserve.
Group or Class Leaders: Please have your students or group members include your LAST NAME and E-MAIL address in the spaces provided when completing their waiver.
Electronic NRS Waiver form (DocuSign) - Available in English and Spanish:
https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=c17316b7-28e5-4093-a8bc-9b3959558154&env=na3&acct=36d87d60-c882-4887-835a-bc389fb776dd&v=2
Waivers are valid for the entire calendar year in which they are submitted.
SIGNING INTO THE RESERVE
All visitors and researchers should sign into the Reserve each day by scanning the QR code posted on the Reserve message board located just inside the Reserve gate. Users are no longer required to sign out of the Reserve when they exit. The CSMR gate should remain locked at all times. The combination to the padlock on the Reserve gate will be provided to the group leader once their requested Visit has been approved by the Reserve Director. Please securely lock the gate behind you once you have entered the reserve and lock it behind you again when you are leaving the reserve. Make sure to check that the lock and chain have been wrapped around the correct sections of the gate preventing the gate from being opened prior to departing.
NO FIREARMS
All firearms are prohibited on any University of California property of the Regents of UC at any time, pursuant to the California Penal Code, Sections 629.9 (h) and 629.9 (i).
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
A portable toilet and tool shed are among the facilities available to reserve users. Please check with the reserve director regarding potential use of these facilities. A small first-aid-kit should be located in the register podium at the gate to the reserve. The Reserve has no utilities including a supply of potable water. All users are encouraged to bring drinking water with them when visiting the Reserve. We highly encourage the use of non-plastic, refillable water bottles. The Reserve also lacks traditional, "land-line" phone service. Users are encouraged strongly to bring at least one cellular telephone in case of emergency and to establish an emergency contact person with full knowledge of the group's or individual's planned itinerary.
RESEARCHERS
To insure the integrity of research sites, do not remove stakes, pipes, flags, traps and other miscellaneous items that may belong to other researchers. To inform the reserve director and other users which stakes or other research-related items are yours, it is helpful to put your initials and a date on them. At the end of a research project, each user should take the responsibility to police the sites used to ensure that all materials are removed, unless specific items such as plot markers or traps are to be left for research purposes. When a project is completed, please inform the reserve director so that he can discuss with you any points of interest or make decisions regarding the removal of materials that could be of use once they are no longer needed for your work.
ANNUAL SUMMARY OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Please provide the following by June 30 of each year (the summary and list of publications will be published in the NRS Annual Report and on the NRS systemwide Web Page):
• A brief summary of your research accomplishments, including the title of the project, a list of all participants on the project with their affiliations.
• A list of your current publications based on research done on the reserve (complete references).
• Source of funding for your project, dates of funding, and the funding amount.
• Two copies of all published materials, including conference proceedings, abstracts, and technical reports (one bound copy only of theses and dissertations), resulting from your research.
• A list of your current publications based on research done on the reserve (complete references).
• Source of funding for your project, dates of funding, and the funding amount.
• Two copies of all published materials, including conference proceedings, abstracts, and technical reports (one bound copy only of theses and dissertations), resulting from your research.
**PLEASE** acknowledge the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESERVE SYSTEM, UCSB CARPINTERIA SALT MARSH RESERVE, in all publications which result from research done at the reserve or utilize data collected from the Reserve.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
The wetlands of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh are home to various rare, threatened, and endangered animals (e.g., Belding's Savannah Sparrows) and plant life (e.g., Salt Marsh Bird's Beak and Salt Marsh Goldfields). Please take time to become familiar with the resources of the reserve and help protect this sensitive and important ecosystem. Researchers are continually involved in ongoing projects at the reserve, so it is important to know where to walk and what to look for so as to not disturb projects, wildlife, plants, rocks, etc.
The wetlands of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh are home to various rare, threatened, and endangered animals (e.g., Belding's Savannah Sparrows) and plant life (e.g., Salt Marsh Bird's Beak and Salt Marsh Goldfields). Please take time to become familiar with the resources of the reserve and help protect this sensitive and important ecosystem. Researchers are continually involved in ongoing projects at the reserve, so it is important to know where to walk and what to look for so as to not disturb projects, wildlife, plants, rocks, etc.
• Take care to protect yourself from injury due to broken glass, rusty pipes, nails in boards, unstable banks, and other things that can cause bodily harm.
• Use caution when crossing the railroad. Watch for flashing red and yellow train signals located on the tracts some distance to the east and west of the gate to the reserve. If children are present in your group, do not permit them to linger on the tracks.
• Collect refuse found in the reserve and put in the trashcan located near the gate. Please take care to distinguish between refuse and equipment, markers, stakes, pipes, flags, traps, etc. being used in ongoing research projects.
• Please report to the reserve director all items of interest that might assist with the management of the reserve or contribute to the understanding of the natural history of the estuary and its surroundings.
• While you are at the reserve, please refrain from making loud noises and/or fast movements that might scare wildlife being observed by other users.
• At the earliest convenience, please report to the Reserve Director or other reserve official any acts of vandalism, unauthorized use, or other illegal activities. However, do **NOT** put yourself in a potentially difficult or hazardous position by directly confronting those who may be acting without proper authorization.
• Use caution when crossing the railroad. Watch for flashing red and yellow train signals located on the tracts some distance to the east and west of the gate to the reserve. If children are present in your group, do not permit them to linger on the tracks.
• Collect refuse found in the reserve and put in the trashcan located near the gate. Please take care to distinguish between refuse and equipment, markers, stakes, pipes, flags, traps, etc. being used in ongoing research projects.
• Please report to the reserve director all items of interest that might assist with the management of the reserve or contribute to the understanding of the natural history of the estuary and its surroundings.
• While you are at the reserve, please refrain from making loud noises and/or fast movements that might scare wildlife being observed by other users.
• At the earliest convenience, please report to the Reserve Director or other reserve official any acts of vandalism, unauthorized use, or other illegal activities. However, do **NOT** put yourself in a potentially difficult or hazardous position by directly confronting those who may be acting without proper authorization.
Directions
The Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve is located in southern Santa Barbara County, due west of the city of Carpinteria; 32 km (20 mi) east of the UC Santa Barbara campus. The entrance to the Reserve is located at the end of Estero Street, just south of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
From North of Carpinteria: exit Hwy 101 S at Carpinteria Avenue (the off-ramp becomes Carpinteria Avenue). Drive approximately 0.5 miles east on Carpinteria Avenue and then turn right on Estero St.. Please park outside the fence.
From South of Carpinteria: exit Hwy 101 N at Casitas Pass Rd. Take Casitas Pass south to Carpinteria Avenue and turn right on Carpinteria Avenue. Drive approximately 1.5 miles west on Carpinteria Avenue and turn left on Estero St. Please park outside the fence.
PLEASE NOTE: The location of the Reserve entrance shown on Apple maps is incorrect. Apple maps mistakenly shows the location of the City of Carpinteria's Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park when users search for "Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve" in Apple maps. The correct location for the entrance to the Reserve is at the end of Estero St. off of Carpinteria Avenue.
The location of the Reserve and the Reserve entrance is shown correctly on Google maps and can be found by entering "Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve" into the search box in Google maps.
PLEASE NOTE: The location of the Reserve entrance shown on Apple maps is incorrect. Apple maps mistakenly shows the location of the City of Carpinteria's Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park when users search for "Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve" in Apple maps. The correct location for the entrance to the Reserve is at the end of Estero St. off of Carpinteria Avenue.
The location of the Reserve and the Reserve entrance is shown correctly on Google maps and can be found by entering "Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve" into the search box in Google maps.
