Summer 2026 PCI Newsletter
At the Point Conception Institute (PCI), our work extends beyond advancing conservation science and restoration—we are committed to building a community that sparks meaningful dialogue, strengthens collaboration, and shapes a more resilient future for California’s wild coast.
Summer 2026 PCI Newsletter
Installing scientific instrumentation along the Dangermond Preserve coast
© Sophia Leiker
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Collaboration, Open Science, and Technology for Conservation Impact
Coast live oak at the JLDP
Coast live oak (Q. agrifolia) at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve.
© Erin Feinblatt/TNC
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See recent articles and media from projects with the Point Conception Institute and the Dangermond Preserve
Media
Moses Katkowski shows a handful of coast live oak acorns.
© Erin Feinblatt/TNC
Media: Dangermond Preserve & PCI
- Santa Barbara Independent: Point Conception Institute: The Living Laboratory
- New Dangermond Preserve and PCI website
- LA Times: Environmentalists turning rugged stretch of California Coast into a lab for conservation
- KCLU: The Tri-Counties hidden gem: It's a nearly 25,000 acre nature preserve in Santa Barbara County
- KCLU: It's poop to us, but Santa Barbara County researchers say it's a feast of info about carnivores
- SB Independent: Western Monarch Count
Media: Coastal
- National Parks Conservation Association: Mollusks on the Move
- Santa Barbara Independent: The Race to Save Golden Rockweed
- Santa Barbara Independent: Can Santa Barbara Researchers Bring Rockweed Back from the Brink?
- PBS Deep Look: Sand Pirahnas
- SB Independent: Western Snowy Plover: The Hardiest Shorebird
- NPR: Scientists try to repopulate shorelines with an endangered snail
- KCLU: Unique project off Ventura, Santa Barbara County coastlines trying to save endangered abalone
Media: Coastal Carnivore Research
- Red Canary Magazine: Where Coyotes Dare To Tread: Humans and marine life collide along the Southern California coast
- TikTok: Nat Geo: Coastal Carnivore Research
- Phys.org: Motion-sensing cameras set up along protected California shoreline show impact of coyotes on intertidal habitats
- Hakai Magazine: California’s Undisturbed Gaviota Coast Draws a Shocking Range of Wildlife
MEDIA: Land
- Santa Barbara Independent: A Nutty Solution, Lessons from an Acorn
- TNC Newsroom: Santa Barbara Prescribed Fire Training Exchange
- CNPS: How CNPS is working with partners to map millions of acres of vegetation in California - a vital tool in a long-term conservation effort within the state.
- KTLA: NASA takes to the skies for "first-of-a-kind" study of California wildflower blooms
- SB Independent: Bioblitz Reveals Hidden Biodiversity in the Santa Barbara Channel
Media: Department of Defense REPI (Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration) Conservation Easement on Dangermond Preserve
- Santa Barbara Independent: Historic $15 Million Deal Safeguards Dangermond Preserve from Development
- Santa Maria Sun: Dangermond Preserve now permanently protected
- Edhat: Vandenberg Partners with Nonprofits to Ensure Conservation of Southern California’s Last Wild Coast
- KCLU: Deal insures a 24,000 acre Central Coast nature preserve is permanently protected from development
Research
NASA, UCSB, PCI Project SHIFT
9/13/22-9/14/22 Project SHIFT Science Meeting at NCEAS with NASA, UCSB, and PCI.
© Ginger Gillquist/NCEAS
Ongoing Research
Take a look at this dashboard to get to know the projects and people currently conducting research at the Dangermond Preserve.