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Snowy Plovers Return to the Wild — with a Little Bling
September 25, 2026
Project to save the endangered western snowy plover reaches a milestone in Santa Barbara County
September 23, 2026
Tiny Snowy Plover Chicks Released Back Into the Wild at UCSB’s Coal Oil Point Reserve
September 23, 2026
A big win for a tiny bird: SB Zoo celebrates 10 years of snowy plover conservation
September 22, 2026
A very rare bird lands at COPR
August 24, 2023
Nature center replaces former Coal Oil Point office shed
July 7, 2020
Saving the Season
August 15, 2019
Hoodwinked
February 27, 2019
Nature Center is open to researchers, students, and visitors
March 1, 2018
Restoring a Prize Goleta Valley Habitat
November 29, 2016
Living Laboratories
September 25, 2015
Refugio oil spill fouls NRS reserve
May 27, 2015
Protecting the Plover
May 27, 2015
A Brush With Preservation
September 2, 2014
A Lesson in Nature’s Restoration
July 7, 2014
NRS Day at UC Santa Barbara
February 12, 2013
