Welcome back Elizabeth! Elizabeth returns as the Chief of Interpretation and Education at the end of the month, after welcoming her son Julian earlier than expected.

Bid Seasonal Ranger Lana Longwell happy trails as her season comes to a close the first week of December. We wish her the best of luck and hope this is merely a "see you later".

Please remember the preferred method of communication is via email. All on boarding and orientation will continue to be facilitated via email.

Volunteers are no longer testing radios at the beginning of their shifts. All radios will be tested by the ranger on duty prior to park opening.

If you suspect your radio begins to fail over the course of your shift, conduct a radio check ensuring to follow proper radio etiquette.

For example: You would say, "799, 540 (your name) radio check". The ranger on duty as 799, would respond, “Loud and clear” or similar statement to notify you that your issued radio is functioning properly.

As we adjust to this change, Rangers will remind VIPs of the new protocol when issuing radios. If you have any questions, please email cabr_volunteers@nps.gov

We’re heading into the busiest time of year for us—long term rocky intertidal monitoring, pulling all the non-native plants springing up with the recent rains, planting new natives from our greenhouse, and busy low tide shifts!

Thank you for VIP help on many monitoring activities from shorebird and land bird monitoring to pinniped monitoring (as part of TPERP shifts) and herpetofauna monitoring.

That being said, we are already preparing for the summer 2022 season which will be focused on deploying a new fog monitoring system through the Scientist-In-Parks program.

We’ve been collaborating with Facilities on trimming plants around the park and demolishing a concrete wall to prepare for some hazardous waste storage upgrades.

Join our friends at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO) and SAMO Fund this Thursday, November 18th at 12PM PT. Guest speaker is Ann Vileisis, award-winning author who will discuss her latest work on abalone in California.

Prized for their iridescent shells and delectable meat, abalone have a long and rich cultural history in California; but with increasing stresses to marine ecosystems today, these unique mollusks now face enormous challenges. Join award-winning author Ann Vileisis for a deep dive into the environmental history of abalone, based on her new book Abalone: the remarkable history and uncertain future of California’s iconic shellfish, including updates on current recovery efforts. Abalone has been called “a truly marvelous, unexpected joy of a book” by marine conservation biologist Callum Roberts.

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