Creek buffers are a proven, natural solution to protect our creeks and the ecosystems they support.  Your voice is essential in making sure the City of Santa Barbara implements this critical protection!

Let us re-introduce ourselves! SBUCC is now the Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Collective.

This Creek Week (September 21-28, 2024), SBUCC volunteers and supporters cleaned up Oak Park, toured Mission Creek by bike, joined the

Looking for a fun way to support SBUCC and the local Rotary Club at the same time? Adopt a lucky dolphin at the upcoming Dolphin Derby...

Thank you to our excellent volunteers who helped clean up the lagoon and beach! On June 2, the weekend after Memorial Day, 15 SBUCC...

Thank you to the Center for Nonprofit Leadership (CNL), part of Cal Lutheran University, for featuring SBUCC in their Community Spotlight...

Creek Week 2019 is already on! Be sure to check out the following events hosted or co-sponsored by the Urban Creeks Council.

The 12.5 acre Hidden Valley school property at the end of Palermo Drive has benefited people and wildlife alike for many years by providing

A few images from some of Santa Barbara's urban creeks, that are flowing beautifully from all the recent rain.

During the recent rain, you may have noticed rushing water in some of Santa Barbara’s creeks.

Originally published in the Santa Barbara Independent. The Santa Barbara School District has proposed developing a 12 acre property it...

Brian Trautwein, Analyst / Watershed Program Coordinator, Environmental Defense Center The 2018 Creek Cleanup season got off to a great...

Join the Urban Creeks Council and experts to discuss the January 9 Debris Flow and plans for watershed recovery in Montecito.

Congratulations to the Environmental Defense Center, Urban Creeks Council and the City of Goleta, for a very successful cleanup!

The Environmental Defense Center 2018 Creek Cleanup Schedule is Here!

Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council celebrated its first annual retreat at a beautiful hidden location on one of our county’s gorgeous creeks

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing to provide critical input into the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan.

Santa Barbara County includes multiple types of habitat, including riparian areas, chaparral, oak woodland, and others.

Coming this July 3, 2018, the SB County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing on the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan ESH Map.

How natural forces and geological hazards combined to reshape the landscape with UCSB ES & Geology Professor Ed Keller. Presented by:...