Gretchen Coffman has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by the University of California, Santa Barbara, to participate in the Santa Clara River Habitat Restoration Project.
Using this money, Coffman and her graduate students will develop a study design and conduct long-term monitoring of riparian plant growth and ecophysiology in the restoration area for the next five years.
The grant is being funded by the Ventura County Watershed Protection District.