Home / Science / Biology / Botany and Plant Science / Plant Conservation
  • The Blazing Star - The California Native Plant Society as a state-wide organization is dedicated to the preservation of the California native flora in its native habitat.
  • Legendary Ethnobotanical Resources - We are Dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of rare plant species.
  • OrchidNet Home Page - OrchidNet is a model for ex situ captive propagation of rare plants. We currently focus on orchids.

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.