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UCSB Lagoon Island Wildflowers - 2026

Experience the spring wildflower show at the UCSB Campus Lagoon! Since 2009, the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration has used prescribed fire to transform Lagoon Island from invasive grassland into thriving native habitat. Building on research by Alice Levine, high-intensity burns dramatically reduced ripgut brome and other invasive grasses, paving the way for restoration. Beginning in 2016, the focus shifted to large-scale seeding of locally collected native wildflowers — including California poppy, red maids, blue toadflax, and miniature suncups. Through continued burning, seeding, and hands-on stewardship by students, more than three acres have been restored into diverse wildflower meadow and sage scrub, turning once-degraded land into a flourishing native landscape.