The Shoreline Preservation Fund mapped out the intended use for nearly $30,000 in local environmental projects on Monday night in the University Center.

The SPF approved three items in total, the largest of which was a $28,780 project designed by the Conception Coast Project, according to SPF staff member Philip Tseng. Outreach and Funding Director of CCP Michael Summers said the project involves creating maps of the UCSB coastline -- stretching from Goleta Beach to Ellwood -- and educating UCSB community members about the area.

"We're trying to raise the awareness of students so they can live more in harmony, and appreciate their natural surrounding while attending UCSB," he said.

CCP plans to incorporate the maps of the coastline into workbooks, which may be used during summer orientation to help educate incoming freshmen about the local area, Summers said.

According to EAB Vice Chair Laura Brands, there are currently no maps of the environmentally sensitive UCSB coastline. Tseng said he hopes the workbooks will spur affection for local surroundings.

"We aren't going to see differences overnight, but our hope is that by the time these freshmen are seniors, the community will have a better understanding of what surrounds them," Tseng said.

A quarterly, campus-wide $3 lock-in fee, which passed last spring, generated approximately $140,000 for SPF to distribute during the 1999-2000 school year, according to Tseng. He added the CCP's project was "by far" the largest that SPF has funded this year.

SPF board member Brian Counterman said he thinks CCP's program is a good use of the money generated by the lock-in fees because it is a long-term project dedicated to helping the local environment.

"I think [the program] is a good idea because it is something that can be continuously applied to freshmen and people in the UCSB community," he said. "It's not a one-time shot ... I think the maps are going to be a valuable resource for university research."

According to Brands, SPF also approved requests during the meeting for $335 to fund a 10-week cleanup at Depressions Beach, and $475 to support a study about the changing water levels and environments of the Del Sol Vernal Pools.

SPF's next public meeting will be held Jan. 31 in the State Street Room of the UCen. For more information, visit http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/spf/ on the World Wide Web.