Mission Statement: We provide students, faculty, researchers, and our local community with the resources and opportunities to engage in natural and cultural resource-based research and education via a partnership between the US National Park Service who own Santa Rosa Island and CSU Channel Islands that operate the SRIRS within National Park boundaries.
Touchstones to the Mission:
- Build inquiry centered educational partnerships.
 - Engage stakeholders in discovery and dissemination.
 - Inspire and transform participants and society.
 - Promote stewardship of resources.
 - Encourage broad sharing of interdisciplinary knowledge.