Friends of Ballona Wetlands, Ballona Creek Renaissance, and the Mar Vista Family Center engaged the community in restoration of a portion of degraded riparian corridor along Ballona Creek. The project partners mentored local underserved youth through environmental education emphasizing watersheds and wetlands, on-site restoration, and ongoing maintenance of the project site.
The Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program implemented and expanded the existing Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority Interim Stewardship and Management Program by initiating a community-oriented program focused on wetlands education, community outreach, stewardship and conservation for the continued and long-term preservation and enhancement of the Los Cerritos Wetlands. The project aimed to remove non-native plant species, … Continued
The Grand Canal Lagoon project was implemented through a grass-roots effort. Los Angeles Conservation Corps / SEA Lab kicked off the installation of native plants with 2 weekends of workshops, training more than 150 volunteers on proper planting techniques and site preparation. Growing Solutions Restoration Institute then organized training and planting sessions. These multiple workshops … Continued
The project conducted non-native plant removal at wastewater treatment ponds located adjacent to the Santa Clara River Estuary to enhance habitat and promote community stewardship.
The Ojai Valley Green Coalition eradicated non-native plants and restored the riparian ecosystem of the Ojai Creek riparian corridor within Libbey Park in Ojai, California. This project aimed to complement and complete a number of previous efforts to restore aspects of the Ojai Creek with a more thorough and self sustaining restoration within Libbey Park. … Continued
This project 1) engaged diverse local communities in Salt Marsh restoration and maintenance through restoration days, educational field trips, advertisements, electronic media, and mailings; and 2) restored disparate patches of upland and transitional-to-upland vegetation communities, totaling 2 acres, through continued removal of invasives and installation of natives (infill planting).
Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek (GWSDCC), in partnership with the city of San Diego, the Sierra Club, Coastkeepers, and San Diego City Schools, restored 2.5 acres of Chollas Creek, supported by a student propagation center, a community education and habitat and water quality monitoring effort, and long-term maintenance.
Mountains Restoration Trust and the Steeplechase Homeowners Association built community stewardship while restoring wetland and riparian habitat along Las Virgenes Creek in the Malibu Creek watershed. Historically, Las Virgenes Creek stream restoration projects bring in 100+ volunteers, and several prominent leaders in the community offered 60+ hours to help organize this effort.
Volunteers and staff from Starr Ranch, plus the Orange County Conservation Corps, removed invasive non-native plants, mainly Vinca major, from the riparian corridor along Bell Creek to improve habitat for native fauna.
This project targeted 4th, 5th and 6th graders for a watershed scale education and restoration program. Students learned about restoration and stewardship of local wetland and riparian habitat participated in a variety of on-the-ground (hands-on) restoration activities such as native planting, invasive plant removal and creek, estuary and beach cleanups within the Ventura River watershed.
Back to Natives Restoration, students from Earthroots Field School, and volunteers from the Center for Spiritual Living partnered to perform a service learning project to restore Oak Woodland to Caspers Wilderness Park. The plantings were completed in the first year and monitoring continued for 5 years.
The Adams School project combined the restoration of 800 linear feet of a highly degraded stream channel with over 300 elementary school students in collaborative, hands-on learning activities. Asphalt and non-native plants were removed, the channel was regraded, and native wetland/riparian plants and trees wereinstalled. Students learned about wetland ecology and stewardship while restoring this … Continued