This fish passage project at the Interstate 5 bridge array and Metrolink Railroad Bridge crossing on Trabuco Creek addresses some of the most significant fish passage barriers in Southern California. Trabuco Creek is in the San Juan Creek watershed in Orange County, a high priority steelhead recovery river identified in the National Marine Fisheries Services … Continued
This project aimed to stabilize the creek beds and banks of Serrano Creek, to restore riparian habitat, and to reduce sediment loadings to Newport Bay. Serrano Creek has undergone substantial erosion in recent years due to changes in the watershed. Serrano Creek, a coastal stream corridor, is a tributary of San Diego Creek draining an … Continued
This project will remove approximately 140 acres of Arundo donax and associated invasive species to recover native habitat and wildlife in three areas of Orange County’s Santa Ana River Watershed. This effort will further Orange County’s restoration efforts in Santiago Creek, Carbon Creek, and the lower Santa Ana Canyon. The Santa Ana Watershed Association has … Continued
This project will implement an innovative, ecosystem scale approach to enhancement efforts in Bell Creek, an important riparian corridor within the San Juan Creek Watershed at the 4,000-acre Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary. Project leaders will conduct riparian wildlife monitoring that might serve as a model for a new “hybrid ecosystem” approach which uses wildlife as … Continued
This project will develop and implement an action strategy for the Orange Coast River Park, a 1000 acre mosaic of wetland, riparian, and upland habitats along the lower three miles of the Santa Ana River. It is envisioned that the Orange Coast River Park would extend up the east side of the Santa Ana River … Continued
As part of their Marine Education Project, the Community-Based Restoration and Education Program through the California Coastal Commission engages the public to restore the native biodiversity of Upper Newport Bay. In the Newport Valley restoration site, the Community-Based Restoration and Education Program seeks to eradicate invasive plants and install native plants to support the restoration … Continued
This project takes the first step toward restoration of a fully functional estuary for Aliso Creek. It will develop a Conceptual Restoration Plan to restore coastal wetland habitats designed to support a wide range of fish and wildlife, including listed species. The Conceptual Restoration Plan will be developed through a stakeholder-driven process that builds consensus … Continued