The City of Redondo Beach is pursuing an acquisition of approximately 30 acres within the City’s coastal zone, including 25 acres located within the AES Power Plant site and an adjacent 5.29 acre parcel of Southern California Edison (SCE)-owned property. The project area is comprised of industrial hardscape from power plant operations, wetlands, and disturbed … Continued
Big Canyon Nature Park, located between Jamboree Road and Back Bay Drive, has been degraded by numerous well documented impacts and requires habitat restoration and enhancement to improve the site’s biological productivity and ecological function. Big Canyon Nature Park has been subjected to the effects of water quality degradation from upstream development and selenium-laden groundwater … Continued
The Aliso Creek Estuary is a small, intermittently open estuary that drains a 30-square mile, mostly urbanized watershed in south Orange County. Aliso Creek once drained to the ocean through a broad estuary with expansive wetlands but has suffered habitat loss from development of a parking lot for Aliso Beach Park, modified hydrology, and poor … Continued
The Los Angeles River Taylor Yard project will create an Implementation Plan for the 42-acre Taylor Yard G2 River Park property. The Taylor Yard property has often been referred to as “The Crown Jewel” of the Los Angeles River revitalization. Due to its size, context, and potential for restoration, the Taylor Yard G2 River Park … Continued
The Tijuana Estuary Tidal Restoration Program II (TETRP II): Phase I Design is the first phase of a multi-phase restoration of the southern arm of Tijuana Estuary, San Diego County, California. TETRP II Phase I builds upon the conceptual restoration plan developed for the Tijuana Estuary – Friendship Marsh Restoration Feasibility and Design Study. The … Continued
Matilija Dam, located on the Ventura River, is a 168-foot high concrete arch dam built in 1947 for water storage. The reservoir behind Matilija Dam is almost filled in with sediment, significantly reducing storage capacity to the point of rendering the dam nonfunctional. With no fish ladder or bypass structure present, it is a complete … Continued
Grant to TPL to create a conceptual plan and conduct preliminary property analyses that can be used in cooperation with public agencies and other stakeholders to develop and promote a river parkway plan for the Lower Ventura River in Ventura County.The project consists of four main elements: (1) a conceptual plan that promotes a vision … Continued
Prepared final restoration and constructions plans for the restoration of subtidal and intertidal wetlands in San Diego Bay.
Prepared a feasibility study, conducted environmental review, consulted with permitting agencies, and prepared final construction designs and contract documents for Phase II of San Joaquin Marsh restoration.
Conduct an Army Corps of Engineers feasibility study for management of the Upper Malibu Creek watershed. The feasibility study is evaluating options for extensive restoration and enhancement of riparian and aquatic systems above Malibu Lagoon, including the possible removal of Rindge Dam, located about 3 miles upstream from the lagoon.
Laureles Canyon in the City of Tijuana Mexico drains into Goat Canyon and the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) in the United States. In the late 1990s, partners working to protect, enhance and manage the TRNERR commenced a comprehensive sediment management program for the watershed. In August 2003, the TRNERR Watershed Program commissioned … Continued