This project obtained experimental data for the Goleta Slough Tidal Restoration Study to adequately address the FAA’s concerns and resolve the bird-strike issue associated with the demonstration project. The Goleta Slough is an area of estuary, tidal creeks, tidal marsh, and wetlands near Goleta, California. It primarily consists of the filled and unfilled remnants of … Continued
This project developed a plan to enhance approximately 2 acres of salt marsh and sand dune habitat adjacent to the UCSB Campus Lagoon and prepared restoration plans for three additional areas around the lagoon. The UCSB Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) manages the Campus Lagoon and this planning grant led to the … Continued
This project completed amendments to the Devereux Slough/Ellwood Mesa Regional Plan for the University of California, Santa Barbara, including both county and privately-owned land. Devereux Slough is a seasonally tidal estuary that is impounded most of the year by a sand barrier. Devereux Slough is a critical ecological feature of Coal Oil Point Reserve that … Continued
This project enhanced wildlife habitat along one and one-half miles of Lower Refugio Creek by removing invasive plant species, stabilizing 1,300 linear feet of eroding creek bed and revegetating 17,000 square feet of the riparian corridor. The project worked to remove over 87,000 square feet of Giant reed (Arundo donax) in Lower Refugio Creek with … Continued
This project will survey, map, and control populations of five invasive non-native plants that have been identified as high priority EDRR targets in the San Diego region. ‘Friends organizations’ and other groups will be involved in the identification and control of these species.
This project will conduct wetland and watershed restoration at a coastal marsh and an upland site with a science service-learning model for elementary school students.
This project will restore up to 0.25 acres of eelgrass in summer 2014 in the Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach, California as a part of an on-going, multi-year community-based project.
This community-based watershed stewardship program will focus on removing non-native Arundo donax and replanting with native riparian species in the Upper San Diego River. This program will build on the existing partnership between Back Country Land Trust (BCLT) and Second Chance-San Diego, and engage inner city, at-risk youth in environmental service-learning projects throughout Alpine’s creeks … Continued
This project will build the capacity of local residents to engage in the active habitat restoration and enhancement of the Tijuana Estuary and River Valley through a series of events. Students will be educated on the importance of restoration and preservation of wetland habitat, particularly in the Tijuana Estuary, primarily through in-class presentations and stewardship … Continued
This project involved Fillmore Unified School District students in grades K-12 working with UCSB undergraduate students to participate in watershed education and a long-term riparian restoration project at the Santa Clara River. This program was a collaboration between the School District, UCSB, US Fish and Wildlife, the Santa Clara River Trustee Council, and community volunteers. … Continued
The Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve Community Restoration Action Team will engage San Diego Audubon staff to assist in the recruitment and engangement of a team of volunteers to conduct site-based habitat restoration work, organized as 4-6 volunteer work events.
TreePeople will lead volutneers to remove invasive species and platn native tree, plants, and shrubs in a filter strip riparian zone along the Topanga Creek floodplans that drains into Topanga Lagoon.