This project will restore a natural, seasonal tributary that feeds into the perennial Shrewsbury Spring, which flows to Silverado Creek in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon. Objectives include restoring the above ground riparian corridor by clearing the area of invasive plants, transplanting locally sourced native vegetation, implementing ecologically sound erosion control measures, creating a dry-season low … Continued
This project will provide restoration, hands-on watershed education, and stewardship experiences along the Ventura River Watershed to over six hundred 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students for one year. The project is correlated with the California Science Content Standards and will facilitate comprehensive, tangible and meaningful experiences planting acorns, restoring native plants, and removing trash. … Continued
Watershed Avengers will improve habitat quality, transforming degraded canyons into healthy places while protecting local downstream wetlands habitats. This project, which will restore 4.87 acres of habitat in Swan Canyon, will be completed with a combination of contracted restoration and volunteer work from the local community.
Ocean Connectors involves low-income youth in San Diego County in wetland restoration. In partnership with local organizations, Ocean Connectors will increase environmental awareness and educate the community through hands-on habitat restoration activities and lessons.
This project plans to expand dune habitat at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, including the rare dune plant Coastal Wooly Head. In addition, the project will increase nesting and foraging areas for the endangered California Least Terns, threatened Western Snowy Plovers, and other migrating resident shorebirds and waterfowl. The initiative’s goal is three-fold: (1) remove … Continued
The goal of this project is to improve the quality of a Coastal Freshwater/ Brackish Marsh and bordering back dune area at Ormond Beach as an experiential education tool for local elementary school and college groups. Depending upon the class level, students will be involved in different aspects of the restoration process including permitting, habitat … Continued
This project integrates restoration and access projects along the NE shoreline of Campus Lagoon by restoring a 1000 foot (3/4 acre) strip of iceplant to saltmarsh and coastal sage scrub. UCSB will collaborate with REEF to provide improved access to educational view points and sample collection areas, as well as incorporating restoration activities into its … Continued
This project will remove invasive non-native flora and install native flora along the banks at the mouth of Refugio Creek on State Parks property through the use of volunteers.
This project will complete a long-term goal of the Coal Oil Point Reserve, to remove ice plant completely from the margins of Devereux Slough. New Zealand spinach infestations have been removed several times; however, the seedbank remains active and follow-up monitoring is planned by the COPR staff and future volunteers. The combination of volunteers and … Continued
The non profit organization TreePeople will lead volunteers to remove invasive species and plant native trees, plants, and shrubs in a filter strip riparian zone along Topanga Creek in Topanga State Park.
Community volunteers will remove periwinkle, smilo grass, and English ivy from a 1.5 acre work area in Bell Creek, a tributary of San Juan Creek. A crew of at-risk young adults from the Orange County Conservation Corps will remove olive and palm trees from the entire length of the 4.71 miles (125 acres) of Bell … Continued
This project will engage the community by holding monthly events aimed at restoring critical habitat for listed species, training and educating community members on the benefits of controlling invasive plants without the use of herbicides, and restoration of the native plant community.