Project Type: Restoration

Lower Topanga Riparian Oak Restoration

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This project will reforest historic riparian oak woodlands in the lower Topanga Creek and engage students and community volunteers in riparian corridor ecology, restoration and stewardship.

Potrero Creek Restoration

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Volunteers will assist in a 24 acre restoration project on Potrero Creek in the Calleguas Creek watershed by planting native plant species

Watershed Avengers

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This project aimed to integrate strong cross-sector collaboration and capacity building, education provided through-out the year, restoration of a highly degraded canyon, enhancement of a school garden, and youth-led events that mobilized volunteers to learn about and contribute to restoration efforts. Combined, these components were meant to result in the engagement of the non-traditional environmental … Continued

Emma Wood State Beach Estuary Enhancement and Education Project

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Invasive vegetation was removed from the Ventura River during monthly community volunteer events to restore habitat and ecological function in the Ventura River Estuary. Underpriviledged students were educated on wetland science in classroom presentations and on field trips in the estuary.

South Bay Restoration Program

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Low-income youth and families from National city in San Diego County were engaged to restore six acres of wetland, upland and riverine habitats in the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Adopt the Creek: Community Stewards for Stream Restoration in Calabasas

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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.

Santa Ana River, Featherly Regional Park Restoration

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The Santa Ana Watershed Association (SAWA), in partnership with the Orange County Conservation Corps, Riparian Repairs, and Featherly Regional Park plan to complete the removal of Arundo donax from the park. Arundo will be removed by a combination of chainsaw crews and a trackloader with attached cutting blade. Arundo that can’t be cut with the trackloader … Continued

Santa Margarita River Fish Passage Project

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This coastal resilience project will construct a new bridge over the Santa Margarita River to provide critical flood management, riparian restoration and public safety benefits, while restoring fish passage in a high priority endangered steelhead recovery river, as designated in the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (2012) Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan. The project is located … Continued

San Jose Fish Passage Project

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San Jose Creek is the largest sub-watershed within the Goleta Slough watershed, which is designated a Core 1 watershed for southern California steelhead restoration in the Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan (NMFS 2012). The creek has perennial flows and high-quality steelhead habitat in the upper watershed, but access to the upper creek is impeded by … Continued

Goat Canyon Enhancement Project

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This project constructed sediment retention basins adjacent to the Goat Canyon drainage to reduce sediment flows to the southern arm of the Tijuana Estuary, and restored riparian habitat in the project vicinity. The Goat Canyon watershed crosses the U.S./Mexico border near the Goat Canyon Quarry site. Approximately 90% of this 4.6 square mile watershed occurs … Continued