Bolsa Chica Lowlands Sea Level Rise Adaptation Project

Location: Orange County

Project Type: Restoration, Restoration Planning

Status: Current

Habitat Type: estuarine wetland, Tidal Wetland, transition zone, upland

Cost: 200,000

Funding Gap: 200,000

The project is a re-envisioned restoration of the Bolsa Chica Lowlands wetland complex to improve the self-sustaining nature of the wetland complex in light of current sea level rise predictions, not available at the time of the original restoration. This will include reduction in water management gates and pump reliance, expansion of full tidal influence, and integration of broad wetland/upland transition zones.