Location: Orange County
Project Type: Restoration, Restoration Planning
Status: Current
Habitat Type: estuarine wetland, Tidal Wetland, transition zone, upland
Cost: $330,000
Funding Gap: $0
Area Affected: 710 acres
Project Footprint: 94 acres
Project Lead/Grantee:
State Lands Commission (Wendy Hall; wendy.hall@slc.ca.gov)
For more information, visit scwrp.org
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.