Invasive Removal in Bell Creek at Audubon Starr Ranch

Location: Orange County

Project Type: Restoration

Status: Completed

Habitat Type: Interpretive/Education, Riparian

Project Lead/Grantee: Audubon California

Project Lead Website: www.starrranch.org/

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 Creek on Audubon Starr Ranch.