Learn more about Surfrider's beach cleanup program at The Wedge at Newport Beach. Be ready to skim the shoreline and parking lot for waste and collect data for environmental action decisions and connect with other watershed warriors! Advanced registration is required.
Actively help restore our local ecosystems by participating in these ongoing habitat restoration days (Tuesdays and Saturdays) while learning about local natural communities and the issues that arise from human activities impacting local habitats. Register online.
Coastal Corridor Alliance and the City of Costa Mesa invite the community for native gardening at Fairview Park. Every third Saturday volunteers contribute to restoration efforts such as removing invasive plants, collect, plant, and maintain native plants, remove debris and more. Register on Eventbrite and sign the online liability waiver to participate.
The Bolsa Chica Stewards invite the public to join them on the first Sunday and third Saturday of each month for their habitat restoration efforts. Help them care for the new plants, remove non-native plants, pick up trash, and other maintenance tasks to prevent pollution of local waterways. Pre-registration and event sign up is required.
Join Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy every third Saturday of the month to assist in the care and maintenance of marshes and dune habitats including planting native plants, removal of non-native/invasive plants, trash pick-up, and much more.
Attend this workshop to learn what it means to care for native landscapes over time, including long-term maintenance strategies, pruning approaches, drought response, and the practice of observation as a core gardening skill. Sign up online to register.
Join anytime between 10am-2pm on Sundays for this open house event to tour the facility, including Shellmaker trail, teaching lab, and aquatic lab. Learn about the Back Bay Science Center's Educational Programs and how you can get more involved. You will also find Newport Bay Conservancy’s Native Plant Nursery which, cultivates native California plants and plays a crucial role in...
Learn about growing plants native to Southern California! It's the perfect time to start sowing wildflower seeds so they bloom in the spring. Make sure to visit the Seed Library and pick up some native seeds while you're there! No registration is required!
Join anytime between 10am-2pm on Sundays for this open house event to tour the facility, including Shellmaker trail, teaching lab, and aquatic lab. Learn about the Back Bay Science Center's Educational Programs and how you can get more involved. You will also find Newport Bay Conservancy’s Native Plant Nursery which, cultivates native California plants and plays a crucial role in...
Our Wilderness Parks are in need of trail restoration and maintenance work to protect the fragile trail habitat and increase the sustainability of our trails. Tasks include clearing drains to get the water off the trail, pruning vegetation back to keep users on the trail, moving dirt to rebuild eroded tread, and restoring impacted areas. This is fun and hard...