Events

Learn more about Surfrider's beach cleanup program at The Wedge at Newport Beach and connect with other watershed warriors! Be ready to skim the shoreline and parking lot for waste and collect data for environmental action decisions. Advanced registration is required.

Join Save Our Beach for Coastal Cleanup Day in Seal Beach from 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM at either 15 1st Street (it's regular cleanup location) or at the base of the Seal Beach Pier. This free monthly event helps keep our coast clean. Register online and bring your free ticket as proof of registration.

Join over 1,000 volunteers for one of Orange County's largest community volunteer events to work together to remove trash and debris from Upper Newport Bay. By volunteering with family, friends, coworkers, a scout troop, or on your own, your efforts can keep Upper Newport Bay cleaner, healthier, and more resilient for wildlife and future generations. Register online.

Join Laguna Canyon Foundation Volunteer naturalists in partnership with OC Parks to learn about the seasonal life of California Native Plants on this enjoyable 2.5-mile hike (175-ft. elevation gain) over moderately uneven terrain. Participants must bring plenty of water, closed-toed shoes, and sun protection. Hiking poles are recommended. Advanced registration required. Register online.

Protect our waterways while you support your local community. Join Surfrider at the Newport's Pier to learn about their beach cleanup and rid trash from our shores. Sign up online for the exact address.

Join Laguna Canyon Foundation for a morning of creating healthier habitats at the 18-acre Berns Canyon Preserve! Volunteers and staff will work together on various stewardship activities, including hand-weeding non-native plants, hand watering, seed collection, and planting. No experience is necessary, and all are welcome to come learn and tend to these habitats together. All tools are provided for volunteers....

Join Laguna Canyon Foundation and OC Parks during their habitat restoration stewardship events in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park to learn and work together to create a healthier home for the native plants and wildlife. Volunteer stewardship tasks may include removal of non-native plants, seed collection, planting of native plants, and/or trash pick-up along the creek. No experience is...

Join OC Parks staff and volunteers for our monthly program where art meets ecology! Come explore the natural world through the lens of creativity as everyday discarded materials are transformed into unique works of art. This program starts with a brief nature walk (approximately 0.75 miles) and talk about what pollutants enter our waterway, and how both plants and people...

Help keep the waters of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve healthy! On the last Sundays of the month, help clean up trash from the area around the south parking lot and footbridge. Tools, gloves and buckets will be provided. Click the link to register online.