Carpinteria Creek Mouth

The Carpinteria Creek Mouth restoration project is located at the mouth of the creek at Carpinteria State Beach, on State Parks property. The goal of the project is to increase the habitat and ecological value of the mouth of Carpinteria Creek by removing non-native flora and the planting of native flora along the banks. The project will also allow for volunteers and visitors of the Carpinteria State Beach to learn about habitat restoration and the importance of the Carpinteria Creek Watershed.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Project Update

Thank you to all the volunteers that came out over the last two weeks to help put the black plastic in along the mouth of Carpinteria Creek. On Wednesday a group of volunteers came out from Patagonia as well as Oxnard’s City Corp, who contributed to a very productive day. We are almost done installing the black plastic, the last 50 foot section will be completed this coming Saturday. Please come out and help, we will be at the creek mouth from 9am -2pm.The plastic will remain for two to three months in order to solarize the non native ice plant along the creek mouth. Once that is done we will need more volunteers to help with the re-vegetation efforts. Thanks again to all those who came out to help. Check back for project updates and future volunteer dates.

Working with the various project funders and partners, South Coast Habitat Restoration, is managing the grant funding for the project and coordinating operations between the project partners. SCHR is a local non-profit organization based in Carpinteria that is dedicated to environmental stewardship and habitat enhancement. We emphasize steelhead trout recovery through a variety of watershed restoration projects throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

For additional information on the project please contact Mauricio Gomez at mgomez@schabitatrestoration.org 805-729-8787