2022 - Ongoing Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve Wetland and Riparian Restoration Project Goals The goals of the project are to actively restore 234 acres of degraded river channel and floodplain…
(2018 - ongoing) Santa Clara River Trustees Council River Education for Elementary School Children Funding for Education In August 2019, SCRC was awarded a second round of funding from the…
(2020) Department of Conservation Land Trust Capacity and Project Development Grant Planning Grant Under the planning grant, SCRC developed a draft agricultural lands conservation strategic plan for consideration by SCRC’s…
(2020-2021) Sespe Cienega Restoration and Public Access Planning Project Aerial photo of the Sespe Cienaga, including the complicated network of historic watercress beds, agricultural fields, riparian and wetland areas, and…
(2020 - ongoing) Integrated Regional Water Management Arundo Mapping and Planning Project Project Scope This project develops a comprehensive process to prioritize removal and management of giant reed (Arundo donax)…
(2017-2019) Wetlands Recovery Project Sespe Cienaga Habitat Restoration Project A student from Briggs School planting sedges in the perennial wetland. Friends of the Santa Clara River contracted SCRC to restore…
2017 – ongoing Hedrick Ranch Nature Area (HRNA) and Hedrick Ranch Property (HRP) Arundo Removal and Riparian Restoration Near Santa Paula, Proposition 84 Funded Mowing giant reed on HRNA Giant…
2019 – ongoing Fillmore Arundo Removal at the Sespe Cienaga, Proposition 1 Funded Restoring a Native Ecosystem Working with University of California, Santa Barbara, this project will remove 175 acres…
2020 – ongoing Hedrick Ranch Natural Area (HRNA), Taylor, Best, and USC Properties Arundo Removal and Riparian Restoration Near Santa Paula, Proposition 1 Funded Looking across the complex riparian and…
2020 - ongoing North Shiells Property Invasive Plant Removal and Wetland Restoration Neighboring the Sespe Cienaga Introduction The Santa Clara River Conservancy is conducting non-native invasive plant removal and associated…
