Ongoing Projects / Restoration

Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve

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…

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June 17, 2022
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Education and Outreach / Ongoing Projects

Santa Clara River Trustees Council

(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…

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April 18, 2022
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SCRC staff member explaining the biology of a Arundo donax rhizome.
Completed Projects / Planning

Department of Conservation

(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…

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April 18, 2022
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Completed Projects / Planning / Restoration

Sespe Cienega

(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…

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April 18, 2022
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Aerial photo of the Sespe Cienaga, including the complicated network of historic watercress beds, agricultural fields, riparian and wetland areas, and the main channel of the Santa Clara River.
Ongoing Projects / Planning

Integrated Regional Water Management

(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)…

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April 18, 2022
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Completed Projects / Education and Outreach / Restoration

Wetlands Recovery Project

(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…

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April 16, 2022
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A year later, the garden is filling in and the native plants are thriving.
Ongoing Projects / Restoration

Fillmore

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…

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April 16, 2022
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An overview of the Sespe Cienaga project site including historic channelized watercress and agricultural fields, the Fillmore Fish Hatchery (photo right), and very dense monotypic giant reed growth neighboring river scrub habitats (photo left).
Ongoing Projects / Restoration

Hedrick Ranch Natural Area (HRNA), Taylor, Best and USC properties

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…

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April 15, 2022
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Looking across the complex riparian and wetland resources of the HRNA and neighboring properties.
Ongoing Projects / Restoration

North Shiells Property

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…

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March 9, 2022
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Looking across the complex wetland features of the north Shiell’s project site.