Come Help Reestablish a Functioning Wetland Ecosystem!
Community members have begun a collaborative effort to return the Ojai Creek that meanders through Libbey Park to its natural functioning state, and the public is invited to participate in the third and final volunteer workday. On Saturday, November 21, helpers will gather for an initial training and the subsequent removal of non-native species from the creek. This workday will take place from 9:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Libbey Park Gazebo in downtown Ojai. Wear sturdy shoes, long-sleeved shirts, and long pants, and bring a lunch if desired and plenty of water. Feel free to bring your own loppers, rakes, or other tools. Some tools will be provided. There is very little poison oak in the park, and what there is will be marked off so that volunteers won’t be exposed. The Watershed Committee of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition, under the leadership of conservation biologist Brian Holly, has already completed a site analysis, habitat assessment, and stream characterization study, and Eagle Scout candidate Vince Khougaz has helped to organize a stream morphology survey.
Participants may go to www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org prior to the event to check for any updates regarding time, location, or personal items to bring. To learn more, leave a message for
Deborah Pendrey, Executive Director of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition, at (805) 669-8445, or send an email to Deborah at coordinator@ojaivalleygreencoalition.org. This creek restoration project is made possible by funding from the Earth Island Institute and by support from the Wetlands Recovery Project and the Coastal Conservancy of Southern California. Meiners Oaks ACE Hardware helped with supply purchases and Consolidated Disposal Services donated removal and recycling of green waste.
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