BCLT hosts Irvine Ranch Conservancy for a Comprehensive Interpretive Hike In June, the Bolsa Chica Land Trust partnered with Irvine Ranch Conservancy to host a comprehensive interpretive hike for a handful of their volunteers at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (BCER), and it was a hit. The IRC manages 40,000 acres of land in collaboration with…
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Bolsa Chica’s Furry Residents By far the most visitors to the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (BCER) are here to see birds. It’s a world class birding site and well deserves its worldwide reputation. But the dry land parts of the Reserve are also home to mammal species characteristic of our region and essential to its…
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Protecting What You Love While Visiting Bolsa Chica by Bequi Howarth You park your car in the lot off Warner Ave, grab a water bottle and head out towards the trail. It’s a clear, warm day with a light breeze, perfect for a hike. On the footbridge you look down into the water and see…
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Fall Migration of Waterfowl to Bolsa Chica by Babs Levitan It’s Fall at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (BCER) and migrating water fowl are arriving daily after flying as many as 2,900 miles from nesting grounds that are as far away as the Arctic. Some species of water fowl travel in large flocks and others…
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by Mike Armstrong PROBABLY the most visible native mammal on the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is Otospermophilus beecheyi, the Beechey’s Ground Squirrel. They are seen in many parts of the reserve, but most obviously along both sides of the Mesa Trail and on the slope above the trail along the Pocket Wetland. This species lives…
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Written by Mike Armstrong If you do habitat restoration that involves planting native plants, at some point you have to get down and dirty in the dirt. Down here you get to meet plenty of bugs. They are not what an entomologist would call “bugs,” that term is technically reserved for a specific group of…
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Written by Mike Armstrong Old maps of the New World often show blank spaces marked “Tierras Desconocidas” or “Lands Unknown.” Well, we have one of those lands right next door at Bolsa Chica. When you look at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, you mostly see the flat plain between the bluff that holds the Brightwater…
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2018 is the centennial anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. To celebrate this milestone, many nature and bird-oriented organizations have declared 2018 the Year of the Bird. To learn more visit the National Geographic site: Year of the Bird The Bolsa Chica Land Trust is going to honor the Year of the Bird with a…
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As 2017 wraps up, we reflect on the accomplishments of 2017. 2017 was the 25th anniversary of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust and we had a wonderful dinner celebration with guest keynote speaker Dr. Charles Lester. See below for a recap of that event. The Stewards and Jr. Stewards had a great year with…
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