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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On Sunday March 6th it was pouring rain when I woke up. Regardless, I got dressed and drove down to Bolsa Chica. When I arrived the clouds were starting to dissipate and the sun was just starting to peak through. Therefore, the work day was on! However, I think the weather persuaded a lot of…
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January has been a busy month for us here at the Bolsa Chica Land Trust. Hence, I am combining the two Stewards volunteer work days we had this month into one post. Sunday, Jan. 3rd: Last year I noticed that a sneaky perennial non-native plant had started to really spread out and choke out the…
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Last weekend was BUSY! We had a special work day just for Stewards on Saturday and the regular public work day on Sunday. Saturday was a lot of fun because we were able to spread wildflower seed on one of our plots. We have been successful with an area with native grasses by keeping non-natives at…
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Last week Core Team Steward Mike and I went out on a cloudy morning with stakes, measuring tape, notepad and GPS to mark out a new area to conduct experiments. As a restoration coordinator, I’m always trying to come up with new ideas to correspond with the changing environment, be that drought, poor soil, a…
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You know what makes me happy? Little kids getting excited about nature. We had a girl scout troop of young girls help out at our habitat restoration work day last Saturday. Together with the younger Jr. Stewards they were having a blast because there were lots and lots of ladybugs. Everyone loves ladybugs with their…
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It was a small but mighty group of Stewards who came out to help the first work day of 2015. There were only 25 of us, but everyone worked really hard and we were able to plant 186 native grasses (Aristida purpurea- purple three-awn grass and Stipa pulchra- purple needle grass). Aristida purpurea is a native bunch grass…
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It was a glorious day on Sunday after the rain the day before. The sky was filled with big puffy white clouds and the sky was such a crystal clear blue that you could see Catalina Island off the coast. It didn’t rain very much and only the very top of the soil was damp, but…
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