November 20, 2020

Bolsa Chica Underground: Love and Hate

Mike Armstrong animals, habitat restoration, planting, plants, Stewards, weeding 0

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…
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February 9, 2017

A record week for planting: 1,300 plants planted by volunteers

Erin Chin corporate volunteers, habitat restoration, High school, planting, scouts, Stewards, tour, United Healthcare, university, volunteer 0

Last week we were fortunate to have a little over 300 United Healthcare volunteers join us for some habitat restoration and education.  We planted about 850 CA native plants in…
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March 30, 2016

Stewards for March

Erin Chin adopt-a-plot, habitat restoration, invasive plants, Jr. Stewards, native grass, planting, plants, Stewards, volunteer, water, weeding 0

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…
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January 21, 2016

Weed Warriors and Planting Superstars: Stewards/Jr. Stewards in January

Erin Chin adopt-a-plot, habitat restoration, High school, invasive plants, native grass, planting, Stewards, students, volunteer 0

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…
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December 11, 2015

Busy weekend with the Stewards

Erin Chin habitat restoration, native grass, planting 0

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…
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August 13, 2015

Experiments on the Mesa

Erin Chin native grass, planting, plants 1

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….
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April 9, 2015

Stewards and the upcoming Earth Day Festival

Erin Chin earth day, habitat restoration, planting, Stewards 0

Easter Sunday morning the Stewards gathered to show some love to the Mesa.  We had an amazing group from the CSUF Accounting Society join us.  The weather was perfect and…
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January 22, 2015

The day of many volunteer groups

Erin Chin habitat restoration, planting, Stewards 0

Last Saturday we had one of our volunteer habitat restoration days for the month of January.  We had four groups out with us: Sierra Club, National League of Young Men, Rotaract…
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December 29, 2014

Last planting day of the year 2014

Erin Chin High school, planting, Stewards, Year Statistics 0

It was a perfect day for planting.  The weather was slightly overcast, pleasantly warm, and we had a great group of volunteers who did amazing work and even stayed late!…
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November 5, 2014

Beautiful day for a work day

Erin Chin habitat restoration, native grass, planting, students, tour 0

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…
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