Bolsa Chica Ground Squirrels
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…
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Common Reptiles of Bolsa Chica
Updated 2023 Let’s be honest, most people visit Bolsa Chica for the birds. Don’t get me wrong, birds are great, I even studied them in school. But Bolsa Chica is…
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Seeds of hope
Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream. – Debby Boone The Stewards dream big. We dream of a…
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Snakes. by Danny
SNAKES!!! Three in a row. After seeing one harmless snake in one full year at Bolsa Chica, I’ve now seen a rattlesnake each of the last two Stewards days. I…
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July 4th weekend Stewards see a snake trail
Summer time is always a slow time for the Stewards. We don’t plant in the summer so that leaves weeding and watering the native plants we had planted the season…
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Habitat restoration with Fountain Valley KIWIN’S high school club
Saturday’s work day wasn’t anything new (we watered the native grasses and tar plants), but we had a wonderful group of high school students who volunteered. The Fountain Valley KIWIN’S club…
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Stewards’ work day during Invasive Species Action Week
This last Sunday was our June Sunday work day as well as our work day during the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW). We were…
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Bagging the ‘red menace’
Last weekend was a busy weekend for me. We had the regular Stewards on Saturday and then a special work day for the Community United Methodist church on Sunday. Both…
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Vigilant volunteers and some wildlife
Last Saturday we had Ms. Boardman’s Biology class from Cerritos College join the Stewards for weed picking and native plant planting. They did a great job considering the weeding was…
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