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Supporting community-based wetland restoration initiatives
Rice Creek Realignment and Restoration
Rice Creek realignment and restoration
Grantee: Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Award: $30000
Total Cost: $54000
As phase 1 (of 3) of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s (OVLC) plans to restore wetland functions to a Ventura River tributary (that was channelized/re-routed and converted to citrus in the early 1900s), the project involves the professional removal of Arundo donax from 4.99-acres of Rice Creek–the largest feeder source of Arundo to the Ventura River other than Matilija Canyon. A large number of Ojai and Ventura County volunteers as well as teachers and students will help restore habitat, while learning important concepts of habitat disturbance, preservation, restoration, and wetland function.
Contact
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
(805) 646-7930
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