Creek Lands Conservation

08/11/2026

Join us this Saturday, August 15 in downtown San Luis Obispo to check out the SLO Creek Restoration Project at Mission Plaza—and if you are able, help us restore habitat along the creek corridor between Chorro and Nipomo Streets. We’ll be pulling invasive plants, caring for native vegetation, and planting trees to help create a healthier, more diverse creek corridor!

Whether you’re a longtime creek lover or just curious about what restoration looks like in action, come join us and be part of the work happening right in the heart of SLO. Register today here: https://bit.ly/4czW2Jr

This restoration project is in partnership with ECOSLO and the City of San Luis Obispo, made possible by the Harold J. Miossi Charitable Trust.

08/03/2026

Calling all teachers and community educators! Looking for a way to engage your students in community science?

Join us at the Creek Lands Office on Saturday, August 15th for a LiMPETS educator workshop! LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students) is a community science program for students, educators and volunteer groups to monitor California’s intertidal habitats.

As a LiMPETS educator, you will receive curriculum and support for field trips, student training, and data collection. Join our workshop on the 15th to receive teacher resources and learn monitoring methods for sandy beach habitats🌊

Scan the QR code to register now or register here: https://45970.blackbaudhosting.com/45970/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=35e65a35-4594-41ff-9c18-35c400d0aa25

06/17/2026

Creek Lands Conservation, ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit, and Jeanette from Pacific Grove Museum of Natl History had a great time scouting potential new intertidal monitoring sites for the LiMPETS Monitoring program a few weeks ago! We surveyed several coastal locations in the SLO County area to identify sites with marine species of interest where we could establish new long-term monitoring plots. We also encountered a few tide pool friends along the way🦀.

LiMPETS is a community science program that provides opportunities for young scientists (6th grade through college) to explore their marine sanctuaries and collect meaningful species data that help inform sanctuary management. Through a grant from National Marine Sanctuary Foundation , our project team is establishing new intertidal monitoring sites within the newly designated Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary NOAA's Chumash Heritage NMS. These sites will provide opportunities for students, youth organizations, and ytt Tribal members to collect baseline data at rocky intertidal and sandy beach habitats, helping track ecosystem health and trends.

We are excited to soon share which coastal sites will officially become part of the LiMPETS monitoring program—they may be some of your favorite coastal spots! Do you recognize any of the locations in these photos?

If you’d like to be part of this effort and help connect students with hands-on coastal science opportunities, we’d love to hear from you! Please send us a message or email us at [email protected].

02/25/2026

We're proud of our partnership with People's Self-Help Housing!

Thanks to a partnership with Creek Lands Conservation, students at Creston Garden Apartments are helping build a neighborhood garden. In the process, students will learn impactful and sustainable practices to care for nature within their community. Thank you, Creek Lands Conservation!

01/15/2026

We’re growing something beautiful in North San Luis Obispo County 🌱 and it’s more than just food and habitat gardens!

Rooted Resilience is a project sprouted from a simple idea: children and families in affordable housing deserve cultivation of vibrant community spaces to learn, play, and connect with the land. With support from , and in partnership with and , we transformed abandoned sand pits and concrete playscapes into thriving native and harvest garden centered outdoor learning spaces. Creek Lands hosted an initial workshop series to seed native habitat before our winter rains, as well as foundational nature journaling, natural history, and garden planning.

Now, students are identifying plants, sharing stories, strengthening bilingual English-Spanish learning, and savoring the land in a new way (acorn cookies and minty yerba buena tea being fan favorites!). Teen garden caretakers are stepping into leadership roles and families will get to taste the fruits and vegetables of their winter labor.

These spaces are more than ecological restorations but also cultural shifts. They’re places for families to reclaim their heritage, build communal resilience through stewardship, and where partnerships rooted in trust and collaboration blossom into lasting change. Together, we’re restoring joy, ecological integrity, and food access one garden bed at a time.