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Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment (SCOPE)

Santa Clarita’s oldest environmental advocacy group

05/30/2026

Santa Clarita Fourth of July Parade Coming up!

Here are a few of SCOPE's past entries. Do you want to join this fun event? We need ideas, float decorating, a driver, and riders (especially fun for kids).
Let us know if you are interested bParadeWholeFloat 2014y contacting [email protected].

05/28/2026

Placerita Open House - great fun for everyone. Lots of Animals, lots of kids, and the weather was perfect! Many thanks to Amaresh and Isa, student interns from West Ranch High, who helped at our SCOPE booth. You can read more about it in the SCV Signal HERE.
https://signalscv.com/2025/05/being-outside-is-the-best-thing-ever-placerita-nature-center-holds-open-house/

Did you miss this event? There's always next year, or you can visit the Nature Center any weekend - get more info on events and hours HERE
https://www.placerita.org/

Left: Amaresh and Isa manning the SCOPE booth.
Top right: Placerita Canyon Nature Center Docent and animal handler Rick Brammer holds “Wheelie,” a Harris’s Hawk, for a photo with John Patton, 5, during the Open House event on May 10, 2025 in Santa Clarita, Calif. Courtesy Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Bottom right: Young visitor with frog puppet.

05/26/2026

You're invited to our June SCOPE meeting! We'll be discussing the impacts of Data Centers with special guest speaker Andrea Vega, organizer with Food and Water Watch, and the November Chamber of Commerce Proposition to undo the CA Environmental Quality Act.

Sat, June 13th, 10AM to 12PM in Valencia
Please RSVP for address to [email protected],
so that we know how many people are coming

The agenda also includes updates on SCOPE's activities and Board elections. (must be a member to vote). Hope to see you there!

05/08/2026

Come visit us at our SCOPE booth at this fun, family event.

Placerita Canyon Open House
Saturday, May 9th 9AM to 2PM

Placerita Canyon Nature Center
19152 Placerita Cayon Rd
Newhall CA 91321

04/20/2026

SCV Urban Water Management Plan 5 Year Review
The draft is now available!

Review period has begun! The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency will hold a public hearing for their upcoming Urban Water Management Plan on April 28th, 6PM in person or via Zoom.

Appendices still not available to the public. We Object! How can the public review the document without these vital background reports? You can download the draft and find out about the upcoming public hearings here. https://yourscvwater.com/uwmp

Are you worried about an adequate water supply for current residents with all the new development? Are you worried about overdrafting the Santa Clara River so much that water quality is impaired and wildlife is affected? This is the Plan that the Water Agency will use to decide whether there is water for new development. It is important that it is accurate. You can help make sure that happens with your involvement. If you would like to be part of the SCOPE UWMP review team, please send an email to [email protected], and we will be in touch.

04/18/2026

Pollinator Palooza April 25th: Celebrating Earth Month, Butterflies, Milkweed & More! Saturday, April 25
9 AM – 1:30 PM, Castaic Lake

Join SCV Tree People for:
– Milkweed planting + habitat restoration, – An environmental resource fair
– Plant giveaways.– A pollinator-themed fashion show
– Educational activities, booths, prizes, and more!
It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s for all ages

Free and open to the public. Registration is required
https://treepeople.tfaforms.net/5014884?sid=a0uVm00000DAGSDIA5

04/17/2026

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Clarita Valley invites the community to its Family Earth Day Pop Up event, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Vibe Performing Arts at the Valencia Plaza Shopping Center.

Vibe Performing Arts is located at 24460 Lyons Ave, Newhall, CA 91321.

This free, family-oriented gathering offers hands-on activities for all ages.

Attendees can participate in several interactive stations, including Seed Starting, planting seeds in biodegradable pots to grow at home, Eco-Crafting, painting rocks, building environmentally sound bird feeders, and Earth Day History.

04/16/2026

SCOPE has presented its 2026 “You’ve Done Something Good for the
Environment” award to College of the Canyons Professor Jeannie Chari.
The award was presented at a Biodiversity Walk on Tuesday, led by Professor
Chari, where several groups participated .

SCOPE has presented this award to members of the community since 1998.
Our members have chosen individuals who have given their time to
environmental issues for many years. We try to find the people behind the
scenes that just make things happen, keep campaigns going and work to make
our community the best it can be.

Professor Chari fits that description. As an environmental science and biology
teacher, Jeannie Chari has a passion for our local plants and animals. Through
her work at the college, she has shared that passion, not only with students, but
also with our whole community. She leads campus biodiversity projects,
including native plant projects and the "Bee Campus USA" initiative. She also
conducts campus garden walks, bird identification tours, and science workshops
on campus for students and members of the community.
She is especially known for leading the COC Biodiversity Initiative and campus
bee-friendly programs. She was instrumental in bringing the SCV Eco-film Fest
to the COC campus.

Past recipients of this award have been Henry Schutlz for the conservation
hikes he led, the Historical Society for planting oaks, John Ahart, Hart High
teacher for establishing an environmental science class, Alex Florimonte for
scenes that just make things happen, keep campaigns going, and work to make
pollution and making people aware of the beauty of “Dark Skies”, Jerry
Murphey for actions in the capacity of “riverkeeper”, hiking and walking the
Santa Clara River to report inappropriate activities.
1. Professor Chari receiving the award with Lynne Plambeck, President of SCOPE, Prof. Chari, Paloma Vargas, Dean of Math, Science, and Engineering at College of the Canyons))
1. Professor Chari receiving the award with Lynne Plambeck, President of SCOPE, Prof. Chari, Paloma Vargas, Dean of Math Science and Engineering at College of the Canyons)
2. The award
3. Prof Chari leading the Biodiversity Walk
protecting Wiley Creek behind her home, LaVerne Booth, for her work on light PE, Prof. Chari, Paloma Vargas, Dean of Math, Science, and Engineering at College of the Canyons. to be 7 to 10 feet tall.

04/02/2026

City, Keep Our Oak Ordinance Strong!
UPDATE
We know you all care about our native oak trees, and now the City Council knows that, too. Thanks to all your letters and all of you who spoke at the March City Council meeting, the weakening of our oak ordinance is off the table for further review. Thanks, everyone, for making a difference and saving our local trees.
BUT it may return in the future, so stay tuned!
Our first ordinance upon becoming a city was passed to protect our oak trees that were being destroyed by development. The proposed changes would have allowed thousands of oaks to be removed, even if they are heritage oaks. If you would like to read our City's original ordinance, you can find it HEREhttps://santaclarita.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/migration/Oak%20Tree%20Preservation%20Guidelines.pdf

03/31/2026

SCV Urban Water Management Plan 5 Year Review

The draft is now available!
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency will hold its last public workshop for their upcoming Urban Water Management Plan on April 1st 6PM via Zoom.
You can sign up for the workshop, download the draft, and find out about the upcoming public hearings here.
Are you worried about an adequate water supply for current residents with all the new development? Are you worried about overdrafting the Santa Clara River so much that water quality is impaired and wildlife is affected? This is the Plan that the Water Agency will use to decide whether there is water for new development. It is important that it is accurate. You can help make sure that happens with your involvement. If you would like to be part of the SCOPE UWMP review team, please send an email to [email protected] and we will be in touch

Address

P. O. Box 1182
Canyon Country, CA
91386

Telephone

+16612556899

Website

http://www.scope.org/

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