Santa Clara River Conservancy

Santa Clara River Conservancy The Santa Clara River Conservancy (SCRC) is a conservation organization formed to maintain connectivity of natural resources throughout the watershed.

04/04/2026

A beautiful but breezy morning at the Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve.

As the native plants are really filling in along the preserve, it is hard to believe that this area was just watercress fields just a few years ago.

01/28/2026

The Santa Clara River flowing past the Ciénaga Springs Ecological Reserve.

The SCRC team gathers in the morning at the equipment sheds at the Ciénaga Springs Ecological Reserve before beginning a...
12/16/2025

The SCRC team gathers in the morning at the equipment sheds at the Ciénaga Springs Ecological Reserve before beginning a day of fieldwork.

1. Last week we were happy to give a tour of our BEF site to our project managers and supporters from Bonneville Environ...
11/18/2025

1. Last week we were happy to give a tour of our BEF site to our project managers and supporters from Bonneville Environmental Foundation as well as our funders from Proctor & Gamble.
2. SCRC staff has been working hard to remove invasive Giant Reed (arundo donax) and Saltcedar (tamarix ramosissima) and cleaning up trash to get the site ready for its first round of planting ever!
3. Shoutout to Max, the neighbor’s farm dog, for keeping us company at this site!

We had a great time tabling at the Patagonia Salmon Run in Ventura yesterday! Thank you to Patagonia for your proud spon...
11/17/2025

We had a great time tabling at the Patagonia Salmon Run in Ventura yesterday! Thank you to Patagonia for your proud sponsorship, and congrats to the winners of the run!

From planting day to thriving habitat 🌿✨With the help of our amazing volunteers, the Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve ...
10/07/2025

From planting day to thriving habitat 🌿✨With the help of our amazing volunteers, the Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve continues to transform over time, from freshly planted natives to a lush, living habitat just a year and a half later. Every native plant in the ground helps restore, wildlife, habitat, improve, soil health, and bring our local ecosystems back to life. Thank you to everyone who’s been a part of this restoration journey!

Santa Clara River Conservancy staff removing invasive Tamarisk at a restoration site outside Santa Paula. Tamarisk is o...
09/26/2025

Santa Clara River Conservancy staff removing invasive Tamarisk at a restoration site outside Santa Paula. Tamarisk is one of our most harmful invasive species because the plant’s long roots tap into underground aquifers.

Progress for the Least Bell's Vireo at the Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve.
09/12/2025

Progress for the Least Bell's Vireo at the Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve.

SCRC will be partnering soon with a UCSB-lead restoration effort in the Santa Paula area on the Prairie Pacific property...
07/01/2025

SCRC will be partnering soon with a UCSB-lead restoration effort in the Santa Paula area on the Prairie Pacific property owned by The Nature Conservancy. Here, UCSB staff scout the restoration site prior to restoration work beginning. The project will restore 50 acres of riparian, scrub, and willow-cottonwood habitat. The project area is located on higher river Terrace adjacent to the active River channel and currently consists of degraded. Riparian scrub in Woodland have tattoos with high levels of w**d infestation and anthropogenic disturbance. Once restored this area will have greater potential support repair independent wildlife.

The Santa Clara River Conservancy is happy to announce that we have been selected as a recipient of the Buffalo Exchange...
07/01/2025

The Santa Clara River Conservancy is happy to announce that we have been selected as a recipient of the Buffalo Exchange Tokens for Bags® program from July through December 2025. You can now donate to Santa Clara River Conservancy just by shopping at Buffalo Exchange (532 E Main St, Ventura). Instead of a plastic bag, the Tokens for Bags® program offers shoppers a 5 cent token to donate to one of three local charities with each purchase. The program has generated over $982,840 for hundreds of local nonprofit organizations since 1994 and has kept over 19.65 million plastic bags from the landfill. Stop in to shop and drop us a token!

Nice to see our habitat restoration at Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve working for the wildlife.If you build it, they...
06/19/2025

Nice to see our habitat restoration at Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve working for the wildlife.

If you build it, they will come.

The distinctive call of Redwing Blackbirds can be heard right now above the fields of cattails, at the Cienega Springs E...
04/29/2025

The distinctive call of Redwing Blackbirds can be heard right now above the fields of cattails, at the Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve.

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