GETTING BACK TO NATURE

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

Amigos de Bolsa Chica offers free public tours from 9 to 10:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the pedestrian bridge at the Bolsa Chica wetlands on Pacific Coast Highway across from Bolsa Chica State Beach. (714) 840-1575.

Bolsa Chica Conservancy Interpretive Center at Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway features marine aquarium and displays about wetland plants, invertebrates, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, ecology and restoration.

The center is free and open to the public and school groups from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, and from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Service Day is the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon at the Interpretive Center on the north lot. (714) 846-1114.

The Bolsa Chica Land Trust offers free public tours of the Bolsa Chica wetlands and mesas at 10 a.m. on the third Sunday of each month. Those interested should meet in the Ecological Reserve parking lot on Pacific Coast Highway across from Bolsa Chica State Beach. In addition, the trust has a table set up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at this location with information on wildlife, wetlands restoration and how to volunteer. (714) 846-1001.

The Bolsa Chica Stewards, the restoration team of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust, needs volunteers to help with its native planting project at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.

The stewards plant native plants, remove nonnative vegetation, groom trails and water new plants. They meet from 9 a.m. to noon every third Saturday of the month at the Ecological Reserve parking lot on Warner Avenue near Pacific Coast Highway. (562) 920-4215.

The Friends of Shipley Nature Center invite you to visit the center in Huntington Central Park. It is open from 9 am to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Participate in “Restoration as Recreation” from 9 am to noon on the first Saturday of every month. The parking lot is accessible off Golden West between Slater and Talbert. (714) 842-4772 or www.fsnc.org.