ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS Amigos de Bolsa Chica offers...

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 and from 9 a.m.

to noon on Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Service Day is the

last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon at the walk bridge.

(714) 846-1114.

The Bolsa Chica

Conservancy needs volunteers during nesting season when they

cannot pick up trash at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, but they can

volunteer to help with a sand dune restoration project. Volunteers

are needed on the conservancy’s normal service day, the last Saturday

of the month, beginning May 31, from 9 a.m. to noon. Groups may be

scheduled for other days by calling the office. (714) 846-1114.