ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS Amigos de Bolsa Chica...

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 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

walkbridge. (714) 846-1114.

The Bolsa Chica Land Trust and the Sierra Club pass out

information on the Bolsa Chica from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the third Sunday

of each month in the parking lot on Pacific Coast Highway, one mile

south of Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach.

The Bolsa Chica Stewards need help with their native planting

project at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. The group plants

native plants, removes non-native vegetation, grooms trails, collects

trash and waters new plants. The group meets at 9 a.m. every third

Saturday of the month at the Warner Avenue parking lot just northeast

of Pacific Coast Highway. Information: (714) 920-4215.

The Huntington Beach Tree Society, which works for the planting

and preservation of trees in the city, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the

third Wednesday of each month at the Huntington Beach Central

Library, downstairs near the coffee shop, 7111 Talbert Ave. Jean

Nagy, (714) 564-1396.

The Preservation Society of Huntington Dog Beach has monthly clean

up days at Dog Beach. Information: (714) 841-8644 or visit the Web

site at www.dogbeach.org.

PARKS

Edison Community Center Park, Magnolia Street and Hamilton Avenue.

(714) 960-8870. Includes two lighted baseball fields, four lighted

basketball courts, a community building, six handball courts, a

picnic area including barbecue facilities, playground, four lighted

tennis courts and one volleyball court.

Greer Park, McFadden Avenue near Goldenwest Street. (714)

536-5486. Includes one lighted baseball field, one basketball court,

playground and lake.

Huntington Central Park, with entrances on Edwards, Goldenwest and

Gothard streets and Slater Avenue. (714) 960-8847. This 300-acre park

includes a fishing lake, paved paths, equestrian trail, fitness

course, horseshoe pits, disc golf course, picnic areas and two cafes.

Local plants and live reptiles are displayed at the nature center.

The park also includes the Adventure Playground for kids.