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 walkbridge.
(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.
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 needs help with its 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
north-east of Pacific Coast Highway. Information: (562) 920-4215.
The Friends of Shipley
Nature Center meet the first Saturday of the month at the nature
center in Huntington Beach Central Park to help restore the area from
9 a.m. to noon. Please bring garden tools, and closed-toe shoes. Free
restoration tours are also offered on the same day at 11 a.m. A
docent training program will start in mid-May. Information: (714)
963-1658.
The Huntington Beach Tree Society, which works for the planting
and preservation of trees in the city, will meet 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, restroom
facilities, 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.
Murdy Community Park, Norma Drive and Goldenwest Street. (714)
960-8895. Includes two lighted baseball fields, four lighted
basketball courts, a community building, a soccer and football field,
a picnic area including barbecue facilities, a playground, restroom
facilities, four lighted tennis courts, game room, horseshoe pits and
meeting rooms.
Oak View Center Park, Oak Lane south of Warner Avenue. (714)
960-8858. Includes two basketball courts, a community building,
picnic area, playground, restroom facilities, a gymnasium and a game
room.
Worthy Community Park, 17th and Main streets. (714) 536-5486.
Includes two lighted baseball fields, two lighted basketball courts,
lighted handball and racquetball court, picnic area, playground and
restroom facilities.
Adventure Playground, in Huntington Central Park at Goldenwest
Street and Talbert Avenue. (714) 842-7442. Children ages 7 to 12 can
use hammers, nails and saws to help build treehouses with donated
wood. There’s also a rafting pond, a rope bridge, tire swings and a
mud slide. For safety reasons, children younger than 8 must be
supervised by an adult. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, June through late August.
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