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 offers free public tours of the Bolsa Chica wetlands and

mesa. The tours are offered from 10 a.m. to noon the third Sunday of

each month. Those interested should meet in the parking lot on

Pacific Coast Highway, one mile south of Warner Avenue in Huntington

Beach. For more information call (714) 960-9939.

The Bolsa Chica Land

Trust has a table set up with wetlands information from 9 a.m. to

3 p.m. in the third Sunday of each month at Bolsa Chica in the

parking lot by the pedestrian walk bridge on Pacific Coast Highway.

For more information call (714) 960-9939.

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 or www.fsnc.org.

The Friends of Shipley

Nature Center meet at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of the month at

the Huntington Beach Central Library, room E. The public is

encouraged to help in the restoration, education and operation of the

Shipley Nature Center. The Friends also open the nature center on the

third Sunday of the month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors are invited

to enjoy birding, walking and other nature-related activities.

Docents will be available to answer questions. Call (714) 842-4772 or

www.fsnc.org.

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 website 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, and everyone must wear shoes. Open 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, June through late August.