What is the San Lorenzo River Estuary Project?
It’s an ongoing restoration project initiated in 2016 by the Valley Women’s Club ’SLV Native Habitat Restoration Committee’ and is supported by the City of Santa Cruz Park & Rec. Dept. We are a diverse group of volunteers who enjoy working together on restoring the San Lorenzo River habitats.
What do we do?
WHY?
Estuary Project News
The San Lorenzo River Estuary Project Santa Cruz, CA (January 11, 2023) — This week, the City Department of Public Works plans to put in motion the clearing of plant vegetation, destroying years of habitat restoration progress made on the levee of the San Lorenzo River. Utilizing outdated protocols is
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Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 10th, the Estuary Project welcomed 9 Kirby School students for their school-wide community involvement day. These students had signed up to volunteer their community hours to the restoration of the San Lorenzo River habitats. The students had the choice to work in groups of 3 on 3 different activities with
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Read MoreThe Estuary Project volunteer crew Saturday, June 19th, was the first time that we lifted the COVID group size limit. Our group consisting of eight community members and seven Downtown Street team participants, collaborated side by side to improve the levee native habitats. The result was that 15 volunteers got
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