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Help Build Coastal Dunes for Endangered Species
Volunteers are Signing Up to Expand Coastal Dunes for Wildlife at San Elijo Lagoon - June 18
Imagine building “sand castles” for wildlife.
On June 18 dozens of volunteers will assist San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy biologists to build coastal dune habitat for plants and animals that rely on these vanishing areas.
Help in the transport and spreading of sand, bucket by bucket, to expand a 4-acre coastal dune site in the lagoon’s west basin. It’s a serious workout in nature! And unique, to sculpt dunes once plentiful along our shores. This excess sand came from the annual inlet excavation, under way through Friday, which improves tidal flow and coastal water quality. Approximately 1800-cubic yards are onsite at the dunes for this habitat event.
WHEN: Saturday, June 18: 8:00 – 11:00 am
WHERE: The coastal dune site is across from Cardiff State Beach Seaside Reef parking lot, where the dunes are visible on the east side of Coast Highway 101. Park in the lot. Shuttles will transport volunteers.
A fraction of Southern California’s coastal dune habitats remain. Yet, important avian, reptile, and plant species rely on them, including the threatened Western Snowy Plover and endangered California Least Tern. Expanding coastal dunes provides nesting and roosting habitat away from our populated beaches.
Above Image: Western Snowy Plover (Status: Threatened)
REGISTER (ages 13+): SanElijo.org/LagoonPlatoon
This volunteer event is produced by San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, the nonprofit land trust for San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve.
