Posted by: Sandy Steinman | March 10, 2024

Plantings Completed for Santa Barbara Beach Habitat Restoration Project

Noozhawk reports

The city of Santa Barbara has completed plant installation for the East Beach Habitat Restoration Project, which involved the removal of non-native ice plant and the installation of 3,200 Central Coast native plants restoring 1.1-acres of coastal dunes.Two small yellow flowers poking up out of the sand at East Beach.

Native coastal dune plant species aid in the formation and stabilization of sand dunes, support local birds and wildlife including bees, and honor Santa Barbara’s unique coastal ecology.

Read more at  Plantings Completed for East Beach Habitat Restoration Project | Local News | Noozhawk

 

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