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  • Restoration Tech Brittney seeding

    ‘Tis the Season

    Laguna Canyon Foundation’s Restoration Team does a variety of fieldwork in the wilderness parks and around our local cities to preserve…

  • Nesting Season is Coming

    While hiking on the trails in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, I heard a bird call. I looked up and…

  • Volunteers Weeding

    How to Become a Steward of the Land

    This November is the launch of our Keep It Wild Stewardship Program! Are you looking for a way to give back…

  • Fuel Modification with the Fire Department

    For the past five years, Laguna Canyon Foundation has been partnering with the Laguna Beach Fire Department on their “fuel modification”…

  • Thank You, Alyssa and Robin!

    Hired last fall as full-time seasonal restoration technicians, Alyssa Moreno and Robin Matthews have become a big part of Laguna Canyon…

  • Emergent Invasives, the IPP, and You

    Many are surprised to hear that, second only to direct habitat destruction, invasive species pose the greatest global risk to biodiversity.…

  • Fading Out: Are Monarchs a Thing of the Past?

    Monarchs. You know them, but will your grandchildren? These once common creatures are rapidly disappearing. Since the 1980s, 99.4% of the…

  • What’s Going On in the Canyon?

    Perhaps, as you’ve driven out of Laguna Canyon recently, you’ve noticed some changes along the side of the road across from…

  • Balancing Fire Ecology and Fire Safety

    As a trained fire ecologist, I see fires differently than most. My work in Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, California and other western…

  • Catching a Weed Before It’s Too Late

    In our efforts to preserve and protect our open space, one of the most common challenges we face is invasive plants.…

  • It Spread Like Wildfire

    It was a tweet: “Laguna Vegetation Fire…one acre.” Then a warning: “Extreme fire behavior with erratic canyon winds.” Then it became…

  • Celebrating Native Plant Week

    Did you know that California is one of the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots? Our coastal sage scrub wilderness contains high numbers…