We partner with OC Parks, the City of Laguna Beach, the Laguna Beach Fire Department, the Orange County Transportation Authority, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and private landowners to restore native habitats and protect the land we love.
Habitat Restoration
The South Coast Wilderness is a unique area that is included in the California Floristic Province, which is designated as a global biodiversity hotspot. To qualify as a global biodiversity hotspot, an area must have at least 1,500 endemic species (species found nowhere else on the planet), and have lost at least 70% of its native vegetation.
Restoration of this precious open space includes removing invasive species, adding native plants in degraded areas and educating the public about the beauty and ecology of our wild lands as well as the threats they face.

Fuel Modification
In partnership with the Laguna Beach Fire Department, we are managing the vegetation in the canyons and slopes adjacent to neighborhoods and businesses to reduce fire behavior potential in these regions.
Our work focuses on areas with high levels of habitat value and includes communicating with the neighbors, surveying for sensitive plants and nesting birds and carefully selecting which plants are to be saved and laddered up and which plants are invasive and should be removed.

Trail Stewardship
Keeping water off and users on the trails.
In partnership with OC Parks and with the support of our dedicated volunteers, we help maintain the 70 miles of trails in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park and Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. This includes tread improvements, brushing, insloped turns, drain maintenance and naturalizing social trails.

