Restoring Bolsa Chica Wetlands

"The Bolsa Chica wetlands are located in Orange County, CA...The project site lies adjacent to the California Department of Fish and Game’s Ecological Reserve and consists of 350 acres of habitat within 1300 acres of lowlands...In October 1996, eight state and federal agencies...entered into an Interagency Agreement to establish a project for wetlands acquisition and restoration at the Bolsa Chica Lowlands...After almost a decade of planning and support activities, on the ground restoration of nearly 600 acres of Bolsa Chica was begun in 2004. In the summer of 2006 seawater flowed into the restored wetland for the first time in over 100 years facilitating the recreation of wetland habitat benefiting a variety of species including several threatened and endangered species. The Bolsa Chica wetland restoration was the largest coastal wetland restorations ever undertaken in Southern California."