The Carpinteria Creek Watershed Coalition (CCWC) is a partnership between local landowners, community groups, resource agencies, and individuals working together to restore and protect the resources of Carpinteria Creek. Inspired by a shared sense of responsibility to our community, we are working together to provide conditions that will promote healthy steelhead populations in the watershed. Working at the watershed level means building partnerships and finding common ground among people of diverse interests and perspectives. The Coalition hopes to offer ideas and attract the technical and financial help that will encourage people along the creek to join in caring for the creek. It's entirely a voluntary, grassroots effort.
What’s New
The Carpinteria Creek Watershed Coalition is now on the City of Carpinteria Welcome Signs
The Carpinteria Creek Watershed Coalition celebrated its 10 year anniversary on Saturday May 14th, 2011! The event included brief speeches from Coalition members, including the Mayor of Carpinteria, Al Clark, County Supervisor, Salud Carbajal, and SCHR Director Mauricio Gomez. The Watershed Hero Award was presented to Bob Hansen, for his years of dedication to the watershed. Bob was one of the founders of the Carpinteria Creeks Committee and designer of the CCWC logo. He was presented the award by Mayor Clark, a longtime supporter of his efforts. The anniversary celebration also included informational tables from different coalition members that have been involved in the Watershed. In total around 65 individuals from the community came out to learn about the watershed and celebrate this important milestone. The event was a great success. Thank you to State Parks for hosting, and to all of the Coalition members that helped organize and support the celebration.
All Organic CCWC t-shirts are still available for $10, if you would like to purchase a t-shirt please contact us at mail@carpinteriacreek.org.
The CCWC featured in the Coastal View!
Upcoming Events
The City of Carpinteria, the CCWC, and the Watershed Stewards Project will be hosting two volunteer planting events at the 8th Street Bridge in Carpinteria, on Saturday April 28th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We will meet at the end of 8th Street at the pedestrian bridge over Carpinteria Creek. Please remember to wear appropriate attire, bring water and sunscreen. There will also be a Creek Clean Up on Saturday April 28th. Meet at Carpinteria's City Hall before 9am to participate. For more information please contact erinm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us.
Check out our events Calendar for information on upcoming meetings and volunteer events. The CCWC meets on the third Thursday of each month, from 10am to noon at Carpinteria's City Hall. Various volunteer events happen throughout the year subscribing to our newsletter will allow you to stay informed about upcoming events and meetings.
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The people of Carpinteria Valley share a strong sense of environmental stewardship. We've proven our ability to make things happen by our efforts to restore Carpinteria Salt Marsh and to preserve Carpinteria Bluffs. By working together to achieve local solutions, we can also help bring back the steelhead to Carpinteria Creek. It takes an involved and aware community to create a healthy watershed--and Carpinteria Creek deserves the very best of us all. The Carpinteria Creek Watershed Coalition have restoration projects underway that will improve the overall quality of the watershed for native plants, local people and California's wildlife. We invite you to join us.
