Ground-Breaking on Creek Restoration! 

After many years of planning and design, restoration projects on Carpinteria Creek have begun in summer 2008.  Construction crews are currently removing concrete slab creek crossings (also called “Arizona crossings”) at the
Bliss Project, Cate School Project, and Raya Project.   The Arizona crossings will be replaced with bridges and the creek channels will be restored to a more natural flow pattern.  

                                                                  
             

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.

See Steelhead Swim in Mission Creek Click on the photo at left to see video footage taken by David Pritchett of the Southern California Steelhead Coalition in January 2005! In seven of the last eight years steelhead have attempted to migrate up Mission Creek to historic spawning grounds beyond the channelized section in downtown Santa Barbara. This fact, and video footage, highlight the important job we all have to help restore our local watersheds for this iconic species!

Creation of this website was funded in part by a grant from the County of Santa Barbara's Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) program, and has continued funding through the Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Restoration Program. 

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