[ February 4, 2012; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]
Reprinted from OC Trails
Once a month, OC Parks and the Irvine Ranch Land Conservancy open Limestone Canyon Wilderness Park up for a Wilderness Access Day. Most of the time, Limestone Canyon is only open for limited guided tours, which anyone can sign up for through the Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks Activities page. However, during the [...]
The Public Right of Way is 156 ft at its widest, runs 24 feet wide most of the length and the narrowest is 17 ft wide at Jack Fisher Park
The City of Santa Ana’s acting City Manager has made public a memo that is not good news for the Floral/Fisher Park [...]
Southern California’s PBS TV station, KOCE , is airing a story this Friday night about the controversy regarding the pending completion of the bike trail in Santiago Creek. A group of residents in Santa Ana’s Fisher Park Neighborhood are trying to stop the bike trail and are advocating for having the area fenced off from the [...]
Posted in Bicycles, Family, Nature, Orange County, Parks and Recreation, Santa Ana 
Tags: bike trail, fisher park, koce, real orange, Santa Ana, santiago creek 
2 Comments »The grass-roots neighborhood organization, Neighbors for the Santiago Creek Bike Trail, that was formed to further the goal of a bike path in the “missing link” along Santiago Creek, has launched a new website.
This “missing link” is the 1/4-mile gap located in the Santiago Creek, between the 5 Freeway underpass and Flower Street (see map [...]
The battle to finish the Santiago creek bike trail that currently ends under a bridge, just south of the Main Place Mall and Memory Lane, in north Santa Ana, took an interesting turn today as various letters and emails that were requested by the bike trail proponents were emailed by Santa Ana City Clerk Mary [...]
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CONTACT: REGINALD DURANT, DIRECTOR OF RESTORATION, (949) 335-8655
BACK TO NATIVES RESTORATION
BACK TO NATIVES RECEIVES $7,000 GRANT FROM ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR VOLUNTEER HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM
IRVINE, Calif., January 10, 2012 – Back to Natives Restoration, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit public charity has received a $7,000 grant from the Orange County Community Foundation (www.oc-cf.org) to [...]
The United States Forest Service & Back to Natives Restoration Present a…Restoration Training Program
13 Days in 2012
Back to Natives Restoration, in a cooperative agreement with the Cleveland National Forest, is providing hands on habitat restoration training over the course of 6 weeks beginning on February 16. Each training session will focus on specific aspects of the restoration [...]
[ January 7, 2012; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]
DEMONSTRATION THIS SATURDAY
January 7, 2012 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Come on out to our first demo of 2012. We continue to connect with lots of folks in support of preserving the Sexlinger Orange Orchard. Come on by to say hello, sign our petition or, leave a message to the Santa Ana Planning Department and [...]
[ January 28, 2012; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]
Habitat Restoration at Santiago Park Nature Reserve, on 1/28/12, 9AM to 12PM
Do some good in the New Year with Back to Natives! Come assist us in restoring habitat for animals at the Santiago Park Nature Reserve in Santa Ana. We meet at the Reserve once a month to remove weeds, cast native seed and plant native [...]
Bikeway and Pedestrian Master Plan Update
Work efforts are underway for the City of Santa Ana Circulation Element Update. This project includes updating the existing Santa Ana Bikeway Master Plan and creating a Pedestrian Master Plan. Currently, the existing conditions of bicycle and pedestrian facilities are being inventoried and mapped. User needs assessment that requires community [...]
A new website of people who are against finishing the Santiago Creek bike trail, called the “Save Santiago Creek Alliance,” is purporting to represent resident’s of Santa Ana’s Casa de Santiago, Fisher Park, Floral Park, Morrison Park, Riverview, and West Floral Park neighborhoods – but not one name appears anywhere on the website. It is completely [...]
I finally got around to reading the Santa Ana Zoo’s press release regarding the cancellation of their elephant rides. Wow. Zoo officials showed absolutely no remorse at all in a release that stated that the rides are ending not because of the allegations of abuse of the elephants (see the shocking video above), by the company, Have [...]
Posted in Nature, Parks and Recreation, Santa Ana, Youth Tags: elephant rides, friends of the santa ana zoo, Santa Ana Zoo 30 Comments »The disaster that is Fisher Park’s stretch of Santiago Creek
UPDATE: Now YOU can vote to support the completion of the portion of the Santiago Creek bike trail that runs through Santa Ana’s Fisher Park neighborhood. Click here to vote!
Did the Fisher Park NIMBYs who are blocking the completion of the Santiago Creek bike trail ruin [...]
[ November 20, 2011; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]
Check out the baby anteater at the Santa Ana Zoo, for free this Sunday!
This Sunday, November 20, is the third Sunday of the month and you know what that means… Free Santa Ana Resident’s Day at the Santa Ana Zoo, at Prentice Park. Click here for directions. Click here to visit the Zoo’s Facebook page.
If [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Entertainment, Nature, Santa Ana, working families, Youth Tags: free day, holidays, ocelot, residents, Santa Ana, Santa Ana Zoo No Comments »ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER PRESENTS WINTER NATURE CAMPS FOR KIDS
Enrichment program offers opportunity for children to spend time in nature.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., November 17, 2011 – The Environmental Nature Center is presenting Winter Nature Camps for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. Session 1 is December 19 – 22, and Session 2 is December 26 – [...]
Posted in Education, green, Nature, Orange County, Santa Ana, Youth Tags: camp, environmental nature center, newport beach, Orange County, teachers No Comments »
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