Partnerships
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is hononed to partner with the following agencies on mutually beneficial projects for the Ojai Valley and the Ventura County Watershed.
California State Coastal Conservancy Mission – The Coastal Conservancy acts with others to preserve, protect and restore the resources of the California Coast. Our vision is of a beautiful, restored and accessible coastline
The California State Coastal Conservancy has provided grant funding for acquisition of the Ventura River Preserve, Confluence Preserve and Rio Vista. OVLC has worked with them in planning and realizing the Ventura River Parkway and is an active participant the Matilija Ecosystem Restoration project planning currently underway.
California Department of Fish and Game Mission – Conserving California’s Wildlife.
Provided grant funding for a baffle/streambank restoration project on the Ventura River Confluence Preserve. A partner and key player in salmonid recovery in the Ventura River watershed.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/Administration/Grants/FRGP/
US Fish and Wildlife Service Mission -To efficiently achieve voluntary habitat restoration on private lands, through financial and technical assistance, for the benefit of Federal Trust Species
Provided grant funding to the C.R.E.W. to remove invasive non-native plants from the Ventura River Preserve and worked with us to prepare a Safe Harbor Agreement so we can spend less time on permitting for our restoration projects. They have been a partner in protecting endangered, threatened and other special status species.
Natural Resources Conservation Service Mission – provides products and services that enable people to be good stewards of the Nation’s soil, water, and related natural resources on non-Federal lands. With our help, people are better able to conserve, maintain, or improve their natural resources. As a result of our technical and financial assistance, land managers and communities take a comprehensive approach to the use and protection of natural resources in rural, suburban, urban, and developing areas.
Provided funding for streambank stabilization project and invasive non-native plant removal on our preserves. They have been a partner in restoring our lands.
NOAA Restoration Center Mission – Created in 1991, the Restoration Center is the only office within NOAA solely devoted to restoring the nation’s coastal, marine, and migratory fish habitats. The Restoration Center works with a wide array of partners to restore mangrove, salt marsh, seagrass, oyster, coral reef, kelp forest, and river habitats.
NOAA Funded a project to remove Arundo from Rice Creek on the Ventura River Preserve and to help restore the riparian corridor with stimulus funds. The NOAA Restoration Center also funded a portion of the bank stabilization project at the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s Confluence Preserve in 2007, a pilot program to demonstrate natural processes at work to stabilize river banks from erosion.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/
Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project Mission – works cooperatively with public agencies, non-profits, scientists, and local communities to acquire and restore rivers, streams, and wetlands in coastal southern California.
Provided funds for habitat restoration, invasive non-native plant removal and an environmental education program (Once Upon a Watershed) on our preserves. They have been a partner in restoring our lands.
Department of Toxic Substances Control Mission – Provide the highest level of safety, and to protect public health and the environment from toxic harm.
Provided grant funding for a contaminants assessment on the Ventura River Preserve.
California Conservation Corps Mission – The young women and men of the Corps work hard protecting and restoring California’s environment and responding to disasters, becoming stronger workers, citizens and individuals through their service.
California Conservation Corps workers have installed bio-engineered bank stabilization structures, planted native vegetation, and removed invasive non-native plants on our preserves. The CCC is a conservation work crew that has trained supervisary staff in trail building and aquatic and terrestrial restoration techniques.
http://www.ccc.ca.gov/index.htm
Concerned Resource Environmental Workers (The CREW) Mission - The C.R.E.W. is an environmentally oriented nonprofit youth leadership and employment organization. Founded in 1991, the C.R.E.W provides leadership and job training, paid employment and community service opportunities to local youth aged 14 to 21, while providing the resources needed to preserve, maintain, and improve public and private wild lands as well as to protect local communities against the threat of wildfire.
CREW workers have constructed miles of trails and removed invasive non-native plants on our preserves. They are a conservation work crew of local youth with supervisors trained in trail building and invasive species removal.
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