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The Santa Clara River Parkway is a project of the California State Coastal Conservancy, in collaboration with the Nature Conservancy's LA-Ventura Project, Friends of the Santa Clara River, private landowners and local governments, to acquire and restore floodplain land along the lower Santa Clara River for habitat, flood protection, and recreation. Read more...

 

2007 fire update
In October 2007, approximately 65,000 acres of the Upper Santa Clara River watershed burned.  Read more about the fires and learn how fires affect watersheds and rivers in southern California.

Search the knowledge base
The watershed knowledge base has been designed as a portal for disseminating science-based information contributing to the conservation, sustainable management, and restoration of natural resources along the Santa Clara River.
   

Explore the Santa Clara River
The Santa Clara River is one of the most dynamic river systems remaining in Southern California, with significant riparian and aquatic habitat supporting a number of endangered and threatened species, including the federally endangered southern steelhead.  Read more...

Tour the watershed
Use the Google Earth application to peruse the Santa Clara River watershed in 3D, view aerial photography, topography, roads, watershed boundaries, and streamlines. Read more...

 

Top photo: the Santa Clara River near the Ventura and Los Angeles county line (W. Sears). Middle, clockwise from top left: scientists from UCSB test soil permeability in the Santa Clara River watershed after the 2003 fires (courtesy of L. Harrison); attendees of the Santa Clara River tour during the 2006 Salmonid Restoration Federation Conference (W. Sears); screen shot from Google Earth; western snowy plover habitat near the mouth of the Santa Clara River (W. Sears).
 

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