Commission will host Back Bay cleanup
The California Coastal Commission, in partnership with local
environmentalists, is sponsoring a cleanup of Upper Newport Bay
today.
From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers will be preparing the soil for a
new batch of native plants.
The commission, Orange County and the state's Department of Fish
and Game, in cooperation with local environmentalists, have been
removing invasive plants. The Newport Bay Naturalists & Friends have
taken a lead role in the project.
In the past year, volunteers have removed 21,000 pounds of these
plants, replacing them with more than 600 native species.
Volunteers will meet at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive
Center, at 2301 University Drive.
