East Beach Restoration

October 26, 2024 East Beach Restoration

On Saturday we congregated at the Santa Barbara East Beach nature restoration area with about eight scouts. The object of the service project was to eliminate non-native weeds and plants from the area around habitat. A representative from the county gave us direction as to which plants to save and which to eliminate. We did a pretty good job of cleaning up and left the debris in several piles to be picked up later. Fortunately, it was an overcast morning and not too hot and although it was a lot of work it was satisfying to be part of the bigger effort of preserving the habitat for native plants, birds and animals. An abundance of yummy donuts sustained our hard work! Jack G.

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