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Las Tablas Creek Watershed
Resiliency Project

acquire 126 acres of conservation land in Southwest fork basin of Las Tablas Creek

work with neighboring landowners and stakeholders to identify anthropogenic, biological, hydrologic, agricultural, and geologic constraints affecting the resiliency of Las Tablas Creek Watershed

pilot efforts focused on rehabilitating the ecological functioning of Las Tablas Creek Watershed  to form a repeatable program for analogous subbasins to the Nacimiento River as well as other drainages to the Salinas River Watershed via low tech process based restoration (PBR), public outreach and community building

re-perennialize vegetation on 50 acres of annual grasslands dominated by introduced species

support habitat for bird, mammal, and amphibian species including but not limited to potential high-quality:

• breeding, nesting & aquatic habitat with basking sites for southwestern pond turtle

• aquatic habitat CA red legged frog

• year-round habitat for CA spotted owl

promote wildlife habitat connectivity between landowners in the watershed

rehabilitate co-beneficial ecological processes including:

• Water retention

• Sediment capture

• Nutrient cycling

• Stabilization of organic matter in the soil

• Pollination

provide T’epot’aha’l Salinan Tribe, Xolon Salinan Tribe, yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe, Northern Chumash Tribal council, and other CA indigenous people groups access to land and materials for ceremony, basket weaving, stewardship and other cultural activities, etc.