Local News in Brief : Huntington Beach : Coastal Marsh to Be Restored in Joint Project
Nearly 25 acres of coastal marsh at the mouth of the Santa Ana River in Huntington Beach will be restored in a joint project between the county and a private conservation group, county Board of Supervisors Chairman Harriett M. Wieder announced Wednesday.
The work will be done in Talbert Marsh, which borders Pacific Coast Highway, just east of Brookhurst Street.
Working with the county will be the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy, a nonprofit organization created in 1986 to restore and manage coastal wetlands in and around the city. The group, aided by a grant from the state Coastal Conservancy, will contribute about $300,000 to the project to purchase the land, now owned by Caltrans and the county Flood Control District. The remainder of the money will be contributed by the district.
The work will include rerouting of the nearby Talbert Channel to accommodate the planned expansion of the Santa Ana River mouth and will protect a nesting site of the California least tern, a species on both the federal and state endangered lists, and one that is experiencing severe problems with predators at the Bolsa Chica state reserve northwest of Huntington Beach.
Work on the project is expected to begin before the end of the year, according to Wieder’s staff.
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