Countywide : Volunteers to Help Clean Up Creek Area

Volunteers are welcome to join South Coast Audubon, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, in a trash pickup project Saturday at the La Novia Avenue bridge area of San Juan Creek in San Juan Capistrano. It will start at 8 a.m. and continue until noon.

Two field walks will also be held, at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The walks offer a good opportunity to learn about the native and non-native plants in this stream habitat.

Willow and cottonwood trees line the creek’s banks and are home to a variety of bird species. Raccoon, skunk and other animal tracks have been found along the creek’s mud flats.

Cleanup volunteers, who should bring gloves, are asked to meet near the bridge on La Novia Avenue between Ortega Highway and San Juan Creek Road. Walkers are asked to bring firm-soled shoes and sunscreen.