Santa Barbara Volunteer Day Opportunity

Last Friday offered up another volunteer opportunity in Santa Barbara. This time it was a native plant restoration at Steven’s Park. Native plant restoration is important for several reasons:

•It creates a healthy watershed. A healthy watershed includes native plants and animals, tree cover, stable banks and clean water. When a watershed is healthy, it provides important habitat for animals and plants and flood control protection.
•Healthy watersheds result in a healthier surrounding environment for humans, plants and animals.
•It gives back to the community. By restoring native California plants, we are able to educate and allow people to enjoy the natural sights during a hike or walk through the park.

The group of volunteers planted several native California plants, in total of more than 50. We were hard at work, but enjoyed being outside in nature…it turned out to be an absolutely beautiful day to volunteer. So take this as an encouragement and motivation to get out there and volunteer. Give back to the environment! :)