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Restoring Biodiversity on San Nicolas Island
Have you ever wondered what it takes to repair habitat to support a particular species? Is it as easy as digging a hole, sowing seeds, and watering, or so difficult that it takes a lifetime of trial and error to learn a few valuable lessons? In this talk, we’ll tour San Nicolas Island and discuss restoring habitat for the previously endangered island night lizard of San Nicolas Island (SNI). The island night lizard (Xantusia riversiana) was listed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act in 1977, then delisted in 2014, marking a great success for both island managers and the lizard. We will look at habitat repair on San Nicolas Island starting in the 1940s until the present, and how that recovery benefits the island night lizard as well as other species that call SNI home.
Bill Hoyer has worked as a Natural Resources Manager on San Nicolas Island (SNI) since 2012. Bill has spent most of his professional career managing natural resources on islands, from Vanuatu and Guam to our very own Channel Islands. His professional interests include intertidal monitoring, native plant habitat restoration, rare plant populations management, island food web development, invasive plant control, island biosecurity, and land snail diversity and management. His programs seek to be innovative and effective at the population and landscape level and often involve collaborations with external researchers and practitioners across multiple disciplines. Outside of work, Bill spends time with his family and enjoys outdoor activities near their home in Santa Paula.
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LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY: A PLANNED GIVING WEBINAR
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Are you curious about estate planning and how it can benefit your favorite charities? Are you eager to leave a lasting legacy for our community? Please join us for a one-hour webinar with Ventura Land Trust Executive Director Melissa Baffa and Channel Island Law Group Managing Director and Senior Wealth Advisor Russ Charvonia. The webinar will contain a presentation on planned giving and altern...
Ventura Land Trust Plants New Coast Live Oak Grove
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Thee saying “A society grows great when men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit,” inspires and guides Ventura Land Trust. In this short film, Ventura Land Trust land stewards share the labor of love of planting and caring for a new coast live oak tree grove in the 2,123-acre Harmon Canyon Preserve. Filming by CAPS Media
Volunteer at Big Rock Preserve
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Big Rock Preserve is nestled between the Ventura-Ojai Bike Path and the Ventura River. Big Rock was once full of the highly invasive reed Arundo donax, but with the help of many volunteers, the preserve has been carefully restored and is now home to native trees, shrubs, and wildlife. Every week, VLT stewardship staff and volunteers water young plants, remove weeds, and do necessary maintenance...
Exploring Compost
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Ventura Wild and Center for Regenerative Agriculture collaborate to explore the compost pile and the critters who inhabit it. What makes healthy soil and who supports this process? Is your soil ALIVE? Find out more by visiting our websites! Wilderness Programs for Kids: www.venturawild.com Compost Pick-up and Compost Tea: www.ojaicompost.com This program is a part of Ventura Land Trust www.vent...
Cattail Snow
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Just a sweet moment with kids in nature! Enjoy!!!
Environmental Speaker Series: The Island Fox Tale
zhlédnutí 57Před 3 lety
Join Ventura Land Trust for The Island Fox Tale, a presentation by certified wildlife tracker Mike Watling and Friends of the Island Fox President and Program Director Keri Dearborn. Friends of the Island Fox is an organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the island fox (Urocyon littoralis) on the Channel Islands. The Island Fox Tale will illuminate what distinguishes the ic...
Matilija Middle School: How to Grow Native Plants from Seed
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Ojai students demonstrate how to collect native plant seeds and how to start seedling trays at Matilija Middle School. Produced for the Green Valley Project An initiative led by The C.R.E.W. in partnership with the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, Once Upon a Watershed, Pax Environmental and Watershed Progressive. Funding provided by the Cotyledon Fund. (c) 2020 Please visit Once Upon a Watershed'...
Matilija Middle School Schoolyard Habitat
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Sheri Usher, 6th grade teacher at Matilija Middle School, gives us a tour of their Schoolyard Habitat. Once Upon a Watershed and the Green Valley Project has installed interpretive signage for the native plants in the habitat. Each sign displays a scannable QR codes that directs you to more information about that native plant. You can find more information about this project and others on our w...
Thank You to our Film Festival Sponsors!
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Ventura Land Trust thanks the sponsors of the 2020 Livestream Wild & Scenic Film Festival, including Dan Glassman of The Glass Man Professional Window Cleaning and the Comden Ridgway Barosso Group of Keller Williams Realty. In this video, these supporters share their inspiration for supporting Ventura Land Trust.
The Lower Ventura River
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Ventura Land Trust has been cleaning up the Lower Ventura River since 2012. From the filmmaker: "There is no solution at this point how to stop people from dumping or leaving their trash behind, the best we can do at this point is clean it up weekly, work with the homeless and try to make sure none of this trash reaches the ocean. Most of what you see here is roughly a quarter of a mile from th...
Environmental Speaker Series: Hidden Nature August 2020
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Center of Regenerative Agriculture Director Dr. David White uses compost and live microscopy samples to show how microorganisms transform plant matter into healthy soil. We also draw parallels between the garden and VLT's large-scale land restoration. David White has a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He has worked with Ventura County environmental groups like t...
Katie Reading All the Way to the Ocean with Ventura Wild
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Katie Reading All the Way to the Ocean with Ventura Wild
Sara Reads The Busy Tree with Ventura Wild
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Sara Reads The Busy Tree with Ventura Wild
Sara Reading All The Water in the World with Ventura Wild
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Sara Reading All The Water in the World with Ventura Wild
David Killian reading a favorite nature story for Ventura Wild families
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David Killian reading a favorite nature story for Ventura Wild families
Heather at Ventura Wild finds something in her garden...
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Heather at Ventura Wild finds something in her garden...
Composting with Worms and Ventura Wild (Part 1)
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Composting with Worms and Ventura Wild (Part 1)
Compost with Worms and Ventura Wild (Part 2)
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Compost with Worms and Ventura Wild (Part 2)
Tessa Reading Home by Carson Ellis with Ventura Wild
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Tessa Reading Home by Carson Ellis with Ventura Wild
Insect Body Parts Song with Ventura Wild
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Insect Body Parts Song with Ventura Wild
Tessa reading Butterfly Park by Elly Mackay with Ventura Wild
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Tessa reading Butterfly Park by Elly Mackay with Ventura Wild
Jenny Reading Animales Nocturnos by Gianna Marino with Ventura Wild (Spanish)
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Jenny Reading Animales Nocturnos by Gianna Marino with Ventura Wild (Spanish)
Micro Hike with Surprise Ending
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Micro Hike with Surprise Ending
Thank You Donors! - Ventura Wild
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Thank You Donors! - Ventura Wild
Reading of "Are you a ladybug?" by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries with Ventura Wild
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Reading of "Are you a ladybug?" by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries with Ventura Wild
Worm Bin and Garden Tour with Ventura Wild
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Worm Bin and Garden Tour with Ventura Wild
Making Nature Journals with Jenny and Ventura Wild
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Making Nature Journals with Jenny and Ventura Wild
How to Make a Nature Journal with Heather and Ventura Wild
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How to Make a Nature Journal with Heather and Ventura Wild
Activities with Wild Animals Handout made by Trudy
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Activities with Wild Animals Handout made by Trudy

Komentáře

  • @stevencole7331
    @stevencole7331 Před 14 dny

    I think what's needed and funds placed into locations for trash dumpsters and recypticalsc close or at homeless encampments . Give the opportunity for them to clean up after themselves . You don't learn anything when others provide for you . .

  • @markmoreno8413
    @markmoreno8413 Před 3 měsíci

    Do you want to clean up The Ventura River areas. Get ready of the Elected officials in Ventura and the State Governor.

  • @willbuchanan994
    @willbuchanan994 Před 3 měsíci

    Should get Dane Reynolds and chapter 11 on board

  • @ccrider00
    @ccrider00 Před 4 měsíci

    Hobo's jungle in the lower ventura river bottom has been a popular destination for America's hobo/ homeless peoples for the last 100 yrs. easy access from the railroad for rail riders! 👍🥳😧🤚👳‍♂️

  • @lorettarussell3235
    @lorettarussell3235 Před 9 měsíci

    Interesting, I didn't know about making paint from rocks. Is this how the Native Americans made their face paints?

  • @lina-7998
    @lina-7998 Před 9 měsíci

    I want to volunteer, how can we help?

  • @maxdream5457
    @maxdream5457 Před rokem

    Sweet video thank you!

  • @JBAutomotive794
    @JBAutomotive794 Před rokem

    I was born and raised in Ventura, thanks for your hard work Dan.

  • @elguajacodeguajaka6722

    Hopegovermenttakethisanimalshomelesspeopletojailforeverorgetridofthembygaschamberassoonaspossible

  • @elguajacodeguajaka6722

    Hope some how goverment get rid of these animal worthless pieces of Sht take them to jail for life or by gas chamber but please clean beautyful ventura

  • @rebeccaketner816
    @rebeccaketner816 Před rokem

    Great video & great work, thank you.

  • @davevornberger
    @davevornberger Před rokem

    Thank you VLT! Yes, it all helps Dan H.! Great work! And Jason Hernandez for the video.

  • @incognitomlo88forever40

    We are not LA thank God! Getting there though with all the construction. I work in LA and our problem is NOTHING compared to skid row and the LA river!

  • @sdbassbros37
    @sdbassbros37 Před rokem

    This needs to happen in San Diego. The homeless run rapid and the rivers are full of trash and bacteria. The homeless are aggressive asf, not like the kind you guys are talking with. Literally walking through people’s backyards in the middle of the night and setting up on their camps. My brother nearly died after surfing in the winter time from a necrotic sinus infection that almost went to his brain caused by the water upstream of Cardiff reef with the homeless problem. You can’t ever surf the reef anymore on an outgoing tide or else you are in the stinkiest bacteria filled water. It’s worse in the winter time. Blacks beach is the same way, you go for a walk in the winter time and all you smell is feces and the water that drains from the water falls on the cliffs into the ocean, creating that smell and bubbles after every wave that breaks. This was not a problem just a few years ago. Not to mention the dumping just south of the border in Tijuana. I visit the homeless sites but I’ve nearly died from infected poison oak/ cellulitis twice now because of how dirty the places are after they are cleared out. There is no San Diego land trust at all or any effort to clean up the trash or the homeless. Simplest thing to do is just set up Porto potties for the homeless around the beach, but they shit on everything in the bathrooms, no kidding. I have been riding my bike in del mar and had them set up to try to attack me. I tried picking up trash but fuck I’m not going to nearly die from poison oak again or face off against insane tweakers or use a bathroom covered in literal feces when I go to the beach. They already use the bathrooms at blacks and cover them in feces in the early morning to spite everybody else who needs to go to the bathroom for the rest of the day. And I am literally the only person who talks about this because no other surfers ever venture up steam and see why the line up smells. The Del Mar river mouth doesn’t have as bad of a problem as Cardiff reef because there isn’t the homeless population upstream, only lake hodges. Oceanside harbor can’t even open the river mouth at south jetty anymore because of how much of a public health risk it is. Ear plugs are a must but there isn’t anything you can do to protect you sinuses.

    • @growmiezhomiez8760
      @growmiezhomiez8760 Před rokem

      So, the homeless are Very Fast in San Diego eh? I’ve never seen homeless people “Run Rapid”. Ussually they are very slow…

  • @darrena4163
    @darrena4163 Před rokem

    The cure for poison oak... leaves of three let them be!

  • @blessed2878
    @blessed2878 Před rokem

    Do you know anything about Craig missing from casitas springs since 12/9 has dementia?

  • @TheBoatwatcher
    @TheBoatwatcher Před rokem

    ThankYou!

  • @Happy-uy5wc
    @Happy-uy5wc Před rokem

    The rents have gone up so much in Ventura that the older locals and seniors can't afford to live there anymore. It's sad.

    • @TheWtikaiser
      @TheWtikaiser Před rokem

      The rents have gone up so much that they cant pick up the trash they leave everywhere.... Stop making excuses for this kind of crap. The only way it ends.

  • @questionmark4207
    @questionmark4207 Před rokem

    Bro I am from Ventura Class of 91 Buena Vista . Surfed Pierpont lived on wedge side worked Union Oxnard Local 585 on East Coast coming home i will look Ya Up . Surfing is a Way of life ocean Water all Need it Rock On 👈👃✨✨✨

  • @briangirard9031
    @briangirard9031 Před rokem

    Keep up the good work, Cause and effect, it all makes a difference my friends. Thank you, for all you do for Mother Earth.

  • @calvinhunsicker3015

    Where can I volunteer to help

  • @jonathanruhland8945

    Several of the "homeless" in Ventura come from rich families. Have homes in the Spanish hills.

    • @SxTxferlife
      @SxTxferlife Před rokem

      U sure about that? I been homeless in Oxnard for 3 years and never met a guy like that. Met youngsters who lie about being homeless to get money for a drug fix, but that's it. Right now it sucks cuz of all the rain, tho it's much needed. Anyway I'd say over 80% of the homeless I've met n known are mentally disabled ALONG with drug issues

    • @jonathanruhland8945
      @jonathanruhland8945 Před rokem

      Yes Nasty Nancy and Brittany Lovos both have families in the Spanish hills. It's not a new concept that rich kids party on the streets.

    • @SxTxferlife
      @SxTxferlife Před rokem

      @@jonathanruhland8945 have no clue who those people are

    • @jonathanruhland8945
      @jonathanruhland8945 Před rokem

      @@SxTxferlife who cares if you know them, everyone else does, my point is that homeless people are preyed on by the surrounding community. Not all homeless people party.

    • @SxTxferlife
      @SxTxferlife Před rokem

      @@jonathanruhland8945 thats exactly wat I was saying

  • @darkenedvision4709
    @darkenedvision4709 Před rokem

    Do you still do this?

  • @georgewashingmachine8121

    Woooh Ms. Usher!!

  • @lukenorris7847
    @lukenorris7847 Před 3 lety

    The good and ugly of this world shown here. People who trash the planet and people who really care about it and make a difference. Good job and thank you to all who help clean up down there!

  • @markeaton4367
    @markeaton4367 Před 3 lety

    Great job! Somehow we need 2 find a way 2 solve the homeless problem . It is out of control! Santa Clara River has the same problems too! Housing people & rent control

  • @bigchieflittleman123
    @bigchieflittleman123 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for this video, really informative. I’ve just learned about sit spots so I’m now going to allow my spot to find me and then endeavour to sit there regularly x

  • @nomorewar333
    @nomorewar333 Před 3 lety

    Hello Ventura Land Trust. Please contact Freedom Three Publishing for IP Permission rights to publically share All the Way to the Ocean on CZcams at info@freedomthree.com Thank you.

  • @chrisparrish6229
    @chrisparrish6229 Před 3 lety

    I love it when I hear about murdered homeless. Really helps solve a lot of problems like this!

    • @jonathanruhland8945
      @jonathanruhland8945 Před rokem

      Lol or maybe she bought a home and is still glad she didn't bunk with a bunch of dudes.

    • @lina-7998
      @lina-7998 Před 9 měsíci

      Cruel, heartless

  • @mbaffa
    @mbaffa Před 3 lety

    This is such a well-done video! Thanks for watching out for our river, our lands, and our ocean, and for having such grace and empathy. Our community is better because of the work you do.

  • @TravelAgentCale
    @TravelAgentCale Před 4 lety

    Thank you for sharing great information about worm composting!

  • @idealisticmapperyhingo6327

    waste of money you can not stop that. Nature finds her balance again

    • @zeph6439
      @zeph6439 Před 5 lety

      The problem is that these invasive species are not indigenous, in which case there would be balance. They have caused an imbalance. They were introduced by man, and have incredibly harmful effects on riparian ecosystems. So therefore it's up to us to get rid of the mess that was created. (seeing as fresh water is necessary for life)

    • @idealisticmapperyhingo6327
      @idealisticmapperyhingo6327 Před 5 lety

      @@zeph6439 I have to tell you unfortunately that have no chance. an invasive plant spreads in Germany The Indian springkraut I once destroyed, today I see that these plants are very important for the bees and integrated into the ecosystem. The same thing happens with the Arundo donax reeds which provide rare refuge for insect species

    • @zeph6439
      @zeph6439 Před 5 lety

      @@idealisticmapperyhingo6327 Unfortunately the harmful effects of many of these invader species far outweighs the localized benefits. Many plants are exotic imports, for sure, and personally I have no problem with this so long as they do not have any significant negative effects on the environment. But here we are talking about highly invasive plants which choke the life out of rivers. They compete directly with native flora (more like crowd them out and replace them) and suck billions of liters of water out that could be used by fish and us, too. I feel it would be far more helpful to eradicate the invaders and let nature take it's course again.(excuse the pun)

    • @idealisticmapperyhingo6327
      @idealisticmapperyhingo6327 Před 5 lety

      @@zeph6439 Nature always finds a solution it just takes time

    • @zeph6439
      @zeph6439 Před 5 lety

      @@idealisticmapperyhingo6327 Well here's to speeding the process up by removing the invaders and replacing them with indigenous plants and animals! I mean, we are also part of nature so we have our roles to play in what happens.

  • @Johnnysday
    @Johnnysday Před 5 lety

    A simple solution would be to harvest it for it's 10,000 BTU's per Lb of green, renewable and carbon negative energy. Pellitize it, create a way to monetize it and use it as biofuel. There are many people willing to harvest Arundo, if there was a way to run it through a pellet mill and just supply feedstock. $220/ton would be a fare price when gathered or wild harvested the cane and sold to a pellet mill. There are more than 10,000 acres with Arundo growing on it it Southern California. It's growing everywhere because it was distributed by the Department of Ag. back in the 20's to help stop stream bank erosion. Use of chemical control is maximized if used 2 months after being harvested. It is especially sensitive to glyphosate in the young emerging growth phase. Frequent and repetitive harvesting will eventually allow native habitat to restore it's self and if combined with light applications of herbicide will eventually control this species.

    • @idealisticmapperyhingo6327
      @idealisticmapperyhingo6327 Před 5 lety

      Arundo donax is a very diverse grass. It grows everywhere where it is tropically suptropical and even when it comes to chamomile it can survive the winter. This grass can help prevent flooding or erosion

    • @idealisticmapperyhingo6327
      @idealisticmapperyhingo6327 Před 5 lety

      if you shrug the fields with Arundo donax hedges, there will be hardly any catastrophes like floods that wash away the fertile earth. if all the forests are framed with a hedge of Arundo donax, the bamboo will provide similar reeds for rain, and you can harvest the reeds once a year and make biochar and other things like stucco sticks. The biochar you have to mow with cow dung, goat dung or other animal excretions and apply to the fields that increase the fertility of the soil in many ways and these terra pretaböden can save more water so you have less dry as in Califonia just the case

    • @horustortoise6110
      @horustortoise6110 Před 3 lety

      Well in a lot of cases the point isn’t to monetize it. The point is to restore native diverse riverine habitat. Migratory birds and tons of different species don’t use it. They rely on diverse plant habitats and communities. The more diverse the plant communities are the more diverse the insects are, the more diverse the avian species are the more diverse the mammalian and reptilian and so on. Arundo sucks up all the water in the creek systems and takes up all the space other species would occupy.

  • @normansadventuretime5435

    What an amazing video!

  • @MyAnimalAddiction
    @MyAnimalAddiction Před 6 lety

    I appreciate that you posted this, as I was unable to attend the lecture. Hope to hear more from Dr. Anderson as we move into spring ... perhaps some good news about plant and wildlife regeneration!

    • @venturalandtrust
      @venturalandtrust Před 6 lety

      We're glad to have it available to those who couldn't attend! We already have Dr. Anderson lined up for a 'follow-up' lecture next January: a one-year-later report! Hope to see you then.