Stormwater Volunteers
Local Groups & Volunteer Opportunities
This section introduces you to a few of Ventura's volunteer groups concerned about water quality - including some from neighboring communities - and allows you to navigate directly to each of their HOME Pages.
Following these words by Anne Frank, no further introduction seems necessary.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Matilija Coalition
The Matilija Coalition is an alliance of community groups, businesses, and individuals committed to the environmental restoration of the Ventura River watershed. Starting with the removal of Matilija Dam, we are working for the recovery of the bioregion to benefit the recovery of the Southern Steelhead trout and to restore the natural sediment supply to the beaches of Ventura.
Partners In Progress for a Beautiful Ventura
Partners In Progress for a Beautiful Ventura is a public and private partnership that encourages citizen participation to clean and beautify our City parks and beaches. Partners was formed in 1995 and continues as a cooperative effort between the City of Ventura's Community Services and Public Works Departments and the Ventura community. Over 450 volunteers participate with this program each year. The Partners In Progress office is located at Ventura City Hall.
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper's mission is to protect and restore the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds through citizen action, education, field work and enforcement.
Surfrider Foundation ñ Ventura County Chapter
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.
Ventura River Stream Team
In January 2006, Ventura Stream Team entered its sixth year of water quality testing in the Ventura River watershed. The program, which began sampling in January 2001, is a partnership of Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Ventura Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. Ventura Stream Team has three major goals: to collect scientifically sound, baseline data on the health of the watershed; to recruit and train a force of watershed stewards in the community; and to identify sources of pollution throughout the watershed.
Ventura Coastkeeper
Ventura Coastkeeper is a community based, non-profit, membership organization dedicated to protecting, preserving and restoring Ventura County's marine habitat, coastal waters, and watershed.