In 2005, the California Coastal Conservancy and Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission used funds from California Proposition 12 and a grant from the City of Redondo Beach to fund a Master Plan to restore the Esplanade Bluffs to its original native habitat. A primary goal of this plan was to provide an expansion of habitat for the endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly and provide a critical habitat corridor linking existing colonies of the butterfly between Palos Verdes and Ballona Creek.

SBPC’s vision is that we link this essential El Segundo Blue Butterfly Habitat with upcoming projects on the AES site and under the power lines at Herondo Avenue, along the Strand and Greenbelt in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, the pollinator garden at Alta Vista Elementary School, and the coastal dune habitat we have completed at Wilderness Park.

SBPC needs community volunteers to help us remove invasive plants, infill plants in the establishing areas, and expand the project northward. We are also seeking funding to augment U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funding and to reestablish temporary irrigation to help the new plants mature during the drought years.