This document library contains a historical record of information related to the Ventura River watershed, including newspaper articles, policy statements, minutes and other data. The issues facing the Ventura River watershed have deep historical roots. Moreover, the issues often re-present themselves in the face of development and competing interests.
The documents in this library are organized by category. Also found here, the Friends Archive contains documents dating back several decades. The Friends Archive is an ongoing effort to scan and make available online documents that have been stored away in paper format. The library’s documents are also tagged with keywords to aid search results.
Other documents now available on the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper website include the Al Leydecker archives of his 20-plus years of research on the Ventura River & Goleta streams.
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105 Acre Property at Ventura River Mouth Acquisition Study
author: Staff report
date: 1979
filetype: PDF
filesize: 5.35 MB
publication/publisher: CA State Coastal Conservancy
Ed Henke Historical Ventura River Docs Collection
author: Capelli, Mark H.; various
date: 1973 - 1980
filetype: pdf
filesize: 20.4 MB
publication/publisher: various
tags: algae,
braided channel,
California Coastal Act,
Capelli,
channel configuration,
dissolved solids,
effluent,
fish kill,
flood control,
flooding,
Friends of the Ventura River,
general plan,
Ground Water,
instream beneficial uses,
lagoon,
Oak View Sanitary District,
pollutants,
quarry,
rainfall,
riparian habitat,
runoff,
San Antonio Creek,
sediment,
Steelhead,
stream flow,
surface water,
Ventura river,
water management,
Water Quality,
wildlife,
Foster Park Embankment Restoration and Protection Initial Study/NOP
author: Koutnik, Daryl; Impact Sciences
date: Dec 2009
filetype: pdf
filesize: 1.42 MB
publication/publisher: City of San Buenaventura
tags: Casitas Springs,
Casitas Vista Road,
flooding,
Foster Park,
GHG emission,
Lake Casitas,
Monarch butterflies,
nesting birds,
OVSD,
riparian habitat,
riparian vegetation,
sewer trunk,
spur dike,
Steelhead,
Ventura river,
water wells,
Historical Ecology of the Lower Santa Clara River, Ventura River and Oxnard Plain (Ventura River sections)
author: Beller, EE; Grossinger, RM et al; San Francisco Estuary Institute
date: 2011
filetype: pdf
filesize: 8.2 MB
publication/publisher: California State Coastal Conservancy
tags: aquatic habitat,
aqueduct,
Casitas reach,
chumash,
coastal sage scrub,
Coyote creek,
drought,
dryland habitat,
flood events,
flooding,
freshwater marsh,
habitat types,
historical habitat,
Matilija Dam,
Matilija reach,
mission,
Oak View reach,
riparian habitat,
riparian vegetation,
San Antonio Creek,
Ventura river,
Ventura River estuary,
Ventura River valley,
wetland habitat,
Proposals to Acquire RV Park and 105-acre Ventura River Mouth Parcel
author: Hetrick, Carl C.; Henson, Harriet K; Capelli, Mark H. et al
date: 1979
filetype: PDF
filesize: 5.36 MB
publication/publisher: Coastal Commission, Coastal Conservancy
Restoration Projects: Biological Assessment at Soule & Foster Parks
author: Bowland, Jacqueline L.
date: Sep 1999
filetype: pdf
filesize: 0.3 MB
publication/publisher: Bowland & Associates
Upper San Antonio Creek Watershed Giant Reed Removal MND
author: Aspen Environmental Group
date: 2009
filetype: pdf
filesize: 12.5 MB
publication/publisher: Ventura County Watershed Protection District
tags: air quality,
Arundo removal,
biological surveys,
cumulative impacts,
glyphosate,
groundwater,
herbicide,
Matilija Dam,
McNell creek,
Reeves creek,
rhizome,
riparian habitat,
surface water,
Thacher creek,
Ventura river,
Water Quality,
Ventura River Estuary Enhancement and Management Alternatives
author: Wetlands Research Assoc. et al
date: 1993
filetype: pdf
filesize: 5.3 MB
publication/publisher: City of Ventura, CA Parks & Coastal Conservancy
tags: beach access,
coastal dunes,
dune strand,
dune swale,
Emma Wood State Beach,
floodplain inhabitants,
homeless,
Hubbard property,
lower estuary,
public access,
railroad bridge,
riparian habitat,
riparian trail,
river mouth,
Seaside Wilderness Park,
second mouth,
trails,
Ventura river,
Ventura River estuary,
Ventura River Estuary Enhancement and Management Final Plan
author: Wetlands Research Assoc. et al
date: Mar 1994
filetype: pdf
filesize: 7.8 MB
publication/publisher: City of Ventura, CA Parks & Coastal Conservancy
tags: beach access,
coastal dunes,
dune strand,
dune swale,
Emma Wood State Beach,
floodplain inhabitants,
homeless,
Hubbard property,
lower estuary,
public access,
railroad bridge,
riparian habitat,
riparian trail,
river mouth,
Seaside Wilderness Park,
second mouth,
trails,
Ventura river,
Ventura River estuary,
Ventura River Estuary Enhancement Existing Conditions
author: Wetlands Research Assoc. et al
date: Oct 1992
filetype: pdf
filesize: 7.85 MB
publication/publisher: City of Ventura, CA Parks & Coastal Conservancy
tags: Arundo,
beach access,
bikeway,
Caltrans,
coastal dunes,
dune swale,
Emma Wood State Beach,
erosion,
estuarine habitat,
fairgrounds,
flooding,
floodplain inhabitants,
groundwater,
Highway 101,
homeless,
Hubbard property,
interpretive center,
lower estuary,
main street bridge,
Matilija Creek,
public access,
railroad bridge,
riparian habitat,
riparian vegetation,
riparian woodland,
river mouth,
salinity,
San Antonio Creek,
Seaside Wilderness Park,
second mouth,
sediment,
Southern Pacific Railroad,
Steelhead,
tidewater goby,
trails,
Ventura river,
Ventura River estuary,
Water Quality,
Ventura River Flood of 1992: A Lesson Ignored?
author: Capelli, Mark H. & Keller, Edward A.
date: 1992
filetype: pdf
filesize: 3.5 MB
publication/publisher: Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
tags: alluvial fan,
Army Corps of Engineers,
braided river system,
Emma Wood State Beach,
FEMA,
flood warning system,
floodway,
Matilija Creek,
recreational use,
riparian habitat,
San Antonio Creek,
Ventura County Flood Control,
Ventura river,
Ventura River delta,