Volunteer & Community Events
Join your local RCD for an upcoming volunteer event and become a direct part of healing the Santa Monica Mountains. We’ll also provide opportunities to connect with and care for local wildspaces. Check back often for new listings and scroll down for our full yearly calendar.
Topanga Beach Cleanup with Surfrider LA
In recognition of the 1 year anniversary of the Palisades Fire, we’re gathering alongside Surfrider LA to heal and clean Topanga Beach.
Surfrider beach cleanups serve to raise awareness about the trash & litter problem confronting our waterways. The data collected from the trash volunteers find at our cleanups helps shape Surfrider’s plastic reduction policy campaign initiatives.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: Saturday, January 10th from 10am-12pm
-Where: Topanga Beach
Nicholas Flat Oak Tree Planting
Help your RCD restore the fire impacted oak woodland at Nicholas Flat in Leo Carrillo State Park.
Since the 2018 Woolsey Fire, your RCD has been restoring the damaged oak woodland of Nicholas Flat. Help us restore this fragile ecosystem and replant what’s been lost. During this event, volunteers will care for previously planted oak trees by watering, weeding, and mulching trees as well as planting new acorns.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: Friday, January 23rd from 9am-12pm
-Where: Nicholas Flat Trailhead
Trippet Ranch Tree Planting
We need your help to heal the wildlands of the Santa Monica Mountains.
During the Palisades Fire, we lost many previously planted oak trees within Trippet Ranch of Topanga State Park. Our team is now ready to invite volunteers back into this fragile space and begin the process of healing this invaluable woodland.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: Saturday, January 24th from 9am-12pm
Monarch Restoration Volunteer Opportunity
Help your RCD restore monarch overwintering habitat in lower Topanga State Park.
This unique volunteer event offers participants a chance to restore and ready fire impacted wild spaces for a newly established monarch butterfly population in the Santa Monica Mountains. The invasive species that are beginning to encroach this space can be tough to handle and much of this event takes place off-trail so please be aware this event may not be suitable for all volunteers.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: Saturday, January 31st from 9am-12pm
-Where: Lower Topanga State Park near the historical Rodeo Grounds
Regular volunteer events occur throughout the year. Stay up-to-date on upcoming opportunities by regularly checking this webpage, following us on social media (@rcdsmm) or signing up for our quarterly newsletter.