Land Management Services

Tidal Influence manages over 200 acres of coastal habitat in southern California. Our land management team actively coordinates with oil lessees, manages easements, coordinates with agencies, drafts permits, developments new restoration projects, pursues funding opportunities, provides public access programming, manages facilities, performs ecological studies, coordinate with researchers, and makes property improvements focused on ensuring protection of sensitive habitat areas.

Typical Oil Operation Next to Wetlands

Alkali Meadow Restoration

Hellman Ranch Tidal Creek

Oscar the Burrowing Owl

Tidal Influence conducts regular property patrols of the coastal open spaces it manages and compiles monthly management reports. We inspect all sites and facilities for non-beneficial use concerns including: homeless encampments, fence line breaks, trespassing on trails, and vandalism. We maintain roadway safety and access by managing invasive weed populations and clearing debris. We conduct fire abatement and erosion control actions when necessary to protect habitat and our local community. We communicate with Stewardship Program coordinators and property owners to provide access and escorts for volunteer programs operating on site. 
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We also work with local researchers to continually monitor the wildlife that lives in the sensitive habitats we manage. Additionally, we work with wildlife enthusiasts that conduct regular surveys providing us with valuable species and abundance data allowing us to better plan larger and long term restoration projects. We manage and restore populations of 6 different special status plant species and work to protect habitat that serves the endangered Belding's Savannah Sparrow, California Least Tern, and Pacific Green Sea Turtle, as well as the rare salt marsh wandering skipper, s-banded tiger beetle, and burrowing owl.

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Wondrous Wildlife Activity

Three coyote pups and several adults were caught on camera traps at the Hellman parcel
-Video courtesy of coyote researcher, Holly Schiefelbein 

We discovered a Burrowing owl in a spill prevention basin in one of the industrial areas on LCW Authority property

A red-tailed hawk perched on an oil pump at Los Cerritos Wetlands. Human-made perches offer new perspectives for predators in southern California salt marshes