Santa Clara River - Watershed Restoration and Protection Through Local Action

CIR’s EXPERT WEBINAR SERIES PRESENTS Santa Clara River - Watershed Restoration and Protection Through Local Action Tuesday, May 26, 2026 | 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Candice Meneghin will showcase how Friends of the Santa Clara River protects environmental and cultural resources across Ventura and Los Angeles counties by balancing the needs of people and the environment through outreach and education, wildlife and habitat restoration, and preservation through advocacy and litigation. Candice Meneghin is a biodiversity conservationist and recently received her Juris Doctorate, with an emphasis in environmental law. She is the Executive Director of Coastal Ranches Conservancy and currently sits on the board of Friends of the Santa Clara River, Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources (SOAR Ventura County), and as an appointed director representing the environmental community on the Fillmore and Piru Basins Groundwater Sustainability Agency. With twenty years of conservation and environmental advocacy under her belt, she has worked for CalTrout, with the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, and consulted on steelhead restoration and stakeholder engagement programs, and as an advisor on environmental affairs for District 2 Ventura County Supervisor.