Coastal Restoration Consultants (CRC) specializes in planning, managing and implementing large-scale ecological restoration projects. We work closely with clients to develop projects that fit their needs while maximizing ecological benefits and long-term sustainability, especially as that relates to climate change and sea level rise. We strongly believe that the key to restoring high-functioning resilient ecosystems is to use creative, science-based approaches that focus on restoring ecosystem processes. Over the last twelve years we have had the pleasure to work on several regionally significant restoration planning and implementation efforts in southern California in a wide variety of habitats.
Matthew James, M.S.
I have been working on restoration of wetlands and uplands in southern California since 1993. Over 25+ years in this field, I have had the pleasure of working on virtually all aspects of restoration in a wide variety of settings. My early experience was in an academic setting, where I designed and conducted grant-funded research-based restoration projects and taught restoration ecology. In 2005, I partnered with David Hubbard, and formed CRC and since then I have co-authored over 20 restoration plans and helped coordinate the implementation of over 50 acres of grant-funded habitat restoration. My recent work has focused on planning sustainable and resilient large-scale habitat restoration projects and assessing restoration projects and plans for regulatory agencies and as part of program evaluations.
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David Hubbard
David has been planning, implementing and monitoring restoration projects for wetlands and other native habitats since 1996. These projects have supported a range of goals ranging from re-establishment of hydrology and native vegetation, improvements in native biodiversity, ecosystem services, rare species habitat, water quality, and invasive species control. David has also participated in CRC’s program evaluation efforts including roles at project site level and synoptic scale analysis.
We have had the pleasure to work for a wide range of groups over the last dozen or so years. Almost all of our clients are non-profits, public agencies or local governments and the majority of our work is funded by public sources (SCWRP, Prop 40, Prop 68, NFWF, etc.) or charitable foundations. We generally find close alignment between the philosophies and goals of these types of groups and our own ideals related to role ecological restoration plays in improving the earth for the benefit of both humans and plants and wildlife, now and far in to the future.
Non-profits and Foundations
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Friends of the Santa Clara River
Laguna Ocean Foundation
The Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Sandyland Preservation Association
South Coast Habitat Restoration
The William Penn Foundation
Governmental Agencies
The California Coastal Commission
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California State Coastal Conservancy
City of Santa Barbara
City of Malibu
City of Ventura
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Matt James
David Hubbard
