OUTDOOR CALENDAR

•?Amigos de Bolsa Chica offers free public tours from 9 to 10:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the pedestrian bridge at the Bolsa Chica wetlands on Pacific Coast Highway across from Bolsa Chica State Beach. (714) 840-1575.

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•?The Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy, a group of private citizens dedicated to saving and restoring the wetlands, needs volunteers to help with plant removal and general clean-up of the wetlands in south east Huntington Beach from 9 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of every month. Group meets in the parking lot of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center, 21900 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach; bring tools, water, hat, sunscreen and wear closed-toe shoes. For information, call (714) 963-2123.

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•?Bolsa Chica Conservancy Interpretive Center at Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway features marine aquarium and displays about wetland plants, invertebrates, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, ecology and restoration. The center is free and open to the public and school groups from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, and from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Service Day is the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon at the Interpretive Center on the north lot. (714) 846-1114.

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•?The Bolsa Chica Land Trust offers free public tours of the Bolsa Chica wetlands and mesas at 10 a.m. on the third Sunday of each month. Those interested should meet in the Ecological Reserve parking lot on Pacific Coast Highway across from Bolsa Chica State Beach. The trust has a table set up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at this location with information on wildlife, wetlands restoration and how to volunteer. (714) 846-1001.