Sustainability Award: Calabasas

City of Calabasas
Visionary Planning for Sustainability

Las Virgenes Creek Restoration

The Las Virgenes Creek Restoration project is an outstanding example of the Compass Blueprint Environmental Sustainability Principle. For over three decades, this artery within the Malibu Watershed has endured a concrete shell installed as a flood control measure. The restoration project re-established the existing flood control facility in an environmentally harmonious and sensitive fashion, based on a naturally functioning, sustainable stream that supports a healthy habitat for wildlife and humans. Today, the creek has been restored to a habitat-friendly haven for wildlife in the middle of a bustling urban area.