Butterfly Tour & Dune Restoration in Manhattan Beach

Celebrate Butterfly Education and Awareness Day with a meaningful morning by the ocean!

Join The Bay Foundation on Saturday, June 7, for a special volunteer event centered around the endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly—a species native to our local dunes and rarely found elsewhere. From 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, you'll have the chance to learn about this tiny but mighty butterfly and help restore its habitat along the North Manhattan Beach coastline.

Saturday, June 7, 2025
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
El Porto Parking Lot – Marvin Braude Bike Trail & Rosecrans Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

What to Expect:

• Meet the El Segundo Blue Butterfly and learn why protecting its habitat matters
  
  

• Volunteer opportunity to plant and seed native dune species
  
  

• Tools and gloves provided
  
  

• Bring water, sun protection, and wear closed-toed shoes
  
  

• All ages welcome
  
  

• Check-in begins at the El Porto Parking Lot (Marvin Braude Bike Trail & Rosecrans Ave)
  
  

• Please arrive 10–15 minutes early
  
  

RSVP here:  https://bit.ly/43IedYc

This event is part of the Manhattan Beach Dune Restoration Project, a community-centered initiative led by The Bay Foundation in collaboration with the City of Manhattan Beach, LA County Departments, and the California State Coastal Conservancy. The project began in 2022 and aims to restore approximately 3 acres of beach dunes to support biodiversity and coastal resilience. Funded through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and California Climate Investments, this is a great example of climate action happening right here in the South Bay.

Events like this connect us to nature, community, and our shared responsibility to protect the places we call home. This is why We Love South Bay Local.