| EXISTING |
| PHASE 1 |
| PHASE 2 |
| PHASE 3 |
| PHASE 4 |
| PHASE 5 |
| PHASE 6 |
| PHASE 7 |
| PHASE 8 |
| PHASE 9 |
| PHASE 10 |
For over 60 years privately-owned Bolsa Chica was an oil field, dotted with oil wells and power poles and criss-crossed by pipelines and raised maintenance roads. In 1973 the state acquired 300 acres of the Bolsa Chica of which 210 were restored to wetland status by the California Department of Fish and Game to become the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Between 1997 and 2004, the state acquired an additional 965 acres, setting the stage for a major restoration project involving nearly 600 acres. Restoration ground breaking occurred on October 6, 2004.
