NORTH SAN PEDRO/PV BLUE HABITAT RESTORATION (2 credits per hour) Date and Time: First Sunday of the month, 9 A.M. - NOON Description: The Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought extinct, was rediscovered in San Pedro in 1994 at the Fuel Depot in San Pedro. About 300 acres of habitat will be restored over the next few years as part of the effort to save the butterfly and recreate our native grasslands.This is your chance to help save an endangered species! Be sure this is on your spring calendar so you can see the butterfly on the wing. Location: Go to 3171 North Gaffey Sreet, 1/2 mile south of intersection of Anaheim and Vermont, near the police pistol range. Special Directions: Bring work gloves. For more information: Call Jess Morton at (310)832-5601 or Rhapsody in Green at (213) 654-5821.

WILMINGTONKEN MALLOY HARBOR PARK RESTORATION (2 credits per hour) Date and Time: Third Saturday of the month, 9 A.M. - 12 Description: The third largest park in Los Angeles, Harbor Park shelters a greater diversity of life than can be found any where else in the South Bay. Now you can help to improve the park's many habitats by joining in these monthly work sessions. Your efforts will help lay the ground work for the nature center and education programs that will soon be established here. Location: Enter the park's parking lot near the corner of Anaheim and Vermont. Meet at the boathouse by the lake. For more information: call Debbie Baker at (310)722-7777.

TORRANCE MADRONA MARSH RESTORATION (2 credits per hour) Date and Time: Second Saturday of the month, 9 A.M. - NOON Description: Madrona Marsh is the last remaining vernal marsh (wet in spring, usually dry in fall) in the LA basin. The City of Torrance and the Friends of Madrona Marsh (FOMM) are restoring the marsh and building a nature center. Join the group effort pulling out weeds, trash and old pipe, plant new native vegetation and work as FOMM docents. Extra credit activities are available doing research and creating displays. Location: Go to the Temporary Natural History Center, 3201 Plaza Del Amo, just east of Madrona Avenue, near the Del Amo Mall. For more information: Call Shirley Turner at (310)326-3840. To read more about Madrona Marsh click here.

SAN PEDROCABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM (2 credits per hour) Date and Time: Various days and times Description: Work with the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium staff on various projects including being docents for weekend tidepool walks, restoring habitat at the salt marsh and creating a native plant garden. Parking is limited. Numbers of volunteers needed vary. Walk leaders must know tide pool animals. Special Instructions: Wear comfortable shoes for walking on the rocks. Participants must also call to register For more information: Call Linda Chilton at (310)548-7546

MANHATTAN BEACH BOTANIC GARDEN WORKDAY (2 credits per hour) Date and Time: Second Saturday of the month, 9 A.M. - NOON Description: The Manhattan Beach Botanic Garden is the only coastal botanic garden in Southern California. It features California native and drought tolerant plants suitable for residential landscapes. You can learn about these important plants and how you can help us conserve water through their use. Volunteers like you are helping to establish these demonstration plantings at Pollywog park. Special Instructions: Parent release forms required. For more information: Call Gretchen Zwissler at (310)545-7338. To obtain a release form e-mail zwissler@aol.com

REDONDO BEACHSHARING NATURE WITH CHILDREN (2 credits per hour) Date and Time: Third of fourth Saturday of the month, 9 A.M. - 1 P.M. Description:Work with Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society members to teach children, 6 to 12 years old, about nature. As docents, you will assist with crafts, games, micro-hikes and nature walks. Extra credit activities available. Location:Go to Wilderness Park at Sepulveda Blvd. and Knob Hill, Redondo Beach. Special Instructions: You must call to volunteer. For more information: Call Lillian Light at (310)545-1384 or Bob Carr at (310)325-4402.