Site 2: Stanley Drain

This site is located in the Ventura River just at the confluence with the Stanley Drain. Stanley Drain drains semi-industrial and brown fields areas of northern Ventura. Access is from a pullout off the side of the south-bound 33 Freeway, just before the City of Ventura sign. The site is approximately 200 yards away from the parking area. The river basin is wide here as well, yet the flowing portion of the river that we sample is located on the freeway side of the basin. There is another channel across the river bed. The brush is quite heavy at this site, yet the stream flow is quite fast and narrow. Fish and amphibians have been seen in the faster portions of the stream at this site.

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