In arid Southern California, water-dependent ecosystems host unique plants, plant communities and animals. The Utom watershed is home to 15 sensitive habitats and a vast diversity of plants and animals, including more than 110 special-status species. In a region that has lost 97% of its historic river woodlands, the river is a rare riparian oasis sustained by its many tributaries, including Santa Paula Creek, Sespe Creek, Piru Creek, Bouquet Canyon, Mint Canyon, San Francisquito Canyon and Placerita Canyon. Flowing for about 116 miles from its headwaters in the Angeles National Forest to the Pacific Ocean between Oxnard and Ventura, it’s now Southern California’s only publicly accessible, free-flowing river. Its watershed - the largest in the area to remain in a fairly untamed state - is also one of the region’s best, last wild places. Utom, also called the Santa Clara River, is the wild heart of Southern California.
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