The Oak Canyon Community Park Duck Pond, located within Oak Canyon, was burned and damaged during the 2018 Woolsey Fire and during subsequent winter rains, sediment, ash and debris washed down into and filled the ponds, culvert and Medea Creek channel. The Oak Canyon Community Park Duck Pond Project, led by the Rancho Simi Recreation and Parks District (RSRPD), aims to restore the pond area to pre-Woolsey fire conditions.

There are a different species that previously resided in the Oak Canyon Pond, including the red eared slider, and southwestern pond turtle. The Southwestern pond turtle (Emys marmorata) is a native turtle species and is threatened by the invasive red eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) which often compete with southwestern pond turtles for food and transmit diseases. One of the Project goals was to round-up turtles prior to initiation of construction and transport any non-native red eared sliders to a turtle sanctuary in Arroyo Grande, and relocate southwestern pond turtles with the assistance of a designated biologist and turtle expert.

On June 30, 2022, Envicom assisted over a dozen community volunteers and Park staff members in a turtle round-up. Volunteers geared up in rubber boots and gloves, and waded through the mud-soaked pond area to round up any turtles with hand nets. Multiple red-eared sliders were captured during the round-up for transfer to the sanctuary, and the biologist provided turtle education for local volunteers.