Sierra Club Airport Marina Group: Speaker Marcia Hanscom, Topic: Ballona Wetlands Restoration
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WETLANDS: Why they are important to us and our planet earth.
Habitat Restoration
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Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary: Marina del Rey, CA Chainsaw Massacre VIDEOS
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OXFORD LAGOON BIRD SANCTUARY, MARINA DEL REY, CA
Part 1 - Osprey & Monarchs Habitat at Oxford Destroyed
https://youtu.be/tRlZ90AmWTY
Part 2 - Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary – Resident POV
https://youtu.be/QBY5v9MmpQc
Ballona Wetlands Preservation and Restoration: California Coastal Commission Hearing June 2013
The presentation slide show on Ballona Wetlands Preservation and Restoration made to the California Coastal Commission at the June 2013 hearing. See the wide variety of animals currently living in the Ballona Wetlands.
Ballona Wetlands - Acquisition with PUBLIC BOND DOLLAR AGREEMENTS
Ballona Wetlands - Activists want Public Participation in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Restoration as promised in the Bond Dollar Agreements
CITIZEN'S MONITOR RESTORATION at Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary: Marina del Rey - Doc 389 Promise
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In 1954 U.S. Congress Document 389 created Marina del Rey from 950 acres of Ballona Wetlands. To compensate for the loss of marshlands (bird habitat) they promised:
Ballona Watershed: Bus Tour 2005 - Video
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Ballona Wetlands Flood Plain: In 1952 they were really wet!
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Ballona Lower Wetlands in 1952. Notice Lincoln Blvd is a levee road surrounded on both sites by water.
When a developer uses the word "restoration" do you think they mean the wetlands state before Marina Del Rey Harbor was built in 1954? Or does the developer mean bulldoze current animal homes, and replant a careful, artful designed and manicured modern native plant selection, and hope the animals come back? Suitable as a tourist attraction and for hotel guests to gaze upon from their hi-rise rental rooms?
Marina del Rey, CA: Argonaut Letters to the Editor
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Wetlands: Wetland Acreage Change 1954-2009 bar chart from US EPA
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The US EPA's Report on the Environment (ROE) provides a good overview of the importance of wetlands. The EPA has spent tax payers' dollars to create this web section, as the found out it's a scientific fact that wetlands are critical to our planet's health.
http://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/chapter/water/wetlands.cfm
Marina del Rey, CA Federal Clean Water Act 303(d): Do Criminal Provisions Apply to the Fresh Water Marsh / Parcel 9U and/or Proposed Boat Central on Dock 52?
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Won't the Fresh Water Marsh and Vernal Pool on Parcel 9U be polluted if the developer pipes in polluted sea water from Basin B as proposed.
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