Monarch butterflies rebounding but population still well off highs
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Monarch butterflies rebounding but population still well off highs
Saturday, February 27, 2016 JON HERSKOVITZ FOR REUTERS
By Jon Herskovitz
GRASSROOTS COALITION & CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION SETTLE OUT OF COURT
A Diagram of Aquifer underlying the Ballona Wetlands
DOUBT CALIFORNIA IS DRYING OUT? LOOK AT THESE OUTER SPACE PHOTOS!
We have taken rainwater for granted or treated it as an enemy sloping driveways to send rainwater to the street and nearest storm drain since the 1930's. Now the LA River Watershed is taking a different approach. Why not the Ballona Watershed which sends Billions of Gallons of Water to Ballona Flood Control Channel and into the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica Bay?
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What did the L.A. Basin look like before there was an L.A.?
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Rex Frankel, Editor of Rare Earth News & President of Ballona Ecosystem Education Project.
Link to his PICASA SITES below:
EVOLUTION OF BALLONA DESTRUCTION PLANS
https://picasaweb.google.com/rexfrankel/EvolutionOfBallonaDestructionPlans#
UNBURY BALLONA CREEK TO SAVE BILLIONS
https://picasaweb.google.com/rexfrankel/UnburyBallonaCreekToSaveBillions#
BALLONA CRITTERS AT RISK FROM STATE BULLDOZING PLANS
https://picasaweb.google.com/Rare.Earth.fotos/BallonaCrittersAtRiskFromStateSBulldozingPlans
FACT: Santa Monica Bay Restoration has advocated opening our Ballona Wetlands to the ocean. See videos by Travis Longcore and Margot Griswold for a greater understanding of our opposition to this.
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Monarch butterflies rebounding but population still well off highs
Saturday, February 27, 2016 JON HERSKOVITZ FOR REUTERS
By Jon Herskovitz
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Monarch butterflies rebounding but population still well off highs
Saturday, February 27, 2016 JON HERSKOVITZ FOR REUTERS
By Jon Herskovitz
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Watch Jeanette Vosburg Speaking to the Culver City, CA Garden Club About Capturing and Reusing Rain Water for Your Trees, Plants and Garden. ALSO, permeable pavers, grass removal, swales
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WATCH VIDEO of COUNTY PARKS NEEDS ASSESSMENT of the Marina - Burton Chace Park 1.30.16. Participants expressed a desire to have more parks and habitat areas at the Marina. While the Assessment focused on local resident needs, several speakers were concerned with County Wide use of the Marina. They referred to U.S. Congress' definition of the purpose of taking 950 acres of Ballona Wetlands for a Small Boat Harbor and Recreation area in 1954 Documents 389 and 780.
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2005 BALLONA WATERSHED BUS TOUR
Future of Ballona Creek with Melanie Winter, Jessica Hall
https://youtu.be/lGemBCjhY4w
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2015 WATER CAPTURE AND REUSE SMBRC PANEL
State of the Santa Monica Bay 9.9.15 12 minutes
https://youtu.be/bv_WtukickM
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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
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GREED, GRIDLOCK AND GAS:
The Playa Vista Story, Producer Durnford King
https://youtu.be/TkhYQfAd8D0
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BURNING QUESTIONS KNBC - IS PLAYA VISTA SAFE?
How reliable are Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety Inspections?
Part 1 - Methane Leakage / Dangers of Explosion
https://youtu.be/c4O6jI2y_m4