Wetlands/Uplands

3.16.21 AMG SIERRA CLUB 15 MIN YOUTUBE OF 6 EXCERPTS – EXCELLENT COMPREHENSIVE BALLONA OVERVIEW

Submitted on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 11:13

3.16.21 AMG SIERRA CLUB 15 MIN YOUTUBE OF 6 EXCERPTS
EXCELLENT COMPREHENSIVE BALLONA OVERVIEW
by Richard Harmel, Patricia McPherson, Rex Frankel, Tongva John Tommy Rosas, Dr. Margot Griswold and Dr. Travis Longcore 15 min https://youtu.be/p4oRropvv6Y

LAWSUIT FILED TO CHALLENGE THE 2021 BALLONA WETLANDS “RESTORATION” PROJECT: Grassroots Coalition and Ballona Ecosystem Education Project (BEEP) Press Release

Submitted on Mon, 02/01/2021 - 17:18

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2021 LOS ANGELES, CA

Grassroots Coalition and Ballona Ecosystem Education Project (BEEP) Press Release
Contact: Grassroots Coalition (GC)
Jeanette Vosburg, Outreach Coordinator, 310-721-3512
Los Angeles, CA 90066

How Hazardous is too Hazardous? SoCal Gas Underground Storage Operations

Submitted on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 10:55

SoCal Gas' own documentation of their gas leakage, migration and expansion beyond their approved boundaries.

Who knew what? Was the City of Los Angeles informed? Was the Public informed by SoCalGas?

2014 California Coastal Commission Letter to Playa Capital and California Department Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) about Two Unpermitted Drains (Coastal Act Violation) in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve

Submitted on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 10:58

2014 California Coastal Commission Letter from Andrew Willis, Coastal Commission Enforcement Officer, to Playa Capital and California Department Fish & Wildlife (CDFW).

Grassroots Coalition (GC) later sued Playa Capital, LLC and CDFW and prevailed in order to enforce the Coastal Commission's request which later became an order.

2017 California Department of Fish & Wildlife, (CDFW) Betty Courtney Cites Harm to Ballona Due to Reduced Water Flow From Playa Vista

Submitted on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 10:34

From: Patricia Mcpherson
To: Andrew Willis <andrew.willis@coastal.ca.gov>; Todd Cardiff

Understanding Ballona.

Submitted on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 09:03

Stop drying out Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve! Stop Playa Vista's confiscation and throw away of Ballona's freshwater resources.

Read more about Understanding Ballona.
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Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems. How can we manage groundwater to benefit both people and nature? Vimeo Author Brynn Pewtherer

Submitted on Mon, 03/16/2020 - 11:54

Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
https://vimeo.com/242821521 - 44 second video

Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems from Brynn Pewtherer on Vimeo.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE (CDFW) STILL DRAINING BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE - 2020 Press Coverage

Submitted on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 12:27

For Immediate Release
URL: GrassrootsCoalition.org

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE (CDFW)
STILL DRAINING BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

CDFW states it's an active participant on the Board of the Ballona Conservancy, Playa Vista's private business that is Dewatering, Diverting and Throwing Away Ballona's Freshwater.

Southern Sierra News about Ballona CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE: BALLONA BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST 1/21/2020

Submitted on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 10:59

Southern Sierra News about Ballona

CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE: BALLONA BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST

Playa Vista Buyers Will Test Capability of Methane Shield

Submitted on Thu, 01/09/2020 - 22:05

Grassroots Coalition
11924 W. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Contact: Jeanette Vosburg
(310) 636-3518

January 6, 2003

Playa Vista Buyers Will Test Capability of Methane Shield
Critics call high-tech safeguards unproven. Courts back experts who devised system.

Patricia McPherson, President Grassroots Coalition Bio Jv
Feeling the drought on my family farm: I can see my future: It’s dry, thirsty and bleak. LA Times 7.19.21 Jv
OPPOSITION TO BALLONA WETLAND ECOLOGICAL RESERVE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT; 4 LAWSUITS AGAINST CDFW; 1 LAWSUIT AGAINST COASTAL CONSERVANCY APPROVAL OF FEIR AND FUNDING Jv
MARGOT GRISWOLD, Ph.D. Biography Jv
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems. How can we manage groundwater to benefit both people and nature? Vimeo Author Brynn Pewtherer Jv
JOHN TOMMY ROSAS - CCC - Tongva Burial Grounds 2005 VIDEO with Maxine Waters - Freshwater Marsh Jv
John Tommy Rosa's Tongva Ancestral Territorial Tribal Nation (TATTN) Memorial Historical Activity bvirtual
John Tommy Rosa's Tongva Ancestral Territorial Tribal Nation (TATTN) Historical Activity bvirtual
The West without Water: What Can Past Droughts Tell Us About Tomorrow? by B.Lynn Ingram March 2015 Jv
WATER LAWS effecting Ballona - Poland Report (Grandfather of all Ballona Hydrology - 1959) & House Documents 389 and 780 establish Marina del Rey Jv
STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY Meeting, May 27, 2021; Item #5 Grassroots Opposition to Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project - CDFW REQUEST FOR FINANCING by State Coastal Conservancy Jv
STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY Meeting , May 27, 2021; Item #5 Opposition to Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project - CDFW financing by Co. Conservancy Jv
What Can We Learn from Best Selling Author Michael Lewis on PANDEMIC PLANNING and INFORMATION SILOS that's applicable to BALLONA? Jv
2021 The dry facts on the drought in the Western U.S. and Don't skimp on coastal plans from the LA Times Jv
6.3.21 FRESH GROUNDWATER DEWATERING at BALLONA WETLANDS & INVITE TO Santa Monica Basin GSP DUDEK ZOOM MEETING 6.17.21 Jv
Wildlife Agency [Director Chuck Bonham] Treads on Unfamiliar Turf - PressReader Los Angeles Times Article by Steve Box 12.7.2020 Jv
BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE FEIR GRAPHICS UPDATED: Figures, Maps, and Graphic for EIR [103 files] **MAYBE INACCURATE Jv
Hydrology 1959 Report of Los Angeles and Ballona (by Poland) Jv
Dr. Margot Griswold's Article in LA Audubon Society's WESTERN TANAGER NEWS Vol. 87, No.2. pdf re: State's Plan for the Ballona Wetlands Jv
4.20.21 Dr M Griswold Ballona Wetlands FEIR Inconsistency & Overlooked Opportunities: Consensus Building Jv

2014 California Coastal Commission Letter from Andrew Willis, Coastal Commission Enforcement Officer, to Playa Capital and California Department Fish & Wildlife (CDFW).

Grassroots Coalition (GC) later sued Playa Capital, LLC and CDFW and prevailed in order to enforce the Coastal Commission's request which later became an order.

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