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PREPARING FOR RESTORATION BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
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February 18, 2020 CARBON SEQUESTRATION FACTS & SCIENCE Presentation by Jill Stewart Reporter, with Ballona Video and Photos - Airport Marina Group Meeting 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kVmLosqBRh4  23 minutes 15 seconds

February 14, 2020 VALENTINE RALLY to Close Down SoCal Gas Underground Storage Operation and Oppose Industrial Bulldozing of Ballona & Senator Holly Mitchell Speaks Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMeSFLLKNc  7 minutes 21 seconds
http://saveballona.org/oil-well-gas-leak-creates-new-dangers-local-residents-and-visitors-ballona-wetlands.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgQtCKEvc8&t=93s How Hazardous Is Too Hazardous
Patricia McPherson regarding SOCALGAS PLAYA DEL REY Operations (Slide Presentation)  

​2020 Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, a predominantly FRESHWATER SEASONAL WETLAND SHOULD REMAIN Freshwater 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WWmxYcgnt6E  26 minutes 27 seconds

June 10, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) San Diego - Public Comments 
Playa Vista Waste of Fresh Water at BWER,
Patricia McPherson, Grassroots Coalition and Kathy Knight, Sierra Club
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aArk1KpfqyI  9 minutes 2 seconds

May 10, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard - Public Comments
Re: Director Ainsworth's BALLONA REPORT MAY 8, 2019. 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Lo_ZDPubEo   19 minutes 27 seconds - four speakers. First 2 speakers are Margot & Patricia.

May 10, 2019 Margot Griswold's Comments begin at 0:07 minutes to 7:26 minutes. Margot is discussing misleading testimony by Eric Stein and others during the Executive Director's Report. See the full testimony below, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NFJPAsrmnO0   7 minutes 37 seconds

May 10, 2019 Patricia McPherson's Comments begin at 7:30 minutes to 14:26 minutes. Patricia gives presentation on CCC engagement, history of Ballona as a Predominantly Freshwater Wetland. See Ballona Power Point:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fUJfuVrkzMg   7 minutes 22 seconds
California Coastal Commission Meeting, May 8 2019, Ballona Wetlands History, a PDF SlideShow Presentation

May 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard BALLONA WETLANDS   
First 48 minutes 13A Director's Report Item 13 Informational Hearing. Listen carefully to Eric Stein. 
Then 47 minutes PUBLIC COMMENTS - Patricia McPherson comes up first.
Relevant permit history and restoration efforts.  
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EtgcejRl57c   1 hour 47 minutes

May 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard Director Jack Ainsworth's BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Report: "In Order of Appearance: Dir. Ainsworth; Mandy Ravell; Andrew Willis; Dr. Joana Engle; Dr. Eric Stein, SCCWRP; Korina Johnston, Bay Foundation; Richard Brody, CA Dept. Fish & Wildlife; Chair Dana Bochco; Commissioner Robert Uranga; Korina Johnston, Bay Foundation; and Commissioner Donne Brownsey 5.8.19 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=l1SDVzSiJLE 53 minutes 24 seconds 

May 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard Public Comments, Re: CCC Director's Report on Ballona Wetlands- Patricia McPherson, Grassroots Coalition; Ruth Landsford, Friends of Ballona; Marcia Hanscom, Ballona Institute; Walter Lamb, Ballona Wetlands Land Trust; Patricia McPherson, Grassroots Coalition; Cindy Hardin, LA Audubon Society; Molly Basler, Climate Reality Leader; Edith Read, Manager Freshwater Wetlands System; Rex Frankel, Ballona Ecosystem Education Project; Margot Griswold, LA Audubon Society; Marc Saltzberg, LA County Democratic Club; Diane Fletcher-Hoppe, Protect Playa Now Coalition; Jonathan Coffin, Ballona Wetlands Photographer; Patricia Unise,  representing the owners of Fishermans Village; Kathy Knight, Sierra Club; Richard Harmel, Sierra Club, Airport Marina Group; CCC Chair Dana Bochco 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=obbl-VxFuKE 52 minutes 14 seconds 

March 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Los Angeles Public Comments, Re: Playa Vista Illegal Drains on Ballona Wetlands - Grassroots Coalition & Sierra Club, Patricia McPherson
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHU9G0AKLAo   6 minutes 34 seconds

March 6, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Los Angeles Public Comments, Re: Playa Vista Illegal Dewatering on Ballona Wetlands - Grassroots Coalition & Sierra Club, Patricia McPherson and Sierra Club, Richard Harmel
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VPsSlqo5Tzc  18 minutes 18 seconds

JohnTommy Rosas Discusses Many Aspects of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Restoration - Preferred Alternative #1 from Jeanette Vosburg on Vimeo.
This alternative removes approximately 70% of the wetlands to bring in salt water intrusion and according to drawings appears to puts a 20 to 30 foot levy around most of the Ballona Wetlands for flood control for Playa Vista. 
https://vimeo.com/169325122                                   July 21, 2016 - 37 minutes

Doug Fay Ballona Watershed - 

60+ years of history of the Santa Monica Bay -  Doug learned the history of Santa Monica Bay from his famous dad, Rimmon C. Fay who was one of the original California Coast Commissioners, a founder of Heal the Bay, a proponent of Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary, a Clean Water Advocate, and on and on. 
https://vimeo.com/176516818                                  July 18, 2016 - 30 minutes
 
Walter Lamb Speaker Topic: Ballona Wetlands Land Trust Lawsuit Update
Sierra Club AMG April Meeting at Burton Chace Park ​
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uI5RTV6S8wY (link is external)     April 19, 2016 - 32 minutes
 

Margot Griswold, Restoration Ecologist offers conservation minded alternative to bulldozing the Ballona Wetlands
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tqMEVdaql8E                                    April 12, 2014 - 60 minutes
Dr. Griswold explains that these historical wetlands have not had full tidal flow (proposed by the Bay Foundation) for thousands of years. Spend an hour watching Dr. Griswold's presentation; you will feel hope and awe for all the species you will meet. I learned effortlessly as she shared her vast knowledge of the history of Ballona. Her passion for the Ballona Wetlands is evident throughout. Jonathan Coffin's Ballona Wildlife Photos made my experience all the more worthwhile. Kudos, Margot and the Airport Marina Group of the Sierra Club for hosting her. Thanks to Patricia McPherson of Grassroots Coalition for this You Tube Video of the entire presentation including audience interaction.

 
USC's Professor, Dr. Travis Longcore's lecture: 
"Closure Dynamics of Southern California Estuaries, and Implications for
Restoration of the Ballona Wetlands in Playa del Rey, CA" 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1viLaZaVhQY                                   May 22, 2012 - 60 minutes
 

*Fly over of Marina Del Rey, CA and Ballona Wetlands March 3, 2016 – please watch.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PQVHGOZeNEY(link is external)    March 3, 2016 - 7 minutes

Marcia Hanscom Discussing Plans for Ballona Wetlands Restoration 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qhfgXwMZWrk(link is external)     January 19, 2016 - 52 minutes
 

HOOK, LINE & SINKER by Bev-Sue Powers 
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Meet Birds and Wildlife on the Ballona Jetties, Recreational Fishing Impacts, Public Outreach Potential, and What We Can Do 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=POzzmT8aEWQ (link is external)   May 17, 2016 - 51 minutes 

Audience Comments and Suggestions after Bev-Sue's Presentation 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N9ju4UpTJJM  (link is external)               May 17, 2016 - 19 minutes 
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Environmental Activists Can Learn from Arroyo Seco Foundation’s & Pasadena Audubon Society’s Lawsuit Against LA County: Mitchell Tsai's Talk in Pasadena  
https://vimeo.com/176643552                                   July 20, 2016 - 19 minutes

No Big Dig fundraiser 2014 for the Arroyo Seco Foundation's Lawsuit against LA County to fight 400 truck loads of dredging the Hahamongna Basin. 
https://vimeo.com/115027125                                               2015 -    5 minutes

 
A quick view of LA County's devastating plan to destroy a natural habitat and the Pasadena's plan to preserved. Written Directed by Asif Ahmed Voice Over Petrea ...

THANKS TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR HAVING THIS HEARING AT BURTON CHASE PARK. OVER 19 CONCERNED CITIZENS TESTIFIED. EVERYONE SPOKE AGAINST THE PROJECT.
This 3 part YouTube is worth watch. (If you were there and spoke you will see the strength of your testimony. If you are watching for the first time, you will be filled with pride at your fellow citizens intelligent comments and the quality of their citizenship.)
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Army Corp 5.10.16 Dock 52 Hearing - Part 1 of 3
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vdg2b3GBUSk (link is external)              May 10, 2016 - 29 minutes 

Army Corp 5.10.16 Dock 52 Hearing - Part 2 of 3
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LmWjckcvi_k (link is external)                May 10, 2016 - 36 minutes  

Army Corp 5.10.16 Dock 52 Hearing - Part 3 of 3
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vdg2b3GBUSk (link is external)              May 10, 2016 - 30 minutes 
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Grassroots Coalition’s Attorney Todd Cardiff serving Lawsuit Re: California Coastal Commission Firing of Dr. Charles Lester to the Commission and Commissioners
https://vimeo.com/158854135(link is external)                March 9, 2016  - 7 minutes

Status of Grassroots Coalition’s Lawsuit Against LA County on Oxford Lagoon https://youtube.com/watch?v=oUIQcOP8jGs(link is external)                March 10, 2016 - 4 minutes

California Coastal Commission Press Conference 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rJpi5kRFsSs(link is external)                  March 9, 2016 - 18 minutes

Mark Massara, Environmental Attorney on Coastal Protection, a Mission of the Coastal Commission https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uugzl-pMEkI(link is external)                 March10.2016 - 2 minutes

 

OXFORD LAGOON BIRD SANCTUARY, MARINA DEL REY, CA

Oxford Basin Re-Opening Dedication  - LA County & Activists' Points of View with narration
​https://vimeo.com/175245683                                  July 7, 2016 - 8 minutes

Part 1 - Osprey & Monarchs Habitat at Oxford Destroyed 
https://youtu.be/tRlZ90AmWTY

Part 2 - Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary – Resident POV   
https://youtu.be/QBY5v9MmpQc

Part 3 - Destruction of Wintering Site of Monarch Butterfy                         
https://youtu.be/o_gvLIsuB5I​

Part 4 -‪ Oxford Lagoon Osprey's Home Flight 1.13.15
http://youtu.be/idTH2vGXljQ

‪Part 5 -‪ ‪Oxford Lagoon, LA County's Betrayal of Nature 1.15.15​
https://youtu.be/Yl4XpludxO0

Part 6 - ‪‪Oxford Lagoon Osprey & Eucalyptus Trees 1.2015
https://youtu.be/N-GLqLkDB-A

Part 7 - Oxford Lagoon Osprey Habitat Destruction Protesters
​https://youtube.com/watch?v=KveK9bc9gRQ

Part ‪8 - Patricia McPherson Seeks Help for Osprey,Monarch Butterflies 2.2015
https://youtu.be/MSlw0TZqZyM

Part 9 - Osprey & Monarch at Oxford Lagoon Destruction 2a
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IRjjNKXAPJ0

Part 10 - Osprey & Monarchs at Oxford Lagoon Destruction
https://youtu.be/tRlZ90AmWTY

Part 11 - ‪Monarch butterflys at Oxford Lagoon 1.15/15
https://youtu.be/lbd4SlJdD90

Part 12 - ‪Patricia McPherson Seeks Help for Osprey, Monarch Butterflies
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yl4XpludxO0

Part 13 - Meeting with Vincent Yu and James Kearn. LA County in Alhambra 12.22.14
https://youtu.be/LR1r9X2VGZo

‪Part 14 - ‪Oxford Lagoon Osprey & Eucalyptus Trees
​https://youtu.be/FznwgCHjMmU

‪Part 15 - ‪Emergency Acton Alert: Monarch Butterfy Tree Destruction
​https://youtu.be/bv_WtukickM

Part 16 - Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary‪
https://youtu.be/OY-DqZB89sw

Part 17 - Emergency Acton Alert: Monarch Butterfy Tree Destruction
https://youtube.com/watch?v=o_gvLIsuB5I

Part 18 - Cutting down Eucalyptus with Wintering Monarch Butterflies oxford 3A 12.30.14
https://youtu.be/W3vhEDhugCc
 

OVER-DEVELOPMENT OF MARINA DEL REY, CA
2015 KPFK Connect The Dots - Lila Garrett & Patricia McPherson       
https://youtu.be/OY-DqZB89sw

SAVING PRECIOUS RAINWATER

Betsy Damon, Keepers of the Waters Dialogues about Resilience - Changing from a pipe shed to a watershed 3.28.16
https://vimeo.com/162143086

Betsy Damon Speaking About the Qualities of Water - Audio Only - 2016

​http://www.keepersofthewaters.org/documents/Betsy_Damon_Living_Water.mp3

Exploring Rain Water Capture Options at the Culver City, CA Garden Club 9.2.15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sI1HUdhTEk(link is external)

WATER SAVING IDEAS PRESENTED TO:       
State Water Board Meeting in Sacramento, CA by Jeanette Vosburg 2.3.15
https://youtu.be/95Ad1R6XluY

Catchment Basin - Saving Precious Rain Water on an Industrial Property
https://youtu.be/kLVqSvcv8eA(link is external)

‪2015 WATER CAPTURE AND REUSE SMBRC PANEL 
State of the Santa Monica Bay 9.9.15 12 minutes             
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bv_WtukickM‪

 

NEWS ARTICLES
Join me at the circus, I mean, a California Coastal Commission hearing http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0313-lopez-coastal-circus-20160313-column.html(link is external)Steve.lopez@latimes.com(link sends e-mail)

Killing Plants to Save the Wetlands
http://argonautnews.com/killing-plants-to-save-the-wetlands/(link is external)

Conservationists target ice plant invading Ballona Wetlands (*Not everyone agrees.) http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20160313/conservationists-target-ice-plant-invading-ballona-wetlands(link is external)
 

2015 ROGUE METHANE STALKS LA STREETS
Patricia McPherson and Frank Snepp Monitor LA             
https://youtu.be/O0kgXLxM-IA

BURNING QUESTIONS NBC - IS PLAYA VISTA SAFE?
How reliable are Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety Inspections?

Part 1 - Methane Leakage / Dangers of Explosion            
https://youtube.com/watch?v=c4O6jI2y_m4 

Part 2 - Proposed School Site Hot Spot                            
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y_5PGSmEIj0​

Part 3 - L A Department Building & Safety Inspections?    
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ji0ed6N2e8Y....

 

2005 PEABODY AWARD ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
​NBC - Burning Questions Creator Frank Snepp                
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s-XSCxcPEEw

 

STAPLES CENTER FIRE SAFETY NBC
How reliable are Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety Inspections?

Part 4 - Staples Center Fire Safety 1                                 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AN2R1Y2y8Ac

Part 5 - Staples Center Fire Safety 2                                   
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cEYW7rLaoX8

 

GREED, GRIDLOCK AND GAS:                             
The Playa Vista Story, Producer Durnford King
​https://youtu.be/TkhYQfAd8D0

 

GREEN IS THE HEALTHIEST COLOR: Possibilities for the Ballona Watershed 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CjIS0YLi0nU                           August 7, 2012   13 minutes                                

 

2005 BALLONA WATERSHED BUS TOUR
​Future of Ballona Creek with Melanie Winter, Jessica Hall
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lGemBCjhY4w

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