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SIERRA CLUB AIRPORT MARINA GROUP MEETING 3.15.16 with Speakers Rex Frankel and Melanie Winter

1 - SIERRA CLUB INVITE pdf 3.15.16.pdf

Please join Sierra Club Airport Marina Group
Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey
Tuesday, March 15th from 7 pm to 9:00 pm
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Two well known and respected speakers will share Ideas on Rainwater Capture, Cleanup, Reuse & Much More . . . 

YouTube: How To Use A Catchment Basin To Eliminate Ponding And To Save Precious Rain Water on an Industrial Property.

https://youtu.be/kLVqSvcv8eA

During heavy rains, our industrial parking lot would have six inch puddles. Our cement contractor, De Olivera Concrete removed approximately 1,000 feet of concrete, dug a 8 by 8 by 8 foot deep Catchment Basin, filled it with gravel, and installed a steel grate so rainwater could percolate back into the earth. This win, win situation helped the tenant and put much need rainwater back into our aquifer. 
 

MUST SEE: A Fly-Over of Marina del Rey and the Ballona Wetlands - 7 minutes

MUST SEE: YouTube Fly-Over of Marina del Rey and the Ballona Wetlands to help the California Coastal Commission, residents of Los Angeles City and County, elected officials and agencies better understand the lower Ballona Watershed by Jeanette Vosburg, GrassrootsCoalition.org 310-721-3512.

https://youtu.be/PQVHGOZeNEY

Monarch butterflies rebounding but population still well off highs

Monarch butterflies rebounding but population still well off highs
Saturday, February 27, 2016 JON HERSKOVITZ FOR REUTERS

By Jon Herskovitz

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – North America’s monarch butterflies are on a rebound and the number of the plucky orange and black creatures, which gather in Mexico before flying north to Canada, could soon stand at around 150 million, a new survey showed on Friday.

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