| We are happy to share with you that you are invited out to enjoy Los Cerritos Wetlands for the first time in over a year. That’s because COVID-19 levels in Los Angeles and Orange County are lowering and vaccine rates are increasing. We will be following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines (CDC) for this outdoor event which means vaccinated people can attend mask-free. However, the CDC recommends face coverings and physical distancing for unvaccinated attendees. (People are considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at two or more weeks after they have received the second dose in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), or two or more weeks after they have received a single-dose vaccine (Johnson and Johnson & Johnson). If you feel sick and/or exhibit any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home and we hope to see you out in the wetlands another time). Of course, anyone can wear a mask if they prefer. We’ve decided to take it slowly since it has been a year since the public has been allowed out at Los Cerritos Wetlands, so we are kicking off reopening Los Cerritos Wetlands with an “Open Trails Day” at Zedler Marsh. What does that mean? It means the public is invited to bike or walk out to Zedler Marsh, where they can enter the property from the San Gabriel River bike path. Parking will be challenging but biking out there will not, so we urge you to take your bike for a spin on the San Gabriel River bike path south of Second Street to where you will see a gate open to welcome you to Zedler Marsh. If you prefer not to bike to the open trails event, there will be parking available at noon in the driveway entrance area at the corner of 1st and Pacific Coast Highway in Seal Beach. Those who arrive at noon will be guided as to where to park and be led out to Zedler Marsh. There they will be offered a guided tour of the marsh that will start at 12:30 PM. There is a lot to see out at Zedler Marsh; lovely trails lined with important California native plants, a wonderful view of the on-the-way-to-being-restored Zedler Marsh itself, and my favorite thing, a fascinating native plant nursery where most of the plants being used to restore Los Cerritos Wetlands are grown. So we hope you will join us. Please email me to rsvp and with any questions you may have. Looking forward to seeing you out at Zedler Marsh on June 5th and stay tuned for other events at Los Cerritos Wetlands as we once again safely open up the wetlands to the public while adhering to national, state, and local guidelines. |
Join us out in the Wetlands this Saturday!
