Please join the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust for a very special screening and program on Sunday, September 29.
Advance purchase tickets for this event are $10. Tickets bought day of event are $12. To buy tickets click HERE.
“Artifishal” is a film about people, rivers and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide towards extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.
Come early and mingle. Directly following the screening, attendees are invited to stay and hear from Colin Kelly, Senior Staff Attorney for Orange County Coastkeeper. He will update us on our own local marine ecosystems and threats due to proposed aquaculture off our local coastline.
Doors open at 10:30 a.m.
Screening of “Artifishal” begins at 11:00 a.m. (duration 75 minutes)
Special guest speaker Colin Kelly, Senior Staff Attorney- Orange County Coastkeeper begins at 12:20 p.m.
Measure W, the Safe Clean Water Program, was passed in 2018. Los Angeles County is currently in the process of implementing the numerous Measure W programs that will help improve and protect water quality.
Click here to send a letter to our Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor to encourage Measure W implementation will address local flood risks and other nature-based priorities.
Don’t forget to attend tonight’s wetlands restoration planning workshop hosted by the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority (LCWA). There was some confusion about the date and location in my previous email so I want to confirm that the workshop will be at 7:00 p.m. on March 21st (tonight) at the Community Center in Recreation Park at 4900 E. 7th St. in Long Beach.
At the workshop you will be able to give input about the plan to restore Los Cerritos Wetlands, so we hope you will attend and spread the word.
The LCWA’s consulting team, lead by Environmental Science Associates (ESA), will run the workshop where they will review the status of the planning effort and provide an overview of the steps ahead.
This next phase of the planning effort will build on the Final Conceptual Restoration Plan, which will then result in a Program Environmental Impact Report-the next step towards a comprehensive restoration framework for Los Cerritos Wetlands. Previously the LCWA identified existing opportunities and constraints for restoration, public access and interpretation. The LCWA Board of Directors adopted the final Los Cerritos Wetlands Conceptual Restoration Plan in August 2015.
Using information contained in the Final Wetlands Conceptual Restoration Plan, the comprehensive planning process will result in a restoration design for the entire Los Cerritos Wetlands complex. That alternative will be studied, and potential impacts analyzed.
What: Public Scoping Meeting for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration Plan
Where: Community Center in Recreation Park, 4900 E 7th Street, Long Beach
When: Thursday, March 21st, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
The Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority is a joint powers authority composed of the City of Seal Beach, the City of Long Beach, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Lower Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and Mountains Conservancy. The ESA consulting team also includes Altman Environmental Consulting and Coastal Restoration Consultants.
Hope to see you at the meeting.
The City of Long Beach is developing its first ever Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) and we hope you will be a part of the process. The CAAP will help to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, prepare the community for the impacts of climate change, improve quality of life, and enhance economic vitality in Long Beach. Long Beach will need to be a more sustainable and resilient city in the face of climate change impacts such as air pollution, extreme heat, drought, coastal storm surge, and sea level rise.
The CAAP will provide a framework for creating or updating policies, programs, practices, and incentives for Long Beach residents and businesses to reduce the City’s GHG footprint and ensure the community and physical assets are better protected from the impacts of climate change. Residents, business owners, students, and other community stakeholders are encouraged to get involved by providing input and sharing ideas, priorities, and solutions to help establish and achieve the City’s climate goals.
It’s good news that the City of Long Beach is preparing for climate change, and you should do your part and participate. To that end, Long Beach has prepared a climate change survey that I urge you to fill out in order to share with the City your views and concerns.
Particularly sobering, in my opinion, are the maps of sea level rise impacts on the City of Long Beach by 2100.
Thankfully, our local wetlands can help mitigate the impacts of climate change. Wetlands absorb water from high tides, which reduces the consequences of flooding. Wetlands provide food and shelter to fragile species who are already stressed by having to go longer distances to search for food, as well as lessened or displaced food sources. Also thankfully, as comprehensive restoration planning moves forward for Los Cerritos Wetlands, how to plan for and make wetlands resilient to climate change will be part of the conversation. For further details check out the Opportunities and Constraints Report of the Los Cerritos Wetlands Conceptual Restoration Plan.
Then please help the City of Long Beach by taking their Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Survey. It will take just a few minutes of your time and your participation will make a difference.
Today’s Raptor Ramble guided nature walk has been canceled due to rain. We hope to see you at our next walk- save the date of Saturday, March 2. More information coming soon to this page. If you haven’t already, please sign up to help us protect, preserve and share the Los Cerritos Wetlands with our community. Hit the “Action Sign Up” button to join us!
