I am extremely excited about this Earth Day! For the first time in a while I will actually be organizing an Earth Day event on the actual Day of Earth which some people forget is always April 22nd. This actual Earth Day next Thursday I will be hanging out with my Colorado Lagoon Friends from 2pm-sunset helping people plant native wildflowers along the Lagoon's East Bank!! People are welcome to come and go as they please and I look forward to seeing people throughout their days and offering them the opportunity to pay homage to Mother Earth. It is also exciting because this is our last public planting event at the Lagoon for the season. It will be a nice conclusion to a very successful restoration project.
For you plant dorks. Here are a few wildflowers we will be planting on Earth Day:
Blue-Eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium bellum
Coast Goldenbush: Isocoma menziesii
Yerba Mansa: Anemopsis californica
California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica
Deerweed: Lotus scoparius
Sticky Monkeyflower: Mimulus aurantiacus
Monday, April 12, 2010
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Colorado Lagoon Article in the LA Times!!
Hey everyone-
Earlier this month a reporter from the LA Times came down and checked out our local estuary. With the restoration poised to begin, the word is getting out!
Click the link down below to check out the article with our own Adrienne in the picture!
Earlier this month a reporter from the LA Times came down and checked out our local estuary. With the restoration poised to begin, the word is getting out!
Click the link down below to check out the article with our own Adrienne in the picture!
Popular Long Beach swimming spot is poised for restoration - latimes.com
Be sure to share this with friends and family
~Timothy
Friday, January 15, 2010
TIDE Sunset walk - January 12th 2010
Greetings!
Can you believe that its 2010?!?! Crazy, I know. We are going to start this new year off right and make the blog a more interactive place. You can sign on the blog and find letters from FOCL prez Dave Pirazzi, stories from other folks and of course...Pictures.
If you or someone you know may be interested in contributing to this blog please email me with your idea and we'll make it happen. We want this to become more of a community platform rather than just a lagoon report. Is there a funny story that needs to be told, a favorite photo, some news, or upcoming events, this is the place to check it out. Be sure to check out our calander of events at the website www.ColoradoLagoon.org.
For our first TIDE meeting of the year we got together and went on a sunset walk of the Lagoon. Most of us who work at the Lagoon are usually down there for a reason, for restoration, education or some sort of event. It was great to walk the whole Lagoon and just enjoy OUR urban wetland.
Here are some photos from the evening....
It was wonderful evening. Perfect temps and clouds for show
Dave Pirazzi and Eric Zahn talking about different phases of the Lagoon restoration
It actually looks like a wetland!
A motley crew for sure
Some digital camera fun
The Bio Swale. Come check out the latest addition to the lagoon restoration. You can help with plantings. Go to the Restoration Calander at www.coloradolagoon.org for dates to help!
Lots of bird watching- Adrienne and Shannon
So if you're interested in being apart of the Colorado Lagoon Blog email me and we'll get you started. Be sure to check back for more frequent postings :)
Can you believe that its 2010?!?! Crazy, I know. We are going to start this new year off right and make the blog a more interactive place. You can sign on the blog and find letters from FOCL prez Dave Pirazzi, stories from other folks and of course...Pictures.
If you or someone you know may be interested in contributing to this blog please email me with your idea and we'll make it happen. We want this to become more of a community platform rather than just a lagoon report. Is there a funny story that needs to be told, a favorite photo, some news, or upcoming events, this is the place to check it out. Be sure to check out our calander of events at the website www.ColoradoLagoon.org.
For our first TIDE meeting of the year we got together and went on a sunset walk of the Lagoon. Most of us who work at the Lagoon are usually down there for a reason, for restoration, education or some sort of event. It was great to walk the whole Lagoon and just enjoy OUR urban wetland.
Here are some photos from the evening....
It was wonderful evening. Perfect temps and clouds for show
Dave Pirazzi and Eric Zahn talking about different phases of the Lagoon restoration
It actually looks like a wetland!
A motley crew for sure
Some digital camera fun
The Bio Swale. Come check out the latest addition to the lagoon restoration. You can help with plantings. Go to the Restoration Calander at www.coloradolagoon.org for dates to help!
Lots of bird watching- Adrienne and Shannon
It was a fine display of sunset and clouds
So if you're interested in being apart of the Colorado Lagoon Blog email me and we'll get you started. Be sure to check back for more frequent postings :)
~Timothy
TimothyDunham9@yahoo.com
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Coastal Cleanup Day 2009 - Los Cerritos Wetlands
Greetings!
OK, I know this is the Colorado Lagoon blog but I thought I could use the venue to tell you about another cleanup that took place on California Coastal Cleanup Day 2009. We all spent the morning at the Lagoon but at 1pm we headed over to 4th Annual Zedler Marsh Cleanup which is located within the Los Cerritos Wetlands. This also marked the launching of the Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship program. How exciting is that!?
Nearly 100 people showed up to this yearly event...
We all spent a couple hours roaming the area for trash BIG and small, everything got picked up.
There were people EVERYWHERE! It was so fun to see everyone excited about cleaning up the area, it really needed it.
More people....
And still more...
We scoured the bushes and found all sorts of things. I found some drywall, another person a rug which weighed 36lbs.
Jenny taking out the trash
'Hey, I think I see a bottle cap over there!'
Friends spent the afternoon together making a difference.
Adrienne has been working with the Los Cerritos Wetlands for several years now.
Mister Taylor Parker extraordinaire
Until next year everyone, Thanks for the help!
To find out more about whats going on, go to www.LCWStewards.org
~Timothy
Coastal Cleanup Day 2009 - Colorado Lagoon
Hey There!
Well this last weekend was a busy one to say the least. Saturday marked -
The bridge. I always love this shot
Ravuth and Sokanary working together as always :)
Kelli is making the rounds and marking down.
Laurel doing her part!
Jenny, Adrienne and Mark holding down the fort
Jenny helping out at the sign-in table
Pick up trash- pick up trash- try to take a picture- pick up trash
Tim and his two kids who live in the area came down to help out for the day
Taylor and Huy pointing to various things around the Lagoon...not sure what though
Future Ecologist 
Well this last weekend was a busy one to say the least. Saturday marked -
National Coastal Cleanup Day 2009
which takes place every year on the third Saturday of September (mark you calenders for next year). The day started at the Colorado Lagoon with Taylor, Eric and Adrienne showing up early to get things set up (thanks guys!). From 9-12pm we saw roughly 50 volunteers filter through!!! It was SO great to see people from around the neighborhoods coming down to do their part at their local wetland!
Those 50 volunteers collected about 150lbs of trash from in and around the area. Thanks to the weekly Trash Cleanups on Mondays from 9-11am the Lagoon's overall trash levels were pretty manageable. All the areas got cleaned up several times by the numerous people we had volunteering.
The East bank where we just completed our Ice Plant removal looks amazing! The site is ready for planting in October and we can't wait to get started on that project. Be sure to come down and participate in that exciting event.
October 24th is 350 Day, a day to help bring awareness to Global climate change. In honor of this day, the community here at the Colorado Lagoon is planting 350 plants. How awesome is that!?!
Ok so here are some great photos from the Coastal Cleanup Day
The bridge. I always love this shot
Ravuth and Sokanary working together as always :)
Kelli is making the rounds and marking down.
Laurel doing her part!Jenny, Adrienne and Mark holding down the fort
Jenny helping out at the sign-in table
Pick up trash- pick up trash- try to take a picture- pick up trash
Tim and his two kids who live in the area came down to help out for the day
Taylor and Huy pointing to various things around the Lagoon...not sure what though
Future Ecologist
It was a start to a great day. Thanks to everyone who came out and those who helped put it together. I can't wait til next year!
~Timothy
Monday, September 21, 2009
Acoustic Tidal Artwalk VIDEO!!!
Check it out!!!
Tim Neilsen of Flicker Films Production came on down to the event and caught some video of the evening! I think this short film captures the essence of a grass roots, community event. We had so much fun putting this together. Whats better than having planning meetings on the beach at the Lagoon?!
The Friends of Colorado Lagoon board members came down in strong numbers to help host the evening. Thanks again to all who contributed in one way or another. Artists, bakers, painters, bike valet'ers, hands on education folks, musicians, board members and other great volunteers all came down and made the evening beautiful!
Enjoy...
Thank you Tim Neilsen
~Timothy
Tim Neilsen of Flicker Films Production came on down to the event and caught some video of the evening! I think this short film captures the essence of a grass roots, community event. We had so much fun putting this together. Whats better than having planning meetings on the beach at the Lagoon?!
The Friends of Colorado Lagoon board members came down in strong numbers to help host the evening. Thanks again to all who contributed in one way or another. Artists, bakers, painters, bike valet'ers, hands on education folks, musicians, board members and other great volunteers all came down and made the evening beautiful!
Enjoy...
Colorado Lagoon Acoustic Tidal Artwalk 09 from Flicker Films on Vimeo.
Thank you Tim Neilsen
~Timothy
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