Heron Hike on the Marketplace marsh is this Saturday, May 5th.  Hope you can join us.  We meet at 8:00 am sharp!  With all this recent rain, the marsh should be full of water and wildlife.

Great Blue Herons can be seen in the Marketplace Marsh.

The Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust hopes you will join us and our partners, biologists and environmental educators Taylor Parker and Eric Zahn, on a wonderful hike of our local wetlands.  Eric and Taylor will be leading us (and you too, we hope) on a tour that will take us to Marketplace Marsh on the City of Long Beach's land swap parcel and over to the San Gabriel River on the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority's property. During this 2-mile urban hike, Eric and Taylor will discuss the history of land acquisitions in Los Cerritos Wetlands and show us some freshwater marsh habitats that few people have ever viewed.  Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at how wetlands and oil operations co-exist at Los Cerritos Wetlands.  We may also be lucky enough to spot the state endangered Belding's Savannah Sparrow, and we will likely come across great blue herons .

• WHAT: Heron Hike around the Marketplace Marsh at Los Cerritos Wetlands
• WHEN: Saturday, May 5th, at 8:00 am sharp! Parking lot gate will open at 7:45 am and close at 8:10 am.  No late-comers can be admitted for the tour, and all participants must stay for the entire tour, which will end by 9:45 am.
• WHERE (and WEAR): Meet in the driveway/parking area at the corner of 1st Street and PCH in Seal Beach.  There will be signs.  Close-toed shoes; and kids under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Bring binoculars if you have them.

For more information or to RSVP for a spot on this tour email ejlambe@verizon.net or call 714/357-8576.

P.S.  For a map of where to meet, click here. 

The Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority will host their third public workshop for the Conceptual Restoration Plan of Los Cerritos Wetlands.

A restored Los Cerritos Wetlands means a more robust and vigorous ecosystem that both animals and humans will better enjoy.

On Thursday May 10th from 6:30pm to 8pm, the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority (LCWA) is holding the third public workshop for the Conceptual Restoration Plan of the Los Cerritos Wetlands. The workshop will be held at the Seal Beach Senior Center at 707 Electric Avenue in Seal Beach, California. 

Moffatt & Nichol, the LCWA's consultant for the Conceptual Restoration Plan, will be facilitating the workshop in collaboration with the team of experts selected to develop this plan.

Who is invited: All are welcome to attend this workshop designed to inform the public about the process of restoring the Los Cerritos Wetlands. This workshop is about wetlands and the community, so be sure to invite your friends and neighbors.

What will happen at the workshop:  There will be an update of the wetlands Conceptual Restoration Plan's progress that will include a brief presentation of some of the opportunities and constraints of the plan. The evening will conclude with a workshop activity that builds upon the community's values as identified at the previous two workshops and begins the work of developing restoration alternatives for the Los Cerritos Wetlands.

Who is the LCWA and their consulting team: 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 consulting team is composed of Moffatt & Nichol, Tidal Influence and others