The purpose of the Ballona Wetlands Climate Change study was to investigate the implications of potential changes in precipitation and sea level to the BWER. The study includes the application and integration of multiple models under various climate change scenarios to two proposed wetland restoration alternatives.
Topic: Invasive Plants
Malibu Lagoon Restoration and Enhancement Project Comprehensive Monitoring Report – March 2013
This Comprehensive Monitoring Report describes methods and provides data accumulated since the last series of reports, including pre-restoration monitoring surveys, during-construction surveys, and the first series of initial post-restoration baseline monitoring and surveys. The goal of this 2014 document is to report the during-construction and post-restoration conditions of the Malibu Lagoon Restoration and Enhancement Project… Continue reading Malibu Lagoon Restoration and Enhancement Project Comprehensive Monitoring Report – March 2013
Technical Memorandum: Condition Assessment of the Wetland Habitats in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
Over 96% and 98% of the vegetated and unvegetated estuarine wetlands, respectively, have been lost over the past century and a half in the Los Angeles region. This loss is mainly attributed to conversion of wetland habitat to uplands through fill deposition or development (Stein et al. 2014). The Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (Reserve) located… Continue reading Technical Memorandum: Condition Assessment of the Wetland Habitats in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
Technical Memorandum: Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Vegetation Alliance and Habitat Crosswalk
This document serves as a reference for a vegetation alliance and association to habitat crosswalk at an impacted and degraded salt marsh system in Los Angeles County. Surveys were conducted at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (BWER) by The Bay Foundation (I. Medel and team) from May – October 2013 in accordance with methods created… Continue reading Technical Memorandum: Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Vegetation Alliance and Habitat Crosswalk
The Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Baseline Assessment Program 2010-2011 Final Report
In September 2011, the SMBRC completed the second year of baseline assessment surveys at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (BWER). The comprehensive surveys were developed in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Game and the California State Coastal Conservancy to assess the condition of the BWER and inform the state’s wetlands restoration planning.… Continue reading The Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Baseline Assessment Program 2010-2011 Final Report
Ballona Community Iceplant Removal Project
The Bay Foundation (TBF), in partnership with California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Friends of Ballona Wetlands (FBW), and community volunteers, is conducting a project to remove invasive vegetation while broadening public involvement and stewardship at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (Reserve). The project focuses on the removal of iceplant and other non-native species… Continue reading Ballona Community Iceplant Removal Project
Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
A significant portion of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (Reserve)—once home to abundant fish and waterfowl—was filled in to build Ballona Creek in the 1930s and Marina del Rey in the 1950s and 60s. Invasive plants, such as iceplant and other non-native vegetation not native to Southern California, have taken over much of the Reserve,… Continue reading Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
Malibu Beach Dunes
Malibu Beach Dunes establishes approximately three acres of sandy beach and dune habitat at Malibu’s Zuma Beach and Point Dume Beach. This effort provides multiple ecosystem benefits such as stabilizing the shoreline and creating habitat for native flowering plants and shorebirds. The Bay Foundation (TBF) kicked off implementation in the winter of 2020-2021, in partnership… Continue reading Malibu Beach Dunes
Manhattan Beach Dunes
Manhattan Beach Dunes enhances approximately three acres of the existing dunes along the Manhattan Beach shoreline from 36th to 28th Street and 26th to 23rd Street. Why enhance dunes? Nature-based protection measures increase the resiliency of the shoreline while serving as a model for the region and engaging the community through enhanced beach experiences, outreach,… Continue reading Manhattan Beach Dunes
Stream and Wetland Monitoring
The northern portion of the Santa Monica Bay Watershed has many smaller sub-watersheds that end in small-scale bar-built estuaries that have largely been filled in with sediment from development over time and suffer from impaired water quality, such as Topanga Lagoon, Trancas Lagoon, and Zuma Lagoon. The Bay Foundation (TBF) is currently working with partner… Continue reading Stream and Wetland Monitoring