Ballona Videos Playback

You'll meet proponents of Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserves restoration to a predominantly Freshwater, Seasonal Wetland. We advocate for the return of indigenous people to Ballona, an abundance of wildlife, plant life, fungi, saving wetland soil, and vehemently oppose industrial scale bulldozing. As you watch these videos you will see what a true restoration can offer all of us. These video presentations are to large groups of public citizens, Stakeholders, the California Coastal Commission, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, the Santa Monica Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Democratic Clubs, West Basin Water District, Army Corp of Engineers, California Coastal Conservancy and other agencies and NGOs.

We are also advocating for the California Coastal Conservancy to hire a paid, professional mediator who would lead Stakeholders in building consensus on the best restoration plan for Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Currently, there are five lawsuits objecting to the Final Enviroment Impact Report on Ballona which could take more than ten years or more in court. We are suggesting a lower cost alternative of Mediation.

The extreme value of these videos - They are jammed packed with summaries of proven facts about Ballona Wetlands, going back 4,000 years to present day, including the illegal, unpermitted, dewatering of these precious wetlands starting in 1980 by a commercial developer.

  • Ballona Overview in Short Videos
  • Ballona In More Depth Videos

    • Ballona Overview in Short Videos

    Redo Maxine Waters - John Tommy Rosas - Playa Vista Dig Out of Tongva Burial Grounds 20054 minutes, 57 seconds
    2003 - A Lush Wildlife Corridor from the Mouth of Ballona to Baldwin Hills and Beyond. McNeill1 minute, 57 seconds
    2003 Playa Vista BULLDOZING & DRAINING PHASE 2, ALMOST COMPLETELY FLOODED - WOW2 minutes, 16 seconds
    5.28.20 JONATHON COFFIN & RICK PINE PHOTOS (67) A SAMPLER OF WHO LIVES AT BALLONA: WILDLIFE & PLANTS1 minute, 8 seconds
    2020 Judith Davies CCC Advocates Ballona Tongva Sacred Site and National Heritage Site 2.14.205 minutes, 53 seconds
    4.19.16 Sierra Club AMG Meeting Walter Lamb Speaker Topic: Ballona Wetlands -VOLUNTEERING2 minutes, 7 seconds
    3.6.19 CCC Richard Harmel 20 Years-BALLONA GROUNDWATER PUMPING - Playa Vista is Drying Out Wetlands.2 minutes, 16 seconds
    11.10.20 Park to Playa - BALLONA WATERSHED FLYOVER 13.2 Mile Upper1 minute, 23 seconds
    3.08.19 CCC TONGVA, JOHN TOMMY ROSAS, Most likely descendent Gabrielino Tongva Tribe by McPherson GC5 minutes, 41 seconds
    2.7.20 Dr Travis Longcore- 7,000 YRS OF PROOF BALLONA IS A PREDOMINANTLY FRESHWATER WETLAND2 minutes, 23 seconds
    2.20.20 Walter Lamb, BWLT, Presentation- Miscalculation - Ballona Channel Flood Capacity SMBRC6 minutes, 33 seconds
    11.16.20 FLYOVER OIL FIELD LEAKS, DANGERS in Venice, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, and Westchester1 minute, 31 seconds
    10.22.20 Cindy Harden, Ballona Naturalist-Educator -SMBRC PUBLIC COMMENTS3 minutes, 16 seconds
    8.12.20 CCC Dr M Griswold, PhD Restoration Ecologist, #17 Playa Vista Removal Illegal Drains2 minutes, 59 seconds
    10.20.20 Kathy Knight, Ballona Ecosystem Education Project -SMBRC PUBLIC COMMENTS3 minutes, 28 seconds
    10.22.20 Walter Lamb, Ballona Wetlands Land Trust, SMBRC LAWSUITS4 minutes, 58 seconds
    10.22.20 Dr M Griswold PhD at SMBRC Restoring Ballona's Predominantly Freshwater Seasonal Wetland4 minutes, 30 seconds

    Ballona In More Depth Videos

    7.21.20 Dr.Travis Longcore-Implications Ballona Wetlands Restoration-SHORT37 minutes
    4.21.20 Dr M Griswold PhD Applying Restoration Principles- BALLONA WETLANDS--SIERRA CLUB - AMG Short1 hour, 8 minutes
    6.16.20 Dr M Griswold PhD Owens Lake Collaborative Planning - SHORT-LESSONS LEARNED BALLONA 25 MIN.25 minutes
    10.21.20 John Tommy Rosas - Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve-Freshwater Seasonal Wetland10 minutes, 35 seconds
    4.16.19 McPherson & Williams Topic: SoCal Gas PDR & Greater LA Gas & Oil Operations Sierra Club AMG36 minutes
    2.12.20 CCC Long Beach Patricia McPherson GC Sierra Club Ballona Wetlands - Tongva Sacred Site12 minutes, 36 seconds
    2.18.20 Jill Stewart, Reporter - Carbon Sequestration FACTS - with Ballona Footage AMG Sierra Club23 minutes
    4.22.20 Patricia McPherson GC DEMOCRATIC CLUB CULVER CITY - BALLONA PRESENTATION-WATER/GAS 27minutes26 minutes
    6.16.20 Dr M Griswold PhD Owens Lake Collaborative Planning–Lessons for Ballona Rehabilitation1 hour, 22 minutes
    9.22.20 Patricia McPherson's 30 years of devotion to Ballona Wetlands Ecological Preserve21 minutes
    9.22.20 AMG ZOOM Meeting Ballona Water & Gas Explained-Patricia McPherson GC1 hour, 30 minutes
    10.20.20 Judith Davies - Zoom Tongva Sacred Lands&Sacred Waters with John Tommy Rosas short 11.2 min11 minutes, 12 seconds
    10.22.20 McPherson, Knight, Dr M Griswold, Harden, Lamb SMBRC MEETING 5 PUBLIC COMMENTS 10.22.20:21 minutes
    11.17.20 Calderons, Bogany, Rosas, Davies WATER IS SACRED, WATER IS LIFE - AMG ZOOM MEETING46 minutes
    2.12.21 CCCPUBLIC COMMENTS on BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE12 minutes, 53 seconds
    3.16.21 AMG 10 MIN YOUTUBE OF 5 EXCERPTS10 minutes, 28 seconds
    3.16.21 AMG SIERRA CLUB YOUTUBE OF 6 EXCERPTS Harmel, McPherson, Frankel, Rosas, Griswold Longcore14 minutes, 55 seconds
    4.13.21 UCLA URSUS ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM: Ballona Wetlands & Future of So Ca Coastal Conservation1 hour, 27 minutes
    4.20.21 Dr Margot Griswold Presents Ballona Wetlands FEIR Inconsistency & Overlooked Opportunities56 minutes
    4.20.21 Memorial to Tongva Elder Julia Bogany at Sierra Club Airport Marina Group Meeting8 minutes, 24 seconds
    5.20.21 SMBRC, Executive Committee, Ballona Wetlands: Public Comments about ACCESS.2 hours, 9 minutes
    6.28.21 MARGOT GRISWOLD PHD (EDITS FOR WEST BASIN WATER DISTRICT PRESENTATION) 19 MINUTES 59 SECONDS19 minutes
    2020 Patricia McPherson BALLONA WETLAND ECOLOGICAL RESERVE PREDOMINANTLY FRESHWATER SEASON. WETLAND.26 minutes
    2020 Ballona Wetland Ecological Reserve -Proposed Bulldozing and 5 Miles of Berms Levees 3 Min 2 Sec3 minutes, 2 seconds
    2020 BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE SHOULD REMAIN A PREDOMINANTLY FRESHWATER SEASONAL WETLAND.20 minutes
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