The REI Giving Tree: How to get your perfect holiday gifts AND help continue...
It’s our great pleasure to announce that Friends of Ballona Wetlands will be a recipient of REI Santa Monica’s Holiday Giving Tree program! Beginning Thanksgiving weekend through Christmas Eve, REI...
View ArticleLocal Pen Pals Meet at Ballona
By Kayla Tan, LMU Student and 2011 FBW Intern “One thousand!” “Fifty thousand!” “One billion!” The children at Crossroads Elementary School enthusiastically guess how many years ago Tongva Indians...
View ArticleLocal Inspiration, Global Significance: 2nd Graders from The John Thomas Dye...
By Christian Alvez Trash-a-Thon poster Everyday, pieces of trash drift out of our watershed and enter the ocean. What doesn’t end up in our beaches end up in the Pacific, with many in the infamous...
View ArticleA Ballona Audubon Icon Passes
By Lisa Fimiani Barbara Jean Courtois Sept 7, 1935 – Aug 14, 2011 For those of us who were privileged to work alongside and befriend the late Barbara Courtois over her 20 year involvement with the...
View ArticleEdison International Award $35k Grant To Benefit Friends’ Education &...
From left to right: FBW Board President Dr. David Kay, Friends Staff Christian Alvez and Executive Director Lisa Fimiani, joined by local artist & activist Marina DeBris and Southern California...
View ArticleWE NEED YOUR VOTE – Friends up for Lakers YOU GRANT!
First off, we want to wish a very happy 2013 to you and your loved ones, from all of us at the Friends! We’re looking forward to another year of amazing things at Ballona. GREAT NEWS: We’ve been chosen...
View ArticleSouthern California Edison Awards $35,000 Grant to Friends of Ballona Wetlands
Left to Right: SCE Environmental Projects Manager David Kay, Friends of Ballona Wetlands Executive Director Lisa Fimiani, and SCE Region Manager Marissa Castro-Salvati with students of Hawthorne’s Juan...
View ArticleFriends of Ballona Wetlands Receives $13,900 Grant from Southern California...
Mike Harriel, Public Affairs Manager, Southern California Gas Company; Lisa Fimiani, Executive Director, Friends of Ballona Wetlands; Sharon O’Rourke, Franchise and Fees Manager, Southern California...
View ArticleTake a Walk in the Ballona Wetlands
By David Kay Reposted from Marina del Rey Patch, with permission of the author. Original post here. The public is invited to tour areas of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve several days this...
View ArticleOh What a Night!
On Saturday, October 24th Friends of Ballona Wetlands had a memorable 10th anniversary Moonlight on the Marsh celebration honoring 4 heroines: Ruth Galanter, Suzanne Goode, Ruth Lansford and Maxine...
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