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		<title>2025 Brought Good News for the Ballona Wetlands!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Supporters, We hope you are enjoying the holiday season and looking forward to 2026 as much as our team at the Ballona Wetlands Land Trust. We recognize that 2025 was a challenging year for many people and for many different reasons. We are happy to share that, for the Ballona Wetlands, 2025 was a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[These photos from 2025 illustrate the importance of our work protecting the wetlands and educating the community about their value.]]></description>
		
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		<title>In California, Trump finds unlikely enablers for weakening climate and environmental justice policies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[April 21, 2025 &#8211; media contact Walter Lamb, 310-384-1042, walter@ballona.org In an effort to align itself with vague &#8220;informal guidance&#8221; from President Trump&#8217;s Environmental Protection Agency, the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission voted on April 17th to replace numerous scientific and policy terms in its work plan with what Commission staff referred to as &#8220;alternative [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Habitat Stewardship</title>
		<link>https://ballona.org/stewardship/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join us to help improve native wildlife habitat in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Sign up here: https://volunteer.laworks.com/opportunity/a0CQg00005uwmvbMAA/ballona-wetlands-habitat-stewardship]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ballona Wetlands Land Trust Reaffirms Commitment to Principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[January 31, 2025 The Ballona Wetlands Land Trust remains fully committed to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We recognize that, in addition to promoting a more level playing field for aspiring wildlife conservation professionals, DEI policies are also necessary to expand the conservation workforce. A growing array of environmental threats will require a larger [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is an EIS and why is it important?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Take Away Point: Construction cannot be commenced on any individual component of the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Project and other state and federal approvals are obtained. However, even if some initial construction sequences could be implemented without approval of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Access</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Access to the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Area A Area A is open to the general public from Wednesday&#8217;s through Saturday&#8217;s (except state holidays) from 8 AM to 1 PM. However, sometimes the reserve is closed on those days for maintenance or other reasons, so also be prepared with a backup plan, such as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Links</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Selected links for the January 30, 2024 Ballona Wetlands Community Update Webinar &#8220;Sequence 1 and 2&#8221; Memorandum Heal the Bay &#8211; Ballona Boondoggle LA Times &#8211; 1991 Article CDFW EIR Page SCC Ballona Wetlands Page]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ballona Wetlands Community Update 2024</title>
		<link>https://ballona.org/ballona-wetlands-community-update/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding Common Ground &#8211; Tuesday, January 30th at 6 PM via zoom. Join meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86330392205?pwd=Q1V3ckhxZ3l2VDBjcjRiL2Z6d0Jzdz09 The focus will be on finding common ground and ways to move forward, This will include a discussion of why the Land Trust does not believe that the large-scale restoration proposal can move forward as designed, and why that increases [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>20 Year Anniversary of Public Acquisition of Ballona Wetlands</title>
		<link>https://ballona.org/20-years/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WLamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 04:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The land which now makes up the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve was acquired in December of 2003, at a total cost to the public of $140 million. To celebrate 20 years of public ownership of this important natural resource, the Land Trust held a Nature Day in Area A event that was attended by roughly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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