Join us this Saturday, September 24th, at 12:30pm for a walking tour and birding excursion at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh! We will be co-hosting this walk with Ballona Restoration Project in honor of National Estuary Day – and just in time to witness the autumn bird migration, in which Ballona plays a crucial role as [...]

Coastal Cleanup Day is once again upon us, and we are looking forward to a lovely day of habitat restoration at the Ballona Saltmarsh and Dunes, as well as trash pick-up along the banks of Ballona Creek. Please join us from 9:00am to 12:00pm to help clean YOUR river and restore YOUR wetlands! To register [...]

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 Ballona Audubon Education program she helped to create, we are surely sad to see her leave us. Barbara’s passion [...]

Click here to download the flier (.pdf) Back by popular demand, this Saturday, July 9th, in partnership with the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission’s Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project we will be hosting a walking tour and birding excursion at the Ballona Freshwater Marsh. We will be leaving from the Playa Vista Farmers’ Market at 9:30am [...]

By Lisa Fimiani, Executive Director Driving to the Friends’ office traveling along Culver Boulevard a few weeks ago I saw a duck on the other side of the road with its legs up in the air. An immediate jolt of dread shot through me, as I realized what that probably meant – the duck was [...]