March Minutes

Minutes
March 25, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Christopher Ward at 7:20 p.m.
In attendance –
Kerry Martin, Taylor Parker, Christopher Ward, Mary Parcell, Joe Weinstein, Jill Brennan

Introduction
El Dorado Nature Center – Kerry Martin
Discussion of the Nature Center and their stream restoration. The stream and the entire walk are now open .
Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust & Audubon – Anne Dennison
Discussion of the Land Trust & Audubon activities. After hiring Mark Massara to represent LCWLT at the Santa Cruz Coastal Commission, the Commission decided the Land Scraping deserved a full hearing.
Lcwlandtrust.org
Office of Sustainability – Jill Brennan
Discussion of Earth Week and presentation of the Earth Week poster.
Sustainablelb.com
Egrets not Regrets – Taylor Parker
Discussion of Heather Altman’s blog and the 2nd and PCH development.
Egretsnotregrets.com
El Dorado Audubon – Mary Parcell
Birdwalks at Hellman every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays @Hellman’s land off Studebaker and PCH.
Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker
Discussion of community-based restoration that has begun.
lcwetlands.org
Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker
Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.
coloradolagoon.org
EcoLink- Chris Ward
Discussion of next field trip.
ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com

Action Items:
-Taylor: Organize field trip for April to Santa Rosa Plateau

Next Meeting: April 29th, 2010