Poppy Field Trip

We had a great field trip to the Antelope Poppy Reserve. Nine people braved the blustery day (we always have the weirdest weather for our trips) to explore the Reserve and see fields of flowers, beautiful vistas and a Mojave Green Rattlesnake. Check out the video of the snake at EcoLink's new Youtube Channel! A field of flowers: Owl Clover, Miniature Lupine, California Gold Fields, and several phacelias!

Part of the Poppy Adventure Team at Antelope Valley Butte Vista Point!

April Field Trip!!

April is a wonderful, wonderful month. There are a ton of Earth Day activities and people everywhere are finding creative ways to celebrate our home. The absolute best place to go for a great list of all the activities is the City of Long Beach's Office of Sustainability website: http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp

One of the ways EcoLink is going to celebrate is to visit the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve this coming Sunday April 17th. The Poppy Reserve is a magnificent place with miles of color blanketing the valley floor and the slow rolling hills. I have heard that the immense colors of Poppies is less than usual this year but that means that the variety of wildflowers is up. Check this site out for photos: http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp

We will be meeting this Sunday at the old Borders Parking Lot at Bellflower and Stearns in Long Beach at 10am sharp to carpool on out to Antelope Valley. This is going to be one of our longer field trips. It will be a 2 hour drive there, a bit of gentle hiking, a little picnic (bring a sack lunch!), maybe another hike, and a 2 hour drive back. We need drivers - please RSVP with Taylor@tidalinfluence.com if you can make it, if you can drive and how many people you can take if you can.

Minutes for April

Minutes
April 29th , 2010

The meeting was called to order by Taylor Parker at 7:20 p.m.
In attendance –
Kerry Martin, Taylor Parker, Mary Parcell, Joe Weinstein, Dorothy Kemmeny, Patricia Sidoti,

Introduction

General Discussion of last month’s field trip to Santa Rosa Plateau.

LA River Cleanup – La Gran Limpieza – Patricia Sidoti
Discussion of the upcoming LA River Cleanup on May 8th.
folar.org/?page_id=5

El Dorado Nature Center – Kerry Martin
Discussion of the Nature Center and their stream restoration. The stream and the entire walk are now open.
longbeach.gov/naturecenter/

Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust
Discussion of all things Los Cerritos Wetlands, including the Planning Commission meeting on Thursday May 6 2010 re the Tank Farm issue and the 2nd & PCH development.
Lcwlandtrust.org

El Dorado Audubon
Discussion of Birdwalks at Hellman every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays @Hellman’s land off Studebaker and PCH and Guy Commeau speaking about California Parks and their flora and fauna on May 20th 2010.
eldoradoaudubon.org

LB Greens – Dorothy Kemeny
Discussion of Haiti Relief Fundraiser this past April and the Solar Electric Light Fund
cagreens.org/longbeach/

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 FOCL’s education program.
coloradolagoon.org

EcoLink-- Taylor Parker
Discussion of next field trip.
ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com

Action Items:
-Taylor: Organize field trip for May to Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens on May 20th
-Taylor: Write Letter against Development of the Tank Farm

Next Meeting: May 28th , 2010

Griffith Observatory

The trip to Santa Rosa Plateau was cancelled due to rain. But Plan G! Griffith Observatory!

Here are a couple photos. Enjoy, and look forward to info of our next Field Trip soon.

EcoLink!

EcoLink has a new blog! We are re-creating EcoLink for 2010 and we need your help. Stay posted and we'll tell you how.