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NO GREEN TENT THIS WEEK.

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sorry- postponed due to rain... BALLONA WETLANDS ...an environmental treasure in our own back yard  White-tailed Kite* You may have heard about the 600+ acres of the Ballona Wetlands   just to the south and west of Mar Vista. But have you visited this wild habitat where so many wildlife species and rare plant populations still thrive?   One imperiled bird species that our former neighbor and beloved Councilmember Bill Rosendahl loved, is the beautiful White Tailed Kite, which needs the upland areas where small mammals live just beneath the surface and provide great meals for the Kite, as well as for Great Blue Herons and several raptors. Image Courtesy of Craig Butler Drop by the  Green Tent  on Sunday, December 8, to learn about the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, which is a fragile mosaic of different habitats: seasonal ponds, wet meadows, salt pannes, sand dunes and prairie grasslands....