At a packed Culver City Council meeting on December 12th, several local Girl Scouts and student leaders from local schools were among the many young people who spoke persuasively in support of BCR’s proposed single-use polystyrene food container and cutlery ban! And Culver City High’s BCR Club presented this short video.

At its December 6th holiday celebration dinner, BCR honored and thanked Bobbi Gold and Gerald Sallus for their many years of excellent volunteer service. On behalf of the board and advisory council, President Emeritus Jim Lamm presented personalized framed certificates of appreciation to both Bobbi and Gerry. Bobbi Gold – Founding Board Member,

BCR is pleased to refer you to this new website:  http://wetlandsrestoration.org/.  Here are a few details from the Friends of Ballona Wetlands blog: “In a unique collaborative effort, Friends of Ballona Wetlands, Heal the Bay, Surfrider Foundation, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper developed a comprehensive, scientific set of principles for wetland restoration projects in Southern California

On Wednesday, September 14th, in a special Culver City Council Sustainability Subcommittee meeting, a Ballona Creek Renaissance team presented its revised comprehensive proposal to help Culver City make the shift away from single-use polystyrene food serviceware to better alternatives. For the 9/14 meeting agenda and attachments, click here! (city’s minutes not available until approved on 10/19).

On a beautiful Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD), Saturday, September 17, Ballona Creek Renaissance about 60 volunteers gathered at Overland Avenue to help clean along the creek while doing a little needed landscape work. Led by Site Captain Deb Gregory with assistance by other BCR leaders and the Culver City High

On Saturday-Sunday, August 27-28, at BCR’s Fiesta La Ballona booth on Saturday afternoon (8/27), kids and adults enjoyed creating some wonderful bird-and-butterfly-themed art led by BCR’s Lucy Blake-Elahi and Irene Reingold. On Sunday, Lucy Edward engaged kids and adults in our matching quiz game to identify Ballona plants and waterbirds. And

As the year-long CC100 celebration begins this month, BCR also celebrates the creek’s historic role in the region as well as Culver City. Prior to the city’s incorporation in 1917, the creek provided sustenance for the Tongva/Gabrielino Native Americans, rancheros from Mexico and Spain, forty-niners, farmers, realtors, and—yes—filmmakers! In or along Ballona Creek or its

On Thursday morning, July 7th, BCR enjoyed participating in an REI and Heal the Bay-led kayak and canoe adventure along Ballona Creek with other local enronmental organizations. Paddling upstream about 2.75 miles with the rising tide from the old boat launch next to the Pacific Avenue bridge, we reached the end of

In a busy summer, BCR also enjoyed participating in Culver Expo 2016, a mini-native plant workshop and demonstration at the Culver City Garden Club Show and Sale, an after-school creek cleanup with Culver City Girl Scouts (pictured) , and preparing for future CC100 BCR activities. Here are just a few