The Tierra Rejada Vernal Pool Filled With Water

These Two Images Were Of the Tierra Rejada Vernal Pool in the Winter of 1997-1998
Images Courtesy of Balance Hydologics Inc.

Earlier, I have shown several pictures of the Tierra Rejada Vernal Pool, home of the Endangered Riverside Fairy Shrimp. However all of these pictures were taken when the vernal pool was empty. A company known as Balance Hydrologics Inc. which I believe is/was in charge of the monitoring of the vernal pool, had pictures of the vernal pool taken in late 1997 or early 1998, when there was significant El Niño.

Visit Balance Hydrologics Inc.'s PDF on the Vernal Pool For More Details.

Right Smack in the Middle of LA

Guess Where This Picture Was Taken.

Now Guess Where This Picture Was Taken.

Blue Arrows Marks the Apparent Path of the Creek
The Green Arrow Marks the Camera Angle of the First Picture

You may be surprised, but these two pictures were taken less than a block away from each other. The street in the second picture is Wilshire Blvd. in West LA. The picture of the "canyon" was taken just to the north of Wilshire near the Brentwood Country Club. The "canyon" apparently has a creek or seasonal creek in it (L.A. Creek Freak posted maps of the creeks in LA). It's interesting how there is a little piece of nature in the middle of the city.

Monsoonal Moisture Makes its Way Into SoCal

Monsoonal moisture is making its way into SoCal with at least a chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms throughout the area.

The National Weather Sevice has stated that:
"Widely scattered showers will move through southwestern California today through Friday. Most locations will recieve little to no rainfall as the showers move through the region, however brief periods of moderate rain and gusty winds will accompany occasional bands of heavier showers."

My rain gauge in Del Rey, Los Angeles has recorded about .05" of rain since yesterday morning.

Visit the National Weather Service's Webpage for more detailed information.

Think More Landscape, Less Hardscape- At Ballona

Where's the Restoration Annenberg? I don't see any.

A new more detailed image of the proposed "Interpretive Center" at the Ballona Wetlands has been created. Hmmm, I thought Annenberg said that they would not add any new parking.

I feel that Annenberg should completely start from scratch on their proposal and think like Malibu Legacy Park, that has interpretive signs around a series of trails, as opposed to a single large building that is disconnected from nature.

Less Hardscape, More Landscape