World Wetland's Day Article LA Times

They’re natural filters for pollution... protect the coastline from flooding and perform nutrient cycling... store and sequester carbon. They’re just an incredible ecosystem. In addition, they provide [a space] for people to get outside and breathe air and walk around, which is so lacking in L.A." Patrick Tyrrell, Manager of Restoration and Upper Education, FBW

In honor of World Wetlands Day, on Thursday, February 2nd, Patrick Tyrrell, our Manager of Restoration and Upper Education, was interviewed by Dakota Kim, a writer from the Los Angeles Times, to speak on our beloved Ballona Wetland's destructive past, challenging present, and hopeful future!

Click the link to read Wetlands get treated as the ugly duckling of L.A.'s natural spaces. It’s time to change that by Dakota Kim.