Another Creekside Native Plant Garden; Wetlands Restoration Controversy; A Bad Summer for the Creek (pollution and duck deaths); BCR Creek Cleanups; OMG! Algae!!!; The Fiji Ditch; Around the Watershed

Contents: Creekside Native Plant Garden Flourishes; Park to Playa; Baldwin Hills 1963 Reservoir Failure; Culver City Bikeway Improvements; Ballona Creek Rocks; DrainWatch; Harvesting Rainwater; New Board and Advisory Council Members; Keeping Ourselves Busy; Ballona Creek Greenway Plan; MRCA Signage for Ballona Creek; BCR Logoware

Creekside Native Plant Garden nears completion; Ballona Wetlands Restoration project; Ballona Creek Bikeway Projects in Culver City, new gates, Milton St, more; Pollution in the Creek; Meet Lori Escalera; “Rivers of the World” mural restoration fundraiser; Pollution in the creek; the “Infamous Drain”; Around the Watershed: historic photos, Rain Gardens, Drain covers, Emergency phone numbers for environmental problems, Vector Control

3 New Entrance Parks to the Ballona Creek Bikepath; More Greening of the Creek: The Ballona Greenway; President's Message; Meet our boardmembers- Lucy Blake-Elahi and Sandrine Cassidy Schmitt; SMBRF Grant Project: The Plants are in the Ground!; Creek Cleanups and Greenings; Ballona Creek Restoration and Stewardship Project; Lectures, Tours and Other Outreach Events Involving BCR; Rare Native Flower Halts Ballona Lagoon Project (Orcutt's Pincushion); Ocean-Friendly Gardens, Transition Culver City and BCR, Sustainable Gardens, Other Creek and Watershed News

PIE Grant for School Campus Native Plant Learning Garden; BCR and Lycee Francais, by Sandrine Cassidy Schmitt; Postcards from Ballona Mural Restoration; Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook State Park; Friends of Ballona Wetlands and BCR- a New Partnership; Tour de Ballona 2; Around the Watershed- FBW Community Meeting, MRCA 3 new gates, Willows School Big Sunday, Marina del Rey dredging, Del Rey Lagoon Construction Threat, Reseda High School tour, Antioch Univ tour, links to SMBRC documents.

Culver City Middle School Student Ecology Club; Marina del Rey Middle School Marine Science Academy; TMDLs: Coordinated Efforts to Clean Creek Waters; Milton Street Linear Greenway; Rain Gardens; Bikepath Gate Closure Update; Recent and Upcoming Events; the Meaning of "Ballona"

BCR presentation at Lycee International-LA; BCR Hosts Reseda High School Students; County Earth Day Planting; Growing BCR; BCR provides a service for Mesmer creekside community garden; Steelhead Trout in Ballona Creek; Earth Day events; Legislative Action on Plastic Trash; Homeowners demand closure of bikepath gate

Cleaning, Greening and Teaching the Watershed-overview; County Supervisors Approve Watered-Down Plastic Bag Redution Measure; Las Virginese Creek Naturalization; A Win for Herons, Egrets & Cormorants in the Marina; Shallow Water Nature Store; Student Landscape Architecture Thesis Presentations; Lisa Fimiani's photo of Osprey bathing in creek; Around the watershed: BCR presentations, Caltrans to curbhighway toxic runoff

Culver City Ballona Creek Bikeway Project; Cleaning Runoff at Oros Street; Pacific Protection Initiative: Legislative Update; Restoring a channelized stream; Buena Vista Creek in Vista; Around the Watershed: Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Update, IKEA's battle against plastic bags, Creek Cleanup Sept 15, outrach; Milton Street linear park; native plants in Kenneth Hahn SRA

Protecting the Ocean from Us; Creek and Bikeway Projects (County Earth Day planting, MRCA 3 new entrances, Mid-City Planter Rehabilitation Project); BCWTF Greenway Committee; Domoic Acid Poisons Birds and Marine Mammals; Around the Watershed (another sewage spill, keeping trash out, more)

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Emerging; Editor's Message; Wetlands Rangers; Colors of Green tour, by Jim Lamm; South Robertson Green Tem Monthly Street Cleanups; "Plastics are Forever" project by Environmental Charter High School; Birds of Upstream Ballona Creek; "Living Water" Workshop

Art Auction Benefits BCR; Julie Lugo Cerra's public lecture on the history of Ballona Creek;
Update on Mid-City Ballona Creek Planter Rehabilitation Project; Baldwin Hills Native Plant Garden; New Tide Gates Improve Flow into Ballona Wetlands; Bolsa Chica Wetlands Restoration Milestone; Riding the Ballona Creek Bike Path, by Jim Lamm; Sewage Spills into Ballona Creek; 2006 Creek Cleanup; Around the Watershed (including "Voices of Ballona" at Memorial Library

Mid-City Ballona Creek Planter Rehabilitation and Re-Greening Project; President's Message; Volunteer opportunities; Local and Regional Approaches to Water Quality Improvement; A brief primer on TMDLs; Completion of Pedestrian Bridge Landscaping; 2005 Coastal Cleanup Day Final Report;Betsey Landis talk on Native Plants in Home Gardens; Photo from our archives; News in Brief

Keeping Pollution out of Culver City Storm Drains; Beyond the Beach Blanket (book review); President's Message; New BCR Board and Advisory Council Members; USACE Lower Ballona Creek Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study; Fuel Spill in Ballona Creek; Ballona Creek Art Exhibit by Christophe Cassidy in Thousand Oaks; News in Brief

President's Message; Earth Day Planting Event; Jenny Ayers' Wild Birds public program; Centinela Ave Bikepath Entrance Improvements; Sustainable Landscaping and Habitat, by Jim Lamm; Open Space Opportunity at Postal Service Site; Protecting LA County from Stormwater Flooding; News in brief

Demolition of Old Pdestrian Bridge; TDML information; CDS Filter installation; Ballona Creek Watershed Task Force and watershed walks; Ballona Wetlands Restoration Planning Process Begins; News in Brief; Lindberg Park Neighbors Renovate Garden at Pedestrian Bridge

Watershed Task Force; Watershed Management Plan and new Coordinator; Earth Day Planting Even; Demolition of old Pedestrian Bridge and installation of CDS Filter to trap trash; Centinela Ave Bike Path Entrance Improvements: artist's conception; Creek Cleanup Sept. 18; BCR Outreach Events; Urban Trail Crime and Property Value Survey, by Jim Lamm

New Pedestrian Bridge installed and opened; Ballona Creek Watershed Task Force / Management Plan; Ballona Creek & Trail Focused Special Study; Bike Trail Improvement Grants; Fall Creek Cleanup; The Creek and Environmental Education in Schools; US Army Corps of Engineers Watershed Projects; Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook; Bimini Slough Ecology Park; A bike Ride along the Mid-San Gabriel River Bike Trail, by Jim Lamm; West Bluffs Preservation; 10 Actions You Can Take to Reduce Urban Runoff