Pages Tagged “Wetlands”
Reviews
- Entradero Park Loop
- Madrona Marsh Preserve ★★★★★ One of my favorite places to walk in the South Bay, the preserve is the last remnant of seasonal marshes that once covered the western part of the LA basin.
Blog Posts
- Entradero Basin: Spring and Fall
The flood control basin has been partly restored for stormwater infiltration and as habitat for native plants and migrating waterfowl, bounded by a city park on one side, baseball fields on the other, and hills all around. The city is currently expanding the basin while the water level is low.
- Modular Wetlands?
So this is where you plug in the wetlands? Just open the hatch and connect them? #confused 😕
- Seasons of Madrona Marsh
I went back to the Madrona Marsh Preserve for the third time this year, and combined a Spring/Summer/Fall photo of one of the seasonal pools.
- Seasonal Wetlands: Before and After the Summer
Before-and-after view of the seasonal pools at Madrona Marsh, full of water in spring and grasslands in summer.
- Back to the Marsh (what’s left of it)
I returned to Madrona Marsh at the end of summer to see how much it had dried out since hiking there last spring.
- Constructed Wilderness: A Tale of Two Parks
Madrona Marsh Preserve and Hopkins Wilderness Park take opposite approaches to being islands of nature in the middle of the city.
- Return to Temporary Wetlands
Photos: The rains have been tapering off, and the ponds that filled the empty lot have been shrinking, giving way to grasses and wildflowers.
- Office Park Ponds
Photos: Rain has turned the empty lots in the Irvine Spectrum green…and for the first time I remember, filled hollows with water to create temporary ponds.