We Stopped the Chop now it's time to Drop the Plop. Due to public outcry over the illegal removal of 22 palm trees on Marina Drive, the City of Long Beach has agreed not to cut down 44 more of these nesting sites for the Great Blue Heron. Instead they intend to dig them up and plop them down elsewhere to make way for planter boxes, shade trees, diagonal parking and left turn lanes into the new 2nd & PCH mall. Recently, the 44 palms were illegally covered with nets to PREVENT Heron from nesting. Through public action (again), the City was forced to remove the unpermitted nets. We're asking the City to leave the palms where they are and re-design their plans. Moving the palms could injure or destroy them and disturb nesting patterns. The changes to Marina Dr, which involves a "road diet" to reduce 4 traffic lanes to 2, has not had a public hearing and should be reviewed by the community before altering this official scenic drive. On March 6th, the California Coastal Commission granted us a full hearing which will allow this petition to be presented and community members to testify. Please sign and share the petition as the appeal process moves forward.
For more info contact: [email protected] or visit Protect the Long Beach/Los Cerritos Wetlands on Facebook.
Updates
December 22, 2018
The upcoming hearing with the California Coastal Commission represents a significant shift in our efforts to protect these nesting grounds. Behind the scenes, we are gathering the necessary documentation to ensure the community perspective is fully represented during our testimony. This process is a reminder that persistence is essential when advocating for the preservation of our local habitat.
December 22, 2018
Reaching this level of support confirms that our community values the heritage of these trees far more than convenience. The momentum we have built together proves that collective oversight is often the only way to safeguard our local environment. We are now preparing to carry this conviction into the upcoming hearing.
40 Comments
Coastal Commission enforcement is agreeable to letting the developer put in 41 new trees as payment for cutting down 22 60 foot high Palms earlier this year. The replacement trees will be 30 feet trees, unsuitable for Great Blue Heron nesting. Leave the trees and build the sidewalk around them.
There is no reason the mall can’t be built so as to include the trees already there. The plans show palms in the design. Why destroy perfectly good trees only to put more in. Moving them won’t guarantee their survival. These trees are part of a heron rookery. I oppose this move.
Please preserve wildlife by keeping these palms. We lost the nesting area at the naval station. Please din’t Let this happen again.
Moving the palm trees is part of a road diet plan that will be very bad for traffic flow which will get even worse with the new mall.
Keep the Palm Trees in the ground. Do not put them in planters. Just leave them where they are. There is no good reason to uproot them. This might kill them. Then the Herons will not have a place to nest. We will have Homeless Herons. Leave everything in the ground.
The magestic Blue Herons need the palm tree, and this is nesting season as well. This is happening elsewhere, at Marina del Rey too. The continuing loss of habitat must stop. I urge the Coastal Commission to use their authority to stop the removal of trees along the Coast that are vital to birds, especially the large iconic Blue Heron. Thank you
How many times do we need to sign petitions, get promises, then lies, then petitions. Keep these beautiful trees!
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We Stopped the Chop now it's time to Drop the Plop. Due to public outcry over the illegal removal of 22 palm trees on Marina Drive, the City of Long Beach has agreed not to cut down 44 more of these nesting sites for the Great Blue Heron. Instead they intend to dig them up and plop them down elsewhere to make way for planter boxes, shade trees, diagonal parking and left turn lanes into the new 2nd & PCH mall. Recently, the 44 palms were illegally covered with nets to PREVENT Heron from nesting. Through public action (again), the City was forced to remove the unpermitted nets. We're asking the City to leave the palms where they are and re-design their plans. Moving the palms could injure or destroy them and disturb nesting patterns. The changes to Marina Dr, which involves a "road diet" to reduce 4 traffic lanes to 2, has not had a public hearing and should be reviewed by the community before altering this official scenic drive. On March 6th, the California Coastal Commission granted us a full hearing which will allow this petition to be presented and community members to testify. Please sign and share the petition as the appeal process moves forward.
For more info contact: [email protected] or visit Protect the Long Beach/Los Cerritos Wetlands on Facebook.
Updates
December 22, 2018
The upcoming hearing with the California Coastal Commission represents a significant shift in our efforts to protect these nesting grounds. Behind the scenes, we are gathering the necessary documentation to ensure the community perspective is fully represented during our testimony. This process is a reminder that persistence is essential when advocating for the preservation of our local habitat.
December 22, 2018
Reaching this level of support confirms that our community values the heritage of these trees far more than convenience. The momentum we have built together proves that collective oversight is often the only way to safeguard our local environment. We are now preparing to carry this conviction into the upcoming hearing.
40 Comments
pandering to development, LBC officials have their own game plan that DOES NOT include listening to the people they serve! This is an unnecessary removal- it can be redesigned. Palm trees in planters are not healthy for the trees nor any living creatures.
Coastal Commission enforcement is agreeable to letting the developer put in 41 new trees as payment for cutting down 22 60 foot high Palms earlier this year. The replacement trees will be 30 feet trees, unsuitable for Great Blue Heron nesting. Leave the trees and build the sidewalk around them.
There is no reason the mall can’t be built so as to include the trees already there. The plans show palms in the design. Why destroy perfectly good trees only to put more in. Moving them won’t guarantee their survival. These trees are part of a heron rookery. I oppose this move.
Please preserve wildlife by keeping these palms. We lost the nesting area at the naval station. Please din’t Let this happen again.
Moving the palm trees is part of a road diet plan that will be very bad for traffic flow which will get even worse with the new mall.
Keep the Palm Trees in the ground. Do not put them in planters. Just leave them where they are. There is no good reason to uproot them. This might kill them. Then the Herons will not have a place to nest. We will have Homeless Herons. Leave everything in the ground.
The magestic Blue Herons need the palm tree, and this is nesting season as well. This is happening elsewhere, at Marina del Rey too. The continuing loss of habitat must stop. I urge the Coastal Commission to use their authority to stop the removal of trees along the Coast that are vital to birds, especially the large iconic Blue Heron. Thank you
How many times do we need to sign petitions, get promises, then lies, then petitions. Keep these beautiful trees!
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pandering to development, LBC officials have their own game plan that DOES NOT include listening to the people they serve! This is an unnecessary removal- it can be redesigned. Palm trees in planters are not healthy for the trees nor any living creatures.