Friends of Ballona Wetlands has a lot to be proud of. It brought the El Segundo Blue Butterfly back to Ballona, which, according to director Scott Culbertson, everyone thought was gone forever. It hosts more than 5,000 students every year on field trips to the wetlands and including pre-and post-lessons in classrooms that number totals 12,000 student interactions each year. About 74% of the schools it serves are Title I, and it provides about 60 bus scholarships annually to schools.
Forty-seven years ago, a small group of concerned citizens started Friends of Ballona Wetlands to save the wetlands from being developed by businessman Howard Hughes’ heirs. The state of California purchased the land 25 years later, and the nonprofit has an access permit to run education, science and restoration programs. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 