The Gardena Willows Wetlands Preserve is full of huge willow trees, ponds teeming with chorus frogs, and immersive walking trails. … Stormwater runoff from the surrounding neighborhood passes through the Gardena Willows Wetlands before flowing into the Dominguez Channel and out to San Pedro Bay. Pollutants and nutrients in the runoff are naturally filtered by native plants and living soils within the wetlands before flowing downstream, supporting clean water at the coast. The South Bay Chapter’s Teach and Test Program just opened their second Blue Water Task Force Lab location at the Gardena Willows, an exciting expansion that will introduce more students to hands-on water quality monitoring and community science. 

Other wetlands news:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Blog: May is American Wetlands Month—a time to celebrate one of nature’s most productive ecosystems
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife: Blog: California red-legged frog recovery reaches 10-year milestone in Yosemite