EARTH SCIENCES:
ABALONE COVE INTERTIDAL RESEARCH

ONGOING RESULTS OF FIELD STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS RESULTS of TAPESTRY environmental grant field research

OUR INVESTIGATIONS AT ABALONE COVE

Eleven groups of five students each (A) perform plant(algae) and animal counts along a transect line at various within the cove's southern rocky-intertidal zones or (B)test ocean water for various chemicals and compounds and take temperature readings. The comparison of the results can be viewed by accessing sites below.

Our classes made three trips to Abalone Cove in 2000 - 2001.
Trip 'A' on December 8, 2000 (BLUE bars)
Trip 'B' on March 3, 2001 (GREEN bars)
Trip 'C' on April 27, 2001 (PURPLE bars)
The results of data collected on each trip can be viewed at the links below. For the counts of the organisms, all organism found are compiled as a total count on each graph.

Click below for charts showing compilations of results of plant/animal transect counts on our visits.

TRANSECT CRITTER COUNT RESULTS

Click below for charts showing results of water tests on our visits.

WATER TEST RESULTS

STUDENT'S LIST OF WHAT TO BRING ON TIDEPOOL FIELD TRIP

PICTURES OF
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
AT ABALONE COVE
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RESULTS of TAPESTRY environmental grant classroom activities:

From september, 2000 to June, 2001, the students in rooms 36 and 39 were involved in a letter writing campaign to local and national legislators, envoronmental groups, the California Coastal Commission, and builders to elicit opinions concerning legislation to protect the wetlands of Southern California from (a) private building and (b) pollution damage.

Below is a list showing people contacted for an opinion on allowing further development on Southern California's already depleted wetlands.

Legislators contacted:

Governor Gray Davis, Governor of California,
Mary Nichols, State Secretary for Resource,
Mayor Richard Riordan, Mayor of Los Angeles

Los Angeles City Council Members:

Mike Hernandez, Joel Wachs, Laura Chick, Mike Feuer, Ruth Galante, Alex Padilla, Rita Walters, Nate Holden, Cindy Miscikowski, Hal Bernson, Jackie Goldberg, Nick Pacheco

John Ferraro former City Council was contacted and responded, however, he died before he could receive the results of our investigations.

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors:

Gloria Molina, Zev Yaroslavsky, Don Knabe, Michael D. Antonovich

Congressional members:

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer

California representatives to the U.S. Congress:

Mike Thompson (D-01) Wally Herger (R-02) Douglas Ose (R-03) John T. Doolittle (R-04) Robert T. Matsui (D-05) Lynn C. Woolsey (D-06) George Miller (D-07) Nancy Pelosi (D-08) Barbara Lee (D-09) Ellen O. Tauscher (D-10) Richard W. Pombo (R-11) Tom Lantos (D-12) Fortney Pete Stark (D-13) Anna G. Eshoo (D-14) Mike Honda (D-15) Zoe Lofgren (D-16) Sam Farr (D-17) Gary A. Condit (D-18) George P. Radanovich (R-19) Calvin M. Dooley (D-20) William M. Thomas (R-21) Lois Capps (D-22) Elton Gallegly (R-23) Brad Sherman (D-24) Howard P. "Buck'' McKeon (R-25) Howard L. Berman (D-26) Adam Schiff (D-27) David Dreier (R-28) Henry A. Waxman (D-29) Xavier Becerra (D-30) Hilda A. Solis (D-31) Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-33) Grace Flores Napolitano (D-34) Maxine Waters (D-35) Jane Harman (D-36) Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-37) Stephen Horn (R-38) Edward R. Royce (R-39) Jerry Lewis (R-40) Gary G. Miller (R-41) Joe Baca (D-42) Ken Calvert (R-43) Mary Whitaker Bono (R-44) Dana Rohrabacher (R-45) Loretta Sanchez (D-46) Christopher Cox (R-47) Darrell Issa (R-48) Susan A. Davis (D-49) Bob Filner (D-50) Duncan Hunter (R-52)

Other persons and organizations:

Robert Kanter, Ph.D. (Director of Planning and Environmental Affairs, Port of Long Beach)
American Oceans Campaign
Cabrillo Maritime Museum
California Coastal Commission
Ed Begley Jr.
Environmental Protection Agency
Heal the Bay
Natural Resources Defense Council
Ballona Valley Preservation League
Santa Monica BayKeepers
Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Save All of Ballona Creek
Sierra Club
CWIS -- Southern California Wetlands Inventory
The Wetlands Institute
Wetlands Action Network