| (June 29, 2021, 8:20 p.m.) -- The Sierra Club's Los Cerritos Wetlands Task Force says CA Coastal Commission staff and Long Beach City Hall's Special Events Office are failing to apply their own legal requirements in allowing the fireworks portion of the July 3 "Big Bang on the Bay," an event over Alamitos Bay organized by Boathouse on the Bay's John Morris and held for a number of years prior to the pandemic.
In June 29 emailed correspondence to staff of the CA Coastal Commission and the City's Special Events office, Sierra Club LCWTF co-chairs, veteran environmental and wildlife protection advocates Ann Cantrell and Anna Christensen. Ms. Cantrell and Ms. Christensen say the City hasn't followed its own Special Events conditions Water Quality: They note the CA and Federal Fish and Wildlife and the Migratory Bird Act all protect nesting birds from any disturbance. "We know the birds are nesting all around the bay. Monitoring their nests will not keep the babies from falling nor the adults from abandoning their nests," they write. "If the fireworks are not stopped, SCLCWTF is willing to help ID the nesting trees and to have volunteers on Oil Dock Road during the fireworks to rescue any displaced birds. Cones or tape cannot protect fallen birds. We beg you to deny public access to Oil Dock Road on July 3 [emphasis in original] to protect any fallen birds from being trampled." [Scroll down for further.] |
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