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Ballona Wetlands are some of the last remaining coastal wetlands in California located in the Marina del Rey, Culver City and Playa del Rey area. (Nicole Charky | Patch )
PLAYA DEL REY, CA — The battle to save the Ballona Wetlands waged on this week as a petition opposing a restoration approved by the State garnered nearly 9,000 signatures as of Tuesday.
"It is under threat to be bulldozed and have more than 2 million cubic yards of life-filled soils excavated, moved around and re-sculpted, as if one can play 'Frankenstein' with nature," the petition states. "This plan is for an amusement-type park that would eliminate habitat for many of the rare species that rely on Ballona today ... this is not a good use of public money that was meant for protection of wetlands, grasslands and other fragile habitats."