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The Lagoon is accessible via the 1.8-mile (2.9 km) Ballona Lagoon Marine
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The lagoon was restored incrementally beginning in 1988, with major work 1996-1997 after the city purchased “Lot R” (which comprised two-thirds of the lagoon) from a private owner. Improvements included viewing platforms, fencing, signage, native
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habitat, and building an island for nesting birds. Silt, litter and remnants of 50-year-old oil drilling equipment were removed. Further refurbishment took place in 2011, when the city added dog fencing, stabilized the banks of the waterway, and reseeded the rare wildflower called
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ecology of the area, dredging six feet (1.8 m) down at the tidal inlet to create
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