Bixby Marshland

{{Short description|Wildlife habitat in Los Angeles Harbor Region, California}}

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Bixby Marshland is a wildlife area operated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts in Carson, California, as part of the environmental mitigation of wastewater. {{Cite web |title=Bixby Marshland |url=https://www.lacsd.org/community-outreach/tours-speaker-s-bureau/bixby-marshland |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (www.lacsd.org) |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020093529/https://www.lacsd.org/community-outreach/tours-speaker-s-bureau/bixby-marshland |url-status=live }}

The space is {{convert|17|acre}} in area and is a restoration of the old Bixby Slough. The only other surviving piece of the Slough is Machado Lake at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park.{{Cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Stephanine |date=2009-03-04 |title=Bixby Marshland |url=https://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20090304/bixby-marshland |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Daily Breeze |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914210440/https://www.dailynews.com/2009/03/04/bixby-marshland/ |url-status=live }} Bixby Marsh is notable as a “unique marsh habitat in an urban setting.”{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=J. R. |title=Bixby Marshland Restoration - Hamilton and Associates |url=https://www.hamilton-associates.net/portfolio-items/bixby-marshland-restoration/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020171048/https://www.hamilton-associates.net/portfolio-items/bixby-marshland-restoration/ |url-status=live }} According to the Bixby Marshland Guide for Visitors, the Sanitation District and Los Angeles County Department of Public Works secured the land in mid-1970s, but "over time, non-native plants proliferated at the site." To restore the marshland so that it was closer to its original ecological state, many introduced species were removed, and others like eucalyptus were killed but left standing as snags, which are important habitat resources. A "large variety of native plants" were selected to re-vegetate the area.{{cite document |title=Bixby Marshland Map & Guide for Visitors |type=pamphlet |publisher=Los Angeles County Sanitation District}}

It is located next to the 110 freeway and the adjacent Wilmington Wash flood control channel at the southwest corner of Figueroa Street and Sepulveda Boulevard.

Established in 2009, the park is open to the public for tours on the first Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to noon (weather permitting) and by appointment.