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THE PURPOSE
The Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society and the National Audubon Society,
of which PV/SB Audubon is the local chapter, are dedicated to the
understanding and preservation of our natural heritage.
Within the framework of National Audubon Society policies,
we seek and implement ways to preserve indigenous flora and fauna,
especially that of our local area, and provide educational services
to the region's communities with respect to birds, wildlife, ecology and
conservation.
PALOS VERDES
When it comes to rare plants and animals, disappearing habitats and pressing
environmental concerns, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, from tidepools to hilltop,
is one of the most remarkable and vulnerable places in California.
For most of its million-year existence, what is now the Palos Verdes Peninsula
was one of the Channel Islands. During that period, a unique flora and fauna
evolved. Some of that uniqueness survives, despite extensive landform
and habitat alterations, and despite the mainland connection, better know
as the Los Angeles Basin.
SOUTH BAY
The lowlands adjacent to the Palos Verdes Peninsula are important to wildlife,
too. As wetlands continue to fall victim to "progress," those that remain
in the South Bay become ever more valuable. In addition, our coastal strand
still supports some of California's rarest birds and other creatures.
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