A nonprofit dedicated to preserving one of the last remaining vernal marshes in Los Angeles County is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a series of special events. Since its inception, ...

The Friends of Madrona Marsh will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 11, with a fundraiser to benefit the upkeep of the nearly 50-acre preserve in Torrance, which officials describe as an ...

Wildflowers and seasonal ponds at Madrona Marsh Preserve in Torrance on Friday. (Mary Forgione) Madrona Marsh Preserve is having a moment. The seasonal wetland that takes up a square block in Torrance ...

I live near the Madrona Marsh. Frequently many birds with black feathers and bodies are here. I’ve seen them kill other species of baby birds in the nest and, as a group, repeatedly attack a hawk that ...

What an unlikely delight in the heart of industrial Torrance. Amid factories, oil and gas refinery tanks and massive shopping centers, the Madrona Marsh Nature Center offers a bucolic home for wetland ...

So many Southern Californians have sought to do just that since March 2020, when a saunter in the sunshine helped to provide people an aura of calm in an uncalm time. Of course, we've always been ...

Mapquest and Google Maps don’t show it. Countless people who live and work in Torrance drive right by it and have no idea. Yet it’s there and very real: the 10-acre Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve, an ...

Torrance. The 43-acre Madrona Marsh is considered to be the last existing vernal marsh in Los Angeles County. Vernal marshes are found in low-lying areas where rainfall runoff accumulates. The ...