June 2012 Archives
River Notes:
Is L.A. County responsible for tainted stormwater runoff released into the L.A. River? Let Supreme Court decide.
FoLAR:
L.A. River advocates shared the spotlight at the annual National River Rally, held in May in Portland.
River Notes:
New groundwater project in Pacoima will clean 1.5 million gallons of rainwater and put it back into the local water supply system, instead of dumping them into the ocean via the L.A. River.
Excursion:
Taking the L.A. River Bike Path from Vernon to Long Beach covers roughly half the length of the entire 52-mile river.
By offering space for education, the L.A. River has potential to play a major role in our daily lives, as evidenced in a pilot program by Friends of the L.A. River.
River Notes:
The greenway and bike path that stretches from Burbank to Elysian Valley has been declared a valuable National Trail.
Excursion:
A walk across the Sixth Street Bridge reveals its fragile state and may very well be the last goodbye.
The Great Los Angeles River CleaUp hosted 3000 volunteers who pulled 22 tons of trash out of the river by hand -- waste equal to the weight of 11 automobiles.
River Notes:
Grand opening of the Radford Artwalk, a two block pathway, newly landscaped and lined with metal sculptures.
River Notes:
Over $330,000 will go toward planting thousands of trees and shrubs at the future site of a proposed river park.
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