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Volunteer Opportunity: FoLAR’s Sepulveda Basin Fish Study, Wednesday, June 29
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UPDATE: Sadly, this event has been canceled due to a lack of grant funding. Stay tuned for the reboot. 

Greeting fellow fish lovers!

We would love help to conduct the fish survey near Sepulveda Dam on Wed 29 June.
Details below! Please RSVP as we are looking for a crew of about 6 volunteers to assist with seining, but can use all the anglers we can find to help with catching by fly or standard rods. You need a valid CA fishing license to participate.

WHAT: Friends of the Los Angeles River “State of the River 4” — The Sepulveda Basin Fish Study

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

WHERE: Meet at the dirt road turn off Burbank Blvd. Email for exact location and directions.

WHAT YOU NEED:
– Waders if you have them or come prepared in closed toe shoes (no tevas or open water shoes) and be prepared to get wet to your waist.
– Hat, sunscreen, water, lunch, snacks, etc.
– Angling gear and fishing license if you want to fish!

Let me know if you are interested in joining the fun! thanks, Rosi

Rosi Dagit
RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains
540 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd
Topanga, CA 90290
310.455.7528
rdagit@rcdsmm.org

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Volunteer Opportunity: Help jumpstart Owens River Water Trail

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From Larry Freilich, Inyo County Water Dept.

The California Natural Resources Agency will be coming out to Lone Pine on June 21 for a site visit to tour the Owens River Water Trail project. We are grant finalists under its River Parkways grant program. The grant would provide $500,000 to help establish the first designated paddle trail in the western U.S., if they like what they see.

Pretty exciting!

As part of the project tour we want to 1) get the Resources staff on the water to experience this amazing stretch of water, and 2) demonstrate that volunteer stewardship can help build and maintain the project.

To accomplish both objectives the County and the conservation group Friends of the Inyo are organizing two work weekends to open up a sample section of trail. Trail building weekends are June 11-12 and June 18-19.

We need all the assistance we can get.

It is especially helpful if we can demonstrate that out-of-area paddlers will come up to not only use the new paddle trail, but they will come up to help build and maintain the trail.

Building trail is almost as fun as using it. It’s an unforgettable experience, and participants can say that they were instrumental in helping to establish the first river paddle trail in California and the west.

If you’re interested, please contact me at lfreilich@inyocounty.us; 760-878-0001, for information and to sign up.