Tag: The Great LA River Cleanup

Call to Action

FoLAR river clean-ups return June 4

This is a really fun event, so if you haven’t taken out some trash of the river yet, this could be your year to come on down, meet other volunteers and get to know our communities better. I’ve included the dates and spots over the eight weeks below. Click the link you want to register for free.

See you on the river, Jim Burns

SITES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Click on a site to register and reserve your spot early.

June 4: Sepulveda Basin – Balboa Blvd
6115 Balboa Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91406

June 11: Sepulveda Basin – Bull Creek (with Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council and LA City Council District 6)
6300 Balboa Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91406

June 18: Bette Davis Picnic Area (with LA City Council District 4)
Bette Davis Picnic Area, 1620 Rancho Ave, Glendale, CA 91201

June 18: North Atwater Park (with LA City Council District 13)
3900 Chevy Chase Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90039

June 25: Glendale Narrows Riverwalk
300 Paula Ave, Glendale, CA 91201

June 25: Red Car Bridge (with Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, Atwater Village Kids, and LA City Council District 13)
3530 Ferncroft Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

June 25: Sepulveda Basin – South Reserve (with US Army Corps of Engineers, Encino Neighborhood Council, and LA City Council District 6)
15520 Burbank Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91411

June 26: Bond Park (with SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition)
Bond Park, 3222 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

July 9: Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park (with Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council and LA River Public Art Project)
Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park, 2944 Gleneden St, Los Angeles, CA 90039

July 9: Elysian Valley Gateway Park (with Glassell Park Improvement Association)
Elysian Valley Gateway Park, 2914 Knox Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039

July 9: Steelhead Park (with LA River Communities for Environmental Equity)
Steelhead Park, 2239 Oros St, Los Angeles, CA 90031

July 23: Willow Street Estuary (with Conservation Corps of Long Beach)
2526 De Forest Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806

July 30: Golden Shore Marine Reserve
Golden Shore Marine Biological Reserve, 201 Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA 90802

SITES COMING SOON

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July 16: Compton Creek (with LA Waterkeeper)
20342 Santa Fe Ave, Compton, CA 90221

July 16: Maywood Riverfront Park
5000 Slauson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90058

Events

FoLAR notches 30th annual river cleanup

Thirty years of cleaning up our river, more than 70,000 volunteers and 500 tons of hauled out trash, make this April event that just ended yesterday the biggest urban waters clean up in the country, according to Friends of the LA River, creator of the event.

Over the years, oddities pulled out of its water include:

— a Volkswagen Beetle                                        — a phone booth

— one entire dumpster                                      — a portable toilet

And recently, as fisher folk know, lots of carp, bass, tilapia and an occasional former aquarium dweller.

As FoLAR’s Lewis MacAdams told me once, “When the steelhead return to the river, we’ll know our job is done.” The motto on his statute in the park named after him says it all.

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Poet and river visionary Lewis McAdams must be proud to see the next generation of river stewardship unfold. (Jim Burns)

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As Kesley Gallagher, right, put in on FB, “Yes! Your hard work is paying off and keep it up!” The health of the river has a long way to go but we can all help by getting involved.”

See you on the river, Jim Burns