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UPCOMING PROGRAMS & RECENT EVENTS
Lewis MacAdams & The Los Angeles River |
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Carp in the Los Angeles River Click on photo for More!!! |
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La Gran Limpieza
One of FoLAR's longest running programs is La Gran Limpieza, the Great Los Angeles River Clean Up. This year's Clean Up mobilized over 2000 volunteers along the Los Angeles River: removing over 25 tons of garbage from the banks of the River and recycling almost half of what would have gone directly into landfills. In the past, FoLAR's La Gran Limpieza became the largest urban river clean up in the country and the largest multi-cultural, multi-ethnic volunteer effort in California. The two day event currently encompasses 15 sites along the 52-mile length of the River, including: the Sepulveda Basin and Tujunga Wash in the San Fernando Valley; Los Angeles sites in Griffith Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, and two in Elysian Valley; sites in the City of Bell and Compton; and Willow Street and Golden Shores in Long Beach. May 17th 2008: Join us at any one of 14 sites along the River. Remember to wear comfortable clothes, sturdy shoes, a hat, sunscreen and work gloves. Come show your support: bring your kids, union buddies, co-workers, neighbors, scout troop, church group, rock band, former classmates, fellow actors, reality show co-stars, and best friends. If you know anyone who fits that bill, please call (323) 223-0585 and arrange to have your group represented at La Gran Limpieza. River School Day: Following the cleanup, we focus on environmental education by cleaning a site at Fletcher with over 300 elementary, middle and high school students. If you know a school group that might be interested in joining, please e-mail us at mail@FoLAR.org To view photos and details of previous years of La Gran Limpieza, click here.
Save The Date!
La Gran Limpieza
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Help us reach our goal of 3500 volunteers!
TOTAL VOLUNTEERS: 2,210
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RiverWatch
The RiverWatch program is focused on finding the baseline information for the full length of the River. By monitoring 21 individual sites along the entire length of the River, FoLAR is able to track the seasonal differences in the River and its habitat. And through its annual State of the River FoLAR is able to share that data in a useful and easily accessible format available to audiences throughout Southern California. |
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The River School The River School is a comprehensive educational curriculum created in collaboration with the Los Angeles Coalition of Essential Schools and UCLA. This outdoor education program introduces students and educators throughout the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River watersheds to the Los Angeles River's many educational opportunities, including science, culture and history. The River School works mostly with high school and junior high students from a variety of public and private schools throughout the Southland - although FoLAR has tailored programs to meet the needs of students as young as 3rd grade. We hope to build upon our successes by engaging more schools, increasing the number of students involved, and thus creating a new generation of River advocates. If you would like more information please send an email to Alicia Katano, Education Coordinator at akatano@folar.org |
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River Tours The Los Angeles River runs 52 miles through the heart of Los Angeles, but who knows where, exactly? Join us on an expert-guided half-day tour of L.A.'s lost river, as we visit ongoing and future restoration sites and talk about the River's central importance to L.A.'s past, present, and future. |
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River Walks FoLAR regularly conducts River Walks for interested community members. Politicians, students, alumni organizations, church groups, local environmentalists and neighborhood enthusiasts all take advantage of our River Walks, which focus on the natural beauty, surrounding architecture, and the local bird and plant life of this amazing urban river. |
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