STOP: LOS ANGELES RIVER
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SB CUE Colorado St.
NB CUE Immediately after the Boyle Heights stop finishes.

SITE
Los Angeles River
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LOCATION
The Glendale Narrows can be viewed directly from the freeway along the Glendale/Los Feliz corridor and can be accessed via foot or by bike at the Guardians of the River Gate on Los Feliz Blvd. just off the I-5.

THREATS AND CONTAMINANTS
Water pollution and habitat destruction

VOICE
Lewis MacAdams, FoLAR co-founder and write


The Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) was co-founded in 1986 by activist, writer and filmmaker Lewis MacAdams to revitalize and protect the Los Angeles River, one of the most hydraulically modified urban rivers in the world. Nearly seventy-five percent of the fifty-two mile long river is enclosed in concrete. Channelization of the river was initiated in 1938 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of a massive flood control project, which continued until the late 1950s.

FoLAR has been responsible for cleaning up sections of the river through community-based volunteer activities which include restoration of native habitat, removal of invasive exotic species, monitoring the river's water quality, and controlling toxic pollution from dumping and storm drains. The non-profit organizes educational and community activities including monthly river walks.

Renewed interested in the river initiated in part by FoLAR has spawned numerous "pocket parks" which include pedestrian walkways, bike paths, and wildlife viewing areas. Viewable from the I-5, one of the publicly accessible areas known as the Glendale Narrows shows evidence of the river's former ecology and alludes to its vibrant past. This section of the river is soft-bottomed and lies close to the underlying water table. Because of this the Corps was discouraged from encasing it in cement as they did with the majority the river's channel. Within this riparian corridor foliage and trees push through the channel's floor forming islands of vegetation, which sustain an array of flora and fauna including willow groves, cattails, sycamores and up to 140 species of birds along with a few secluded transient encampments.



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Bayview Hunters Point / SF
West Oakland
Livermore
Westley
Crows Landing
Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge
Interstate 5
California Aqueduct
Tule Fog
Fresno-Coalinga Rd.
Tulare Dry Lake
Kettleman City
Alpaugh
Earlimart
Buttonwillow
Kern Water Bank
Mega-Dairies
Elk Hills
Frazier Park
Pacoima
Burbank
Los Angeles River
Boyle Heights - East LA
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CD1 Bayview Hunters Point-SF to Kettleman City [67.2MB ZIP/MP3]
CD2 Alpaugh to Boyle Heights-East LA [66.3MB ZIP/MP3]

>> NORTHBOUND
CD1 Boyle Heights-East LA to Alpaugh [66.3MB ZIP/MP3]
CD2 Kettleman City to Bayview Hunters Point - SF [67.2MB ZIP/MP3]

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