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Site: Fletcher Drive
RIVER SCHOOL DAY! Friday April 30 2010.
In 2009 we had 663 student volunteers on the River who removed 4,580 lbs. of trash!
photos left to right: Tom Andrews, LAist and Peter Bennett.
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Community Parnters: Los Angeles Conservation Corps, City Year, Tree People, Bureau of Engineering, Don’t Trash California, Los Angeles Fire Department Swift Water Rescue.
Capacity: 700
Location Specifics: CleanUp is on the northeast side of the River, adjacent to the Fletcher Drive Bridge.
Thomas Guide page 594 E3
Description: The Fletcher Drive, where FoLAR River School Day CleanUp site is located in the scenic Glendale Narrows, the central and longest natural area of the LA River. The site features two beautiful welcoming gates, pocket parks, native landscaping, and the historic Fletcher Drive Bridge (completed in 1927). The soft bottom river is home to ducks, cormorants, and more waterfowl. Special Notes: All other sites are Saturday only, this site is Friday only. Friday is FoLAR’s River School Day where we bring hundreds of local students down to the river to learn about habitat, safety, nature, and much more. The general public is also welcome to come on Friday and CleanUp.
DIRECTIONS: Bike: Located at the downstream end of the Glendale Narrows LA River Bike Path.Transit: Take Metro line 603 and get off at Ripple Street. Cross the bridge. Driving: Take the 2 Freeway, exit San Fernando Road. Go northwest on San Fernando one block, then turn left onto Fletcher Drive. Parking: Parking is limited. Some on-street parking is available on Fletcher Drive, as well as in adjacent neighborhood streets, including Larga Avenue.
River School Day 2009 (photos courtesy of Peter Bennett)
Left to right: Stan Joffe, Pres. of Earthwise Bags donated over 2000 reusable shopping bags to cleanup volunteers. L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge and Ed Reyes welcome students. Capt. Robert Cordobes educates City Year volunteers about River safety.
Left to right: LA Swift Water Rescue demonstration. FoLAR’s LA River Model and watertesting station. Tree People and Don’t Trash California lead students in watershed demonstrations illustrating how rain flows over roads and lawns, collecting toxic runoff and polluting rivers, oceans and the underground water supply
Thea Wang coordinates a trash sort with City Year and student volunteers in which 47lbs of chip bags and 67 lbs. of plastic shopping bags were collected!
River School Day 2008 (photos courtesy of Peter Bennett)
Left to right: Marcus Eriksen from the Algalita Marine Research Institute, Edith Warton from Tree People and Evaline Bravo from Heal the Bay lead River School Day volunteers in watershed activities.
Left to right: The Tide Pool Cruiser educating students about the River/Ocean connection and the impacts of urban run off on marine life. Captain Robert Cordobes from the City of Los Angeles Swift Water Rescue team educating students about River safety.
River School Day 2007
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River School Day, WILLOW STREET ESTUARY, LONG BEACH, October 26, 2007
Over 600 middle and high school students from as far as Pasadena and Brentwood came together to pull 5,280 lbs of trash from the Los Angeles River at the Willow Street Estuary in Long Beach. Participating schools include Jordon H.S., Lakewood H.S., The New City School, Environmental Charter, Westridge School for Girls, and Brentwood School . The El Dorado Nature Center , The Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Windows on our Waters’ Tidepool Cruiser, and Heal the Bay also joined us that day with displays educating students about wetland restoration, plastics in the environment, the river ocean connection, and storm drain run-off. Other event sponsors include the Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine, the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, Yosemite Waters, Cypress Park , the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Association, and the Capital Group. Thank you all for donating your time and making this such a successful event!!!
Left to right: Founder Lewis MacAdams, Assemblymember Betty Karnette, Long Beach Councilmember Tonya Reyes Uranga, and Marcus Eriksen from the Algalita Marine Research Institute
