12/01/08
Of Nexus and Navigability, Part 3: The Boater, the Biologist, and the Blogs
Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan
River Update Meeting (pdf)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Metropolitan Water District
Board Room (1st Floor)
700 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Environmental magazine
Plenty
(pick up a copy at Whole Foods
or a news kiosk)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 9, 2008. Corps Biologist Faces 30-Day Suspension for Kayaking L.A. River | Off-Duty Challenge to Ruling River Was Not Navigable “Undermined Authority”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2008. Boaters Make Successful Descent of L.A. River in 52-mile Los Angeles River Expedition
8/19/08
Los Angeles River may get protection through the Clean Water Act
The EPA will define 'traditional navigable waters' for the waterway, which could affect development in some hillside and mountain areas. (link)
News Coverage of the Expedition
Joe Linton's journal of the expedition: L.A. Creek Freak
Jeffrey Tipton's blog of the expedition, Surviving L.A.
News Coverage Prior to the Expedition
July 23, 2008. Comments from Press Conference at City Hall
In the Editorial pages, the controversy continues with "A Watershed Moment"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2008. Boaters Plan Descent of “Non-navigable” River Los Angeles River Expedition 2008
On KCRW's "Which Way, L.A.?" the fate of the river is discussed — "Navigating the Law and the LA River"— by Colonel Thomas Magness, Commander, Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; David Beckman, Senior Council with the Natural Resources Defense Council; and George Wolfe, LaLa Times Editor — and LA River Expedition member.
And in the Los Angeles Times Editorial pages, the controversy continues with "A Watershed Moment"
