News of the Arroyo - 1998

Conservancy coalition in the works December 28, 1998 -- A coalition of 30 San Gabriel Valley cities has begun talks to create a conservancy to protect the riverbeds and hillsides in an area stretching from Pasadena to Claremont.

The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments is hoping to model the new agency after the powerful Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, which acquires and preserves property and distributes millions of dollars worth of park funding.

The new entity could serve as a clearinghouse for public and private grants to restore and protect the San Gabriel River and its tributaries, as well as the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena.

There's No Future for Flood Channel Monday, October 12, 1998 -- With the city about to contract for a comprehensive study of Pasadena's 14-mile section of the Arroyo Seco, local environmentalists are afraid that city officials will back away from plans to remove the massive concrete flood channel lining it since the 1940s.
Marketing bottled city water springs up Monday, August 31, 1998 -- Pasadena's own Arroyo Seco could soon be a source for the latest in designer-style bottled spring water.

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