News of the Arroyo


Title:

Afternoon Ceremony Kicks Off Arroyo Stream Clean-Up

Subtitle:

Improvements include devices to prevent trash from polluting streams

Date:

2008-01-16

Summary:

January 16, 2008 - The Central Arroyo restoration program could be a model for urban management of water quality and streams.

Author:

Staff Reports | Photos by Terry Miller

Publication:

Pasadena Now

Content:

Baby Trout and Arroyo Chub are to reintroduced to the stream



Mayor Bill Bogaard and others plant a tree



A family of ducks swims by



A $2.5 million restoration project is afoot to clean up the Central Arroyo Stream. Officials said this effort will soon become a model for cleaning up waterways in the urban areas.

The task will include stream habitat enhancements, runoff treatment and devices that prevent trash from polluting streams.

The Central Arroyo Stream Restoration Program begans this month with a public ceremony Wednesday at the Parker Mayberry Bridge below the Colorado Street Bridge.

During the event, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and Arroyo Seco Foundation volunteers planted the first of many new trees planned for the Central Arroyo while visitors watch from the bridge above.

Two aquariums were be placed on the bridge, each with two native Arroyo Seco fish species that will be reintroduced to the stream: a trout and an Arroyo Chub. Visitors had an opportunity to sign up to volunteer for the restoration program.

The Central Arroyo Stream Restoration Program is a watershed management effort that includes restoration of 20 acres of the Arroyo stream north between Devil’s Gate Dam and the Colorado Street Bridge, removing invasive non-native plants, and cleaning up storm water flowing into the Arroyo.

The parking lot at the south end of Brookside Park will be enhanced with trees and landscaped areas designed to clean up runoff, and the equestrian trail through the area will be improved.

A major goal of the project is to restore stream and habitat conditions for the reintroduction of the Arroyo Chub, a native fish that once lived in the Arroyo Seco stream.

A partnership of the city of Pasadena and Arroyo Seco Foundation with funding provided by the California Water Resources Control Board, the Central Arroyo Stream Restoration Program will educate other government agencies on the best methods to clean up streams and rivers in urban areas.

Design and construction services are provided by CDM, a nationally respected engineering firm. The stream and parking lot improvements complement Pasadena’s Central Arroyo Master Plan (CAMP) efforts now underway.

Designed to restore natural park areas and facilities, CAMP has already implemented several projects including 20 acres of habitat and stream restoration, the new John Crowley Trail along Salvia Canyon Road, restoration of picnic facilities and five trails leading into Brookside Park, a new fitness trail and a new playground in Brookside Park.

The next projects to be implemented from CAMP include an additional new children’s playground in Brookside Park, ongoing rehabilitation of historic stone walls and paths, and improvements to the recreational loop around the Rose Bowl.

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