October 2015
Celebrate Hahamongna Nursery Sunday, Nov. 1st!
Join us for Twilight at Hahamongna Nursery. This festive gathering will feature tours of the nursery, light refreshments, music and a silent auction.
The plants grown at Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery are not only drought tolerant, but they also are native to our region. The seeds were gathered in the Arroyo Seco and will be uniquely suited to thrive within the Arroyo. Nursery stock will support the habitat restoration elements of the Arroyo Seco Canyon Project.
Twilight at Hahamongna Nursery Invitation
Help ASF Win $100,000: Bring Back the River!
We need your help in our campaign to Bring Back the River and restore the Arroyo Seco and the greater Los Angeles River Watershed! LA 2050 in conjunction with the Goldhirsh Foundation is providing ten $100,000 grants to fund community organizations throughout Los Angeles.
Between October 20th and November 3rd, you can vote for the Arroyo Seco Foundation and others in a burgeoning campaign to build a sustainable vision of Los Angeles in 2050. Our goal is to organize Arroyo Seco communities to support the Army Corps of Engineers Plan to restore the Arroyo Seco Stream. This grant will also support our nursery at Hahamongna Watershed Park and help us restore the ecosystem with native plants. To learn more about the Bring Back the River campaign and voting, click here:
Discuss | VOTE | Bring Back the River
The Arroyo Seco Canyon Project – Stretching Vitally Needed Local Water Supplies
Droughts are powerful teachers, and the current California drought has brought powerful lessons. Perhaps the most important is that we need to do everything we can to stretch local water supplies. That’s what the Arroyo Seco Canyon Project is all about. The Canyon project will enhance local water resources by improving Pasadena’s intake on the Arroyo Seco stream and the spreading basins that allow the water to percolate into the local groundwater basin for later use. The Canyon Project, a partnership between Pasadena Water & Power Department and the Arroyo Seco Foundation, is an integrated project that will also provide tremendous benefits for the habitat and aquatic life in the Arroyo.
On June 1, 2015, the Pasadena City Council unanimously approved an environmental study detailing the project’s scope, impacts and benefits. Since then a group called Project Soliton has filed a lawsuit challenging some aspects of the project. We believe the project has been carefully prepared and the environmental issues involved have been diligently studied. We look forward to moving ahead with the Arroyo Canyon Project soon.
Arroyo Seco Canyon Project
Let’s Reduce Styrofoam and Plastic Waste
The Arroyo Seco Foundation has been sponsoring cleanups of the Arroyo stream for many years. When our volunteers pick up the trash and debris that clogs the stream, one of the main constituents is always Styrofoam. Pasadena has adopted a Zero Waste policy and is now considering a ban on certain types of polystyrene (Styrofoam) containers. The City Council will vote on an ordinance to ban Styrofoam food and beverage containers in December. Ninety three California jurisdictions already have some form of Styrofoam ban in effect. If you live in Pasadena, please contact your City Council member and urge them to support the ban and other stiff measures to reduce plastic waste.
Sign the Petition | Pasadena Council Contacts
Arroyo Seco Calendar
Your guide to special events related to the Arroyo Seco, the Los Angeles River,
the San Gabriel Mountains, and key environmental issues in our region.
News of the Arroyo
An archive of news stories about and related to life in the Arroyo Seco.
Click on the title link to read the entire story.
| Forest Service, Rep. Chu to hold one-year celebration of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument | October 14, 2015 - There will be a celebration Friday of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, but we're still waiting for the expansion of the monument to include all the gems of the Angeles National Forest including the Arroyo Seco. | Will El Nino 'solve' drought? Not if the rain falls in Southern California | October 5, 2015 - Provides commentary on the projected El Nino conditions and the implications it will have on water reservoirs across the state. | Op-Ed Lewis MacAdams: Give the L.A. River a seat at the Olympic negotiating table | October 1, 2015 - Lewis MacAdams and FOLAR want in on the planning for the Olympic Games village to ensure that it provides multiple advantages for the LA River. - - | California kicks in $25 million toward LA's 'crown jewel' riverfront land buy | September 28, 2015 - California will kick in $25 million for the purchase of a key parcel along the LA River in Cypress Park. | Don’t let El Niño fears increase Big Dig at Devil’s Gate | September 24, 2015 - The Pasadena Star-News and the San Gabriel Valley Newspapers takes a sound and sensible approach to flood management, unmoved by all the scare tactics and rumbling from the County Flood Control Districts. |
| County officials oversee debris removal at Devil's Gate Dam | September 18, 2015 - The LA County Flood Control district is removing a small amount of sediment from Devil's Gate Dam in preparation for winter storm. - |
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