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Supervisor's Race Could Be Key to Big DigElection Day in November could have a big impact on LA County's Big Dig Plan for Hahamongna. There's sure to be big changes when the new board takes their seats in January. How will Mike Antonovich's successor come down on the Flood Control District's devastating $100 million plan for Devil's Gate Dam in Hahamongna Watershed Park? His veteran chief of staff Katherine Barger is facing off against entrepreneur Darrell Park. Will either of these candidate show the leadership to broker a long-term, sustainable sediment management plan that can protect Hahamongna and our neighborhoods from environmental destruction while providing flood protection. Or will the new supervisor simply rubber-stamp the 400+ double-bedded, diesel-spewing trucks per day for the next five years to clog our streets and neighborhoods and permanently destroy the Arroyo streamzone? That's a question that voters in the Fifth Supervisorial District deserve to have answered. Ask the candidates where they stand: Kathryn Barger | Darrell Park |
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Hahamongna Is Our Environmental LegacyWhy is Hahamongna so special? Why are so many people working hard to protect this rare natural treasure? Tim Brick, Managing Director of the Arroyo Seco Foundation, provides some of the history to the Pasadena City Council on December 9, 2013 in comments about the Los Angeles County Flood Control District's Big Dig sediment trucking program. "This is our environmental legacy. This is the test of our commitment to sustainability." |
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Hurry Up and WaitThe US Army Corps of Engineers Arroyo Seco Ecosystem Study, which has been underway for more than 15 years, has again been delayed. USACE officials now say that they will release the "Tentatively Selected Plan" for Arroyo Seco ecosystem restoration in October, although there has been little stakeholder input or participation in the plan being developed. County officials promised that local agencies and stakeholders will have the opportunity to developed a "Locally Preferred Alternative," such as the Alternative 20 plan adopted by the City of Los Angeles for the LA River Corps program. ASF has recently written a letter to Congressman Adam Schiff expressing concerns about the lack of public participation and that continued delays in the study could lead to cancellation of the Arroyo Seco program." |
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San Gabriel Mountains Monument Draft Plan ReleasedThe Angeles National Forest has released the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Draft Management Plan & Environmental Assessment for public review. The document is available here: Draft Management Plan & Environmental Assessment The Monument Management Plan starts on page 169; the deadline for comments has not yet been announced, but it is expected to be near the end of September. |
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We Are Grateful to Patagonia for their Generous Support of Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery |
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News of the ArroyoAn achive of news stories about and related to life in the Arroyo Seco.Click on the title link to read the story.
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