The spirit of Earth Day got a jump start April 15 when trash cleaners detoured around endangered birds on L.A. River.
Just days before the annual event to remove tons of trash from the river, Friends of the Los Angeles River got big news from California Department of Fish and Game: rare endangered birds not seen along the river in years, known as Least Bell’s vireos, were nesting on the river and standing in way of the annual cleanup on April 15, 2023.A small gray bird, the Least Bell’s vireo winters in Baja California and other parts of Mexico, and migrates north to California in the spring.
The cleanup days, which continue on April 22 in certain locales, are part of the group’s 33rd annual event conducted on two dates at seven sites along the 51-mile-long river. The river begins in Canoga Park, runs through the San Fernando Valley, Elysian Valley, Downtown L.A., and Gateway Cities and empties into the ocean in Long Beach.
Dennis Mabasa talks to the volunteers before the clean-up began. Friends of the LA River held a clean-up on a trail alongside the Los Angeles River on Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Van Nuys. The event was part of the group’s 33rd annual event conducted on two dates and seven sites along the 51-miles of the Los Angeles River.
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