| Our mission | We build capacity for communities, students, and future leaders to advocate for nature, climate, and equity on the Los Angeles River. |
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Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR)
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Earth With Us 2023: The Great LA River CleanupContinuing our 30+ year tradition of the Great LA River CleanUp, Earth With Us will mobilize thousands of Angelenos to learn about and restore the Los Angeles River at various locations along its 51 miles. FoLAR will host River CleanUps, nature walks, habitat restoration, River education activities, and more on April 15th and April 22nd. Gloves, trash bags, tools, and water will be provided on-site. Sign up for FREE on FoLAR's Eventbrite starting on March 14, 2023!Monthly Habitat Restoration DayJoin FoLAR, California Native Plant Society, and San Fernando Valley Audubon Society for a fun-filled morning of habitat restoration at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve!With the help of CNPS, volunteers will remove invasive plants like mustard weed and learn about the importance of restoring Southern California's native habitat. After weeding, participants join the SFV Audubon Society on a nature walk around the reserve, seeing many of the 200+ bird species that frequent the reserve through the binoculars provided. Monthly habitat restoration with FoLAR occurs every fourth Saturday from 8am-11am, and volunteers may sign up through our linked Eventbrite page. |
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| How you help | FoLAR thrives thanks to the support of our volunteers. Just in 2022, volunteers removed over 50,000 pounds of trash from the River during our annual Great LA River CleanUp, and restored tens of acres of native habitat at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve through our Monthly Habitat Restoration Day. We hope you’ll join us at Monthly Habitat Restoration Day or Earth With Us: The Great LA River CleanUp to increase our impact on the LA River in 2023! |
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| About us | Founded in 1986, Friends of the Los Angeles River is a 501c3 nonprofit organization building a diverse and long-lasting LA River movement through K-12 education, community engagement, and policy and advocacy. With the support of River Advocates like you, we can make our vision a reality: a verdant Los Angeles River that supports vulnerable communities in climate adaptation and is transformed into a dynamic, functioning ecosystem that reduces flood risk, cleans the air, cools temperatures, and supports the biodiversity essential to our collective wellbeing. |
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FoLAR's 33rd Annual #LARiver CleanUp is officially OPEN for registration! 📣 From River CleanUps & Habitat Restoration to Nature Walks & Education Activities, CleanUp 2023 has something for everyone 💚 Come #EarthWithUs this April. Register today 👇
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T-minus 4 days until registration for CleanUp 2023 is open! 💚 & did you know that this year there will be several sites with #education activities?! Come #EarthWithUs this Apr. 15 & 22 🌎 Browse sites & follow us on Eventbrite to be the first to register: http://ow.ly/Ax2z50NfFU8
“We don’t believe that nature-based solutions and safety are mutually exclusive.” Listen to FoLAR CEO Candice Dickens-Russell on one of @kcrw's latest Greater LA podcast episodes – Where is LA River headed as floods become more unpredictable? 👇
Where is LA River headed as floods become more unpredictable?
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/flood-storm-senate/la-river-flood
Dates for CleanUp 2023 are HERE 🤩 & this year we have a special celebration planned in honor of Earth Month, with even more opportunities to connect with the #LARiver 🌎 Registration opens on Mar. 10 & 14. Come #EarthWithUs this year. Learn more today 👇https://folar.org/cleanup-2023-earth-with-us/