You may have seen it on the news or in a Hollywood car chase — the concrete channel known as the Los Angeles River. Most people think of it as “that box channel off the freeway.” The flood-control channel has been considered a possible alternative route to clear up clogged freeways, but is now being considered for a more natural use. Conservationists from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy would like to turn the fifty-one mile waterway into a federal wildlife sanctuary. It will take millions of federal dollars to buy up the land along the concrete waterway and destroy some … Continue reading →