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2:21 _"California's greatest drought on record lasted 6 years"_ Do you not know how to do research? The Fresno Bee June 16, 1994: State has suffered 2 'epic' droughts, researcher reports. Article says one was 200 years and the other was 140 years.
@@Circle_of_the_Earth Absolutely a good thing to restore the river. But the state shouldn't have stopped the storm water collection system they had under construction.
@@glidercoach Do you understand what the phrase "on record" means? Apparently not, so here's a review, "On record: officially measured and noted." The article you site is looking at ancient droughts which, in that particular case, are measured by looking at tree trunks and with radiocarbon dating. There was no one around recording daily weather and climate patterns in those droughts. You also do not seem to understand what the word drought means in this case. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, there are 4 types of droughts: 1) meteorological, 2) hydrological, 3) agricultural, and 4) socioeconomic. The video is referring to hydrological drought that occurs when low water supply becomes evident, especially in streams, reservoirs, and groundwater levels. This is very different from the ancient droughts referred to in the article which are meteorological. In other words, a time when there was less water than normal. I think the one who needs to learn how to do research is you. BTW, the longest drought on record lasted 7 years from 1928-1934 according to the United States Geological Survey.
I grew up in LA, and that "river" was always an eyesore and littered with trash! This is a win-win situation that I hope spreads quickly to other communities!!
@@noahshields507 Littered with trash, that means the waterway or concrete ditch has garbage such as cans, bottles and other shit, you know LITTER!!🤯. You are definitely from California.
I'm actually shocked how long it took the 2nd largest city in the country which happens to be in a hardcore blue state with the most strictest green laws in the nation to finally do this. This has been an eyesore for almost a century and it is something that is not new at all. Seoul removed an entire freeway to restore their stream almost 20 years ago.
Actually, it's right on the money for California and LA specifically imo. The most self centered people pretending to give a shit about the environment lol. At this point, the states flag should just be a picture of people patting themselves on the back.
If the La river didn't exist like it did, we wouldn't have footage of the Terminator driving a semi down it. And I wouldn't change that for anything. The LA river as it is, is very iconic even if it is ugly
This is what Cincinnati has done with the Mill Creek. As the name suggests it was basically used a an outdoor sewer for mills, meat slaughterhouses and Procter Gamble who rendered fat from the slaughterhouses into soap. When I was a kid in the 60s it literally flowed orange. They've spent decades restoring it to a natural environment.
@@Esteban_Herrera it served lots of purposes. It provided overflow for the Miami Erie Canal. It was where all the water from the area I-75 now occupies drained to the Ohio River.
It's really good to see this happening. I live in San Diego and here we have the 52-mile long San Diego River. Thankfully, it was never culverted or "concreted" like this. Instead, they simply made the natural banks much steeper and allowed natural vegetation to remain. The challenge here is to remove the non-native invasive plants. Hopefully, the LA River will get to that point as well once it reaches a restoration stage where that becomes the focus.
Since Long Beach is the last city where the river ends, when it rains, it sells over 10 feet. I live near the banks of the river and it is much needed or else it will flood the area. I have a video on my Channel that shows this when it rains.
@@jaykeen7163 And this is why the lowand rivers need wide riparian zone even in cities. And not to build the properties, roads close to the river banks. Good water management strategy is also to build some side river arms with polders and to collect the water in the upper hills (in trenches, bunds, swales). For example Maharashtra in India have long project to restore country beacause it suffer the drought. There come monsoon each year but the country until 2015 didnt collect almost no water. So people there started to dig in the hills thousands of water collecting elements.
Wonderful news, Australia has also started doing this in urban areas that had concreted streams into drainage canals. The results are spectacular, increasing property values, cooling the areas, and bringing wildlife back to the suburbs.
And imagine how bad it will be when those trees start piling up against the bridges and overpasses. The channels are fast for a reason, to allow as much water to exit the area as possible to prevent flooding. Feel free to look up the San Fernando Flood of 1938, where over 110 were killed and communities from Van Nuys and North Hollywood all the way to Compton and Long Beach were largely wiped off the map.
I am living close to a river revitalization project in Innbruck, Austria. Since about a dozen of years, the Inn river gets filled with large boulders and small islands, to create backwater basins as fish nurseries, and to add oxygen to the water by creating small waterfalls and vortices. It's really nice to walk down to the river bank and just sit there and watch the waves.
Northeastern Illinois and Chicago have been removing channels and restoring wetlands since the 1980s. The army corps engineers seemed to have a war on river and other waterways. Channel,levees,dams, diverting and draining waterways got very common after the Hoover dam was built.
In the 19th and the 20th century, the prevailing idea was that men can conquer nature with steel and cement. Conquering rivers was prevalent as well in my state of Minnesota. it holds so little ecological value it’s insane.
@@longforgotten4823 lmfao it wasn't built for the animals... just wait until another major flood happens and millions die. people like you are so short sighted its hilarious
there were good reasons for it, once in a while LA gets a huge amount of rain, and there was flooding. this approach looks better though, keeping that capacity but letting it go more natural
It's a monumentally stupid idea!! In case you haven't heard the (desert) WEST IS UNDER RECORD DROUGHT and FIRE CONDITIONS and this is NEVER going to improve.
@@cmonz9 it was designed extremely poorly, and it’s really too spread out for a city of its size. It should look like of NYC given it’s population but it looks like it could be some random city in the Midwest with only 600k people, even though it has 4 million. Cities in the Midwest don’t have as big of problems with homelessness and infrastructure. LA is also horrible about public transportation which just makes their horrible traffic worse.
The clips for this video were VERY LAZILY grabbed and put together. I rarely comment about that kind of thing, but this time around, it's far too common to see in it not to mention, and I'm not even done watching it. From the use of clips of Times Square in NYC while it's about LA and saying the San Fransico valley when it is San Fernando valley, to the use of clips that do not at all fit what is being spoken about, with the worst offenders being the two clips when referring to Steelhead. Both of those were not even Salmonids. One looked to be a sucker of some kind, the other (latter one) was a Common Carp, which is a type of Goldfish.
Yes! Keep up the good work. When I visited or lived in LA in my early years I remember that sad feeling I got whenever I crossed what was then an ugly sewer. I’d love to stop back there sometime and see NATURE returning. 🌴 🦋 🌳 🐝 🌸
They should also plant fruit trees, bushes near the river edge. Free for anyone or any animals to eat. Plants also cool the environment vs the concrete that stores heat.
I heard about this plan over a decade ago, or probably longer. I had no idea it started. I’m really happy to hear about it. I don’t live in Cali any longer but still, it’s a great move. Congrats
The river sits dry much of the year, we have tributary in our back yard. In the winter it rains for a couple months so it is raging at that time. Then the puddles stay for a couple months and the mosquitos thrive. The water usage upstream would have to stop in order to keep water flowing.
Btw: it has been shown that this can work! The Emscher River in Germany was re-converted from a heavily dammed flow of wastewater to clean water some of the most sensitive fish have already been sighted in. They gave it way more flooding space to use in case of flooding, which helped to significantly reduce a recent flood.
" more flooding space" That's what's forgotten in LA. They are filling part of the concrete basin with sand, stone and plants. In one of the plans they use over half of the current space for a park. That's asking for trouble.
I am so pleased to see this. We have something similar to this in Arcata located in Humboldt Count California .The Arcata Marsh is a component of the City's wastewater treatment facility. Arcata has turned wastewater into a resource by integrating conventional wastewater treatment with the natural treatment processes of constructed wetlands. Arcata's creative solution was to rebuild nature. The city formed a plan to combine a sewage treatment plant with man-made marshes. Just as nature's wetlands filter pollutants out of water, these constructed marshes could clean the city's wastewater before it made its way to the bay. Good Luck LA!! I am SO routing for you!! This is really great news...It REALLY is! 🙌
I'm from Arcata too! The marsh is not only a useful part of the cities wastewater system, but it's popular area for residents and visitors to walk/run/ride there's a boat ramp to access the Humboldt Bay. Plus the marsh is loaded with wildlife! Several bird species, other critters like raccoons, opossum, deer etc. I've even seen some turtles and a family of otters living in the marsh as well! It's truly a fantastic place for the community, and our animal neighbors. Hundreds of people use the trails daily and people are very mindful and treat the area with respect, rarely will you find discarded trash along the road, parking lots, trails, observation huts, or in the water. The Arcata Marsh is a wonderful place in so many ways 🦅🐦🦢🦩🦫🐿️🦨🦡🐢🐸🐇🦆🐟🦐🦀🐙🐬🦋🐞🐝🐚🦗🐕🦺🐎🏃🌎🌲
For years my parents and I always drove up and down the 5 FWY where this reforestation event occurred. In the summer of 2021, my friends and I (all former cross-country runners) decided to return to crystal springs, the park right next to the river. I just remember one of the days we were there I said why don't we run along the river and we did just that. I just kept thinking about how different and how better the area looked with all the vegetation compared to all the hardscape that the river usually is.
I’m from the Netherlands, and we doing something in the same spirit called room for the river. The main rivers in our country getting their natural area back.
What a great video and YES we need to see much more rever rehabilitation not only in LA but everywhere, and hats off to the people of LA for the beautiful job they have done with the LA rever.
I use to live near bike line access. I was excited for opening. How ever. I started to spot on encampment under pass and finding disposal needle on the “athletic equipment “, I have stop going. It’s great effort to build something. There are dog poop bags dispenser But, never Refull. Expense of maintenance, and keeping security in another issue. It’s nice to join when there is an event. I hope the activity would continue in better ways. Thank you for future community efforts. Keep digging in deeper issues underneath.
WOW, I know this place from films and games but I would have never imagined that this is an actual river! I always thought it's some sort of a system for the urban waste transfer. I'm happy to see people are trying to restore it! I hope they succeed!
That is how the Santa Catarina river works in my city "Monterrey". For many years the government had build on the river making go karts tracks, football fields, parks, and cycle tracks, but everytime there was a hurricane it would end up all destroyed. So no they just let the river form by its own and it looks so beautiful and is full trees and birds now.
Grew up in the south bay in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Loved going to the old Marineland, fishing the coves, views of Catalina the harbor and L.A., hanging out along the cliffs & open spaces, and picnicking with girlfriends at Point Fermin. Always told myself one day I'd live on the peninsula. Got married & ended up in Palisades but never lost my love of Palos Verdes.
Great video I never even knew it was an actual river I always just thought it was a concrete drain for the city this is a step in the right direction thank you 🙏to all the people who have put their time into making this back the way it should be🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I heard that before LA was a city, sections of that river existed solely underground (except when it rained). I believe it. I used to hike along a stream in the hills down there, and sections of it were underground. It's kinda weird to follow a flowing stream to a dead end and see it reemerge further downstream. I get the feeling that those in charge of this restoration won't recognize that aspect of the river's original state. I think they'll be forced to as climate change proceeds.
Oh u don’t think the geologist and ecologists with decades of expirence and education won’t think about that aspect ? Come on now bud ur not showing ur intelligence
I haven’t looked into the history of the LA river yet, but I do know there are actually rivers running underground in Southern California. There’s examples in The Death Valley area.
I doubt any of the lower stretches of river were ever like that, if they were Steelhead trout would not have migrated up it from the ocean, they were catching Steelhead as late as the 1930's in the LA River, maybe some of the far upper reaches were like that but not the sections through Long Beach and LA
After the New Year's Flood, they created the concrete washes along stream channels and low areas to handle the runoff from the mountains, especially after major fires in the mountains.
I love this!!!! I grew up in Temple City, suburb of L.A., during the smoggy years, I mean REALLY smoggy- as a kid it felt like tiny knives in my chest walking home from our high schools pool on HOT summer days. Before the cadalydic converters ( God bless it’s inventor- a green solution that actually WORKED!). The “river” was ugly- dirty, filthy… I thought it was a rain water run off - had NO idea it was originally an actual river - it’s tragic what settlers and developers did to the region all I’m sure in the name of quick cash… This redevelopment/restoration project is WONDERFUL!!! I’m not one to donate to green projects ( always limited on $), but this is one I’d love to donate and participate in. Too bad I’m in Seattle now.. thank you! To the people involved!
I remember PE being cancelled for smog cause couldn't even see Mt. Baldy right behind us and forget about being stuck in traffic and couldn't breath. Thank goodness for the strict emission laws that people complain about lol.
@@johna.4334 The restoration of the river is a good thing. But you don't stop the rainwater runoff collection system. Especially in a drought prone area you need to collect as much as possible.
There are some efforts underway, but too slow for my tastes. On several streets adjacent to the river, the traditional storm drains have been supplemented with permeable pavement and bioswales along side streets to capture runoff before it gets dumped into the river. And if I’m not mistaken, most if not all of the river-adjacent LA Zoo’s parking lot is now permeable and bioswaled.
The last run of wild Steelhead Trout was in 1957... I grew up near the San Gabriel River very familiar with the LA River... always seen kids fishing just north of LA couple miles...I really hope they bring a natural cycle to it again... And keep care of it! THAT would be wonderful... Just a little help will go a long way!✌️ Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️
Sorry, but did you mean to say The San Fernando Valley? I do not know any San Francisco Valley, Unless, I have slipped dimensions, There is a mistake somewhere? Thanks, peace.
@@johna.4334 Not asking for perfection, just making sure I understand what is being said. I am making sure my information is not correct. I did not ask as a put-down or complaint. I understand voiceovers make mistakes. peace.
Amazing! Here in Madrid, we had the M-30 project that recovered the Manzanares River in to a Huge laser area connecting and integrating neighborhoods that once were considered extra radio into the main city. It's beautiful.
Long overdue. LA grew so fast and it got so industrial looking. Good to see some efforts to soften the look of the city from just solid concrete. I live in Sacramento now and both the American and Sacramento rivers are much more full of water than the LA River but they are not all concrete. They are more natural looking and fish habitat is somewhat more restored (though there are dams). The riverbank levies here have nice bike paths on top for residents to cycle on or walk and it is a huge park. It’ll be great if LA residents can take back or recreate more green spaces. Rivers are highlights of many cities from Paris to London. LA may not have that much water but it still can do better than a concrete canal.
The LA river was developed to prevent flooding and deaths resulting from the monsoonal rain storms LA experiences off and on. It was designed to save lives and property. Now "we" want fill it with "greenspace" and reclaim the area. What happens when that next monsoon hits, that atmospheric river that fills the 50+ mile system to the brim, and that system's efficiency is cut in half or more by clogging the flow with trees, soil and "wildlife"? Imagine a log jam flooding over into cities along the riverbed. Years ago it was proposed to turn the paved river bed into a freeway. Common sense ruled then. Now the eco-activist's want to "fundamentally transform" this lifesaving concrete channel into an ecologically sound area. Imagine the volume of eco-activists shouting when their homes are washed away. Maybe we would be better served by paving over the riverbed, converting it to a massive underground tunnel and using the surface area for solar energy, wind energy, another freeway or rapid transit system. Hell, we could build apartment high-rises to house more folks on the govt dole.
This is a terrific endeavor for the city of LA. Not only will it restore nature in a city that abolished it decades ago, but it will also serve as an inspiration and a lesson plan for other urban communities.
In the mid-70s, as a child residing in the Los Feliz area, I recall visiting the river with my friends to search for frogs and other wildlife. We reached the riverbed by climbing over a fence adjacent to a steel bridge that spanned over the river and eventually led to a soccer field at Griffith Park.
Here in Canberra Australia the government has been changing a large amount of stormwater and drainage by adding ponds, artificial cataracts and reedbeds to help provide natural habitat for wildlife and clean up the water running back into the river systems Canberra being an inland city
First, high costs were incurred to lock the river in a concrete corset. And now costs are again caused to turn this around again. I think the advantage in the meantime was not so high.
When a river is a "problem" because it floods urban zones and there's no other option than to guide, instead of using concrete is always way better to use rocks without any type of cement, just placed against each others, this allows permeability and is easier to create vegetation islands.
@Acceleration Quanta You are constantly consuming vegetation, every time you breathe it is vegetation you are consuming, so your comment means there should be more vegetation to consume, which is a great way of thinking dude. You are a treehuger for sure.
@Acceleration Quanta It is part of vegetation. So thank you for loving vegetation so much. Your comment made it clear you want way more vegetation. Cow's milk is not cow, but you need the cow.
They were catching Steelhead trout coming up from the ocean in the LA river as late the early 1930's EDIT apparently they even had Chinook Salmon in the LA river which is shocking
similar is happening in other CA cities. a lot of restoration and natural conservation is happening using a mix of natural elements within the newly and restored infrastructures. hope to see more mentioning of other cities improvements like this soon.
This will just fill up with more homeless encampments. I do support this being done, however if there ever are any more large El Niño rain events, this new setup may not allow water to flow fast enough to avoid flooding. I remember in the 90's that the San Gabriel riverbed, which is very similar to the LA Riverbed was inches from flooding over. It was something to see.
I love the homeless people more than wicked greedy people, I'm working on imitating Jesus 🤷♂️ and I know what 1 John 5 verse 19 says about this system that has to go.
You forgot to mention the partnership program for the re-construction project for the LA-River from the city of Munich! Because the government in Los Angeles has decided to get the people from Munich into the boat who have made the re-design for the river Isar in the middle of the city of Munich! These engineers, biologists and others of the project here in Munich want to help them in this process and project because of their knowledge and skills in these matters! Look only at the river Isar what these people had accomplished in this case with the river Isar and you all together will be very astonished about it! That's it!
My grandfather used to fish in the LA river in the 1930’s before they cemented it. When I was little my grandmother used to tell me there was a river where the 110 freeway is now. I was a little kid and didn’t know what she was talking about at the time.
LA is naturally desert. The widest point in the Great American Desert starts in Abilene, Texas and continues west all the way to the Pacific Ocean at Los Angeles. By contrast, at the Grand Coulee Dam, in Washington State, the GAD is only 100 miles wide.
@@pjaro77 Well throughout the GAD, there are elongated riparian oases and sky islands, and the city of LA itself corresponds to several of these. Definitely agree on the irresponsible use of water though.
I’ve been working with FOLAR as a volunteer with my family for 12 years helping to clean up the LA River. Every year it gets cleaner and more natural, but we still have a long way to go!
The LA river runs through San Fernando Valley not San Francisco Valley. You've also failed to mention that several 'rights' organizations are fighting the re-wilding of the LA River because they believe it will lead to gentrification and effect their property values while other groups are fighting it because the concrete pit in several stretches are used as homeless camps.
It is a great idea! I have walked next to the river in the Glendale and Griffith Park area! The river looks great there but there is still some foul smell from the water. The water quality and the pollution should be improved!
Primary purpose of the L.A. river is to protect people and property from flooding. This past week, L.A. has hit by another atmospheric river which lasted two days. The usually near dry channel was a raging river which scoured the bottom of the concrete channel clean. It worked as designed. Removing concrete channels is a bad idea.
Thank you for this really great video. Cincinnati is working on the Lick Run project which is restoring a creek to deal with water runoff better in an urban area. There is a Mill Creek project to restore that river. This is a great thing to do.
It’s a combination of things. For one, the river is still channelized - you’ll notice the walls are still concrete - to allow for major flows if needed. Moreover, since the river was channelized, more major flood control infrastructure has been built to allow for far better control of urban runoff and storm water - enough that the flow of the LA River can be controlled far more effectively than when it was first channelized, when the goal was less about controlling runoff and more about getting it to the ocean as fast as possible.
It looks like they are trying to relearn a very painful lesson. All the concrete used when my parents built their house in Montrose, in the 1940s and early 1950s, was made with sand dug from the ten foot or more thick layer of sand right under the surface of our yard.
@@kilodeltaeight Urban runoff is not the problem. When two or three days of heavy rain follow a major fire in the mountains north of the La Crescenta/ La Canada valley, nothing holds back the flow of water and mud from the mountains. Anything interrupting the flow of water from the mountains to the LA River can lead to flooding.
I would think the river itself would be less susceptible to flooding in a natural state with vegetation and natural ground cover like rocks sand etc the majority of the flooding takes place on a concrete areas and the cement roadways where the water is unable to be absorbed by the Earth as easily as it can be in a more natural way. Rain of course is unusual unfortunately in the Los Angeles area. But it does rain it's typically not much more than a few drops here and there or a light drizzle but occasionally (not nearly as often as we SO DESPERATELY NEED!!!) The city gets a good rain and when it does many areas experience flooding in the streets, la Lacks green space that can easily help absorb large quantity of water when all the water drains into the "river" which is basically a massive concrete drainage system. The water can't be absorbed by the ground therefore the chances of the river flooding is much more likely with a cement bottom and walls then it is with a natural riverbed and earth and vegetation on it's banks.
It sounds like there hasn't been a deadly or destructive flood near the L.A. river since it was built. Nice work and it is iconic! Thanks for da video, Mike in DFW
What do you do with hyper salinated(and other toxic minerals) left over? Are you aware of how it acts and what it does to ecosystems, or for that matter, anything else about it at all?
@@andyfletcher3561I'm still trying to figure out why they don't direct the brine to evaporation ponds to collect the salt for sale. (Sea salt is a thing, and generally marketed differently than normal rock salt) The city of Syracuse NY got its nickname of salt city from its salt industry based around doing exactly this with a salt water spring. The real issue with desalination is it converts energy into water, and in our society energy equals emissions, which equals climate change which further reduces naturally available water supplies.
Will it negate the reason for enclosing the river to began with. Hope it will not setup the condition to start flooding the neighborhoods again. Fingers crossed.
The Los Angeles river wasn’t covered in concrete it was LINED in concrete by the US Army corps of engineers for flood control which just a year or two ago was doing exactly that.
I would really like to see a hierarchy of priorities. Beautifying a river while gangs, crime, homelessness, excessive taxes, corruption, etc... go unchecked.
Wonderful, a huge new expanse of vegetation that NEEDS WATER to live, in a heavily populated area already under constant drought. And LA has a huge RAT PROBLEM!! And it's inevitable this plan will turn into an overgrown, littered entanglement of wet then dry drought stricken brush, perfect for RATS!
Right now, a torrent of water from the LA River just flows in to the sea. Just restoring the Riparian environment creates an aquifer, which of and by itself is a water source, but if done extremely well, it could even lead to/require the development of reservoirs, whether in the form of dams and lakes, or in the form of a tidal seaway whose upper reaches would be freshwater.
Ain't no reason to be worried about rats if you allow a decent habitat for their natural predators, like owls, hawks, buzzards, and foxes/raccoons/coyotes/mountain lions. Also lock up or properly seal your garbage. We have rivers and creeks all over western Washington, but no greater rat problem than any other major metro area, except for some parts of downtown Seattle or Tacoma where garbage with food is not properly disposed of.
I was born downtown LA in 1947 and lived in the suburbs until I was in my 20's. This is the most intelligent, positive and hopeful thing I've seen about SoCal in ages! Finally people are waking up to the fact that artificial interference in natural systems simply does not work. Humans are the segment of living populations that have the greatest control over their environment. Decisions that harm ecosystems and animal populations, will also harm us. We are also animals! Restoring water systems, as is being done in Tulare Lake, the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers and other places will potentially cool the climate, control flooding and preserve water resources. The gov. needs to buy out homes in flood plains and let them be buffer zones against disaster. It's about time!
Then harvest the water from buildings to soil underground, change the concrete/asphalt parking places to grass block pavers. Slow downs the runoff from hills in the trenches, barriers, bunds and swales.
It doesn't take much rain after a widespread fire in the mountains north of the La Crescenta/La Canada valley. Dams on streams in those mountains broke after a couple days of rain at the end of 1933. Concrete washes were built to handle the flow of runoff from the mountains.
How about the Santa Ana River all the way to the ocean all the tributaries property values with skyrocket equestrian trails fishing birds clean water trickling back into the soil groundwater once toilet water now is replenishing and giving life back to the mother Earth that we all live Santa Ana River Three counties get it on
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_"California's greatest drought on record lasted 6 years"_
Do you not know how to do research?
The Fresno Bee June 16, 1994:
State has suffered 2 'epic' droughts, researcher reports.
Article says one was 200 years and the other was 140 years.
@@glidercoach That’s even more reason to restore rivers and their surrounding nature :)
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Absolutely a good thing to restore the river. But the state shouldn't have stopped the storm water collection system they had under construction.
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@@glidercoach Do you understand what the phrase "on record" means? Apparently not, so here's a review, "On record: officially measured and noted." The article you site is looking at ancient droughts which, in that particular case, are measured by looking at tree trunks and with radiocarbon dating. There was no one around recording daily weather and climate patterns in those droughts.
You also do not seem to understand what the word drought means in this case. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, there are 4 types of droughts: 1) meteorological, 2) hydrological, 3) agricultural, and 4) socioeconomic. The video is referring to hydrological drought that occurs when low water supply becomes evident, especially in streams, reservoirs, and groundwater levels. This is very different from the ancient droughts referred to in the article which are meteorological. In other words, a time when there was less water than normal.
I think the one who needs to learn how to do research is you.
BTW, the longest drought on record lasted 7 years from 1928-1934 according to the United States Geological Survey.
I grew up in LA, and that "river" was always an eyesore and littered with trash! This is a win-win situation that I hope spreads quickly to other communities!!
We hope so too!
Fuck that where am I supposed to tag now? That river has been home to countless legendary hit ups for decades
Wdym littered with trash? U don’t know what ur talking about
@@noahshields507 Littered with trash, that means the waterway or concrete ditch has garbage such as cans, bottles and other shit, you know LITTER!!🤯. You are definitely from California.
@@noahshields507 Ahh just look up "LA river trash" and you will see plenty of evidence to back up my claim
I'm actually shocked how long it took the 2nd largest city in the country which happens to be in a hardcore blue state with the most strictest green laws in the nation to finally do this. This has been an eyesore for almost a century and it is something that is not new at all. Seoul removed an entire freeway to restore their stream almost 20 years ago.
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Seoul to LA is a stark contrast. much bigger.
Actually, it's right on the money for California and LA specifically imo. The most self centered people pretending to give a shit about the environment lol. At this point, the states flag should just be a picture of people patting themselves on the back.
Because it has nothing to do with being green.
If the La river didn't exist like it did, we wouldn't have footage of the Terminator driving a semi down it. And I wouldn't change that for anything. The LA river as it is, is very iconic even if it is ugly
This is what Cincinnati has done with the Mill Creek. As the name suggests it was basically used a an outdoor sewer for mills, meat slaughterhouses and Procter Gamble who rendered fat from the slaughterhouses into soap. When I was a kid in the 60s it literally flowed orange. They've spent decades restoring it to a natural environment.
Was it ever used for flood control? The LA river is. Not to say it wasn't used to dump things in. Great to here Mill Creek was restored.
I fish that creek every great once in awhile now aint bad lookin at all
@@Esteban_Herrera it served lots of purposes. It provided overflow for the Miami Erie Canal. It was where all the water from the area I-75 now occupies drained to the Ohio River.
@@christianjones1834 WOW!! I hope you don't eat them, 😆. I'm sure there are still heavy metals in there.
@@claudermiller Oh lord no lol just sport fishing, and I catch bait (like small bluegill) to use to catch bigger fish in the local rivers
I love that you show a clip of NY Times Square when you're describing urban pollution in LA :)
It's really good to see this happening. I live in San Diego and here we have the 52-mile long San Diego River. Thankfully, it was never culverted or "concreted" like this. Instead, they simply made the natural banks much steeper and allowed natural vegetation to remain. The challenge here is to remove the non-native invasive plants. Hopefully, the LA River will get to that point as well once it reaches a restoration stage where that becomes the focus.
Since Long Beach is the last city where the river ends, when it rains, it sells over 10 feet. I live near the banks of the river and it is much needed or else it will flood the area. I have a video on my Channel that shows this when it rains.
@@jaykeen7163 And this is why the lowand rivers need wide riparian zone even in cities. And not to build the properties, roads close to the river banks. Good water management strategy is also to build some side river arms with polders and to collect the water in the upper hills (in trenches, bunds, swales).
For example Maharashtra in India have long project to restore country beacause it suffer the drought. There come monsoon each year but the country until 2015 didnt collect almost no water. So people there started to dig in the hills thousands of water collecting elements.
". The challenge here is to remove the non-native invasive plants."
Don't make that mistake. Nativism is not Science!
In Minnesota, we try to fight invasive plants with hungry goats. It’s surprisingly effective.
@@longforgotten4823 won't goat strip all vegetation
Wonderful news, Australia has also started doing this in urban areas that had concreted streams into drainage canals. The results are spectacular, increasing property values, cooling the areas, and bringing wildlife back to the suburbs.
Wauw, that's great! 🌱
Green gentrification at its best!
I lived there in 70s. Never knew it was a river. Just thought it was a drainage Canal. Geeshh.
Amazing what folks accomplished! Well done!
Same! I lived there in the 30s
I always thought they were being facetious when people called it the “LA River”.
@@laflame5798 iN the THIRTIES?
@@laflame5798 tthat would make what like 92 years old??? im impressed you're on the internet
@@laflame5798 really?? Got any stories for us?
So glad it is being restored. During a heavy storm the water in concrete canals moves astonishingly fast, there’s always a few terrifying rescues.
And imagine how bad it will be when those trees start piling up against the bridges and overpasses. The channels are fast for a reason, to allow as much water to exit the area as possible to prevent flooding. Feel free to look up the San Fernando Flood of 1938, where over 110 were killed and communities from Van Nuys and North Hollywood all the way to Compton and Long Beach were largely wiped off the map.
Terminator 2s scene in the LA River is infinitely more iconic than the one in Grease.
Am 64yrs old.NEVER seen Grease.And l like Travolta/Newton-John! Don't know how many times seen T2.Seen Saturday Night Fever a bunch also.Just sayin.
these days its probably best known from gta
To me it will always be the scene in Grease. I had a crush on John Travolta when I was 10. 😍
That’s what I was thinking of!
Ok
I am living close to a river revitalization project in Innbruck, Austria. Since about a dozen of years, the Inn river gets filled with large boulders and small islands, to create backwater basins as fish nurseries, and to add oxygen to the water by creating small waterfalls and vortices. It's really nice to walk down to the river bank and just sit there and watch the waves.
Northeastern Illinois and Chicago have been removing channels and restoring wetlands since the 1980s. The army corps engineers seemed to have a war on river and other waterways. Channel,levees,dams, diverting and draining waterways got very common after the Hoover dam was built.
In the 19th and the 20th century, the prevailing idea was that men can conquer nature with steel and cement. Conquering rivers was prevalent as well in my state of Minnesota. it holds so little ecological value it’s insane.
Kissimmee Ditch was a prime example. But it wasn't the Corps that had it in for them, it was the locals.
The army corps of engineers destroyed ecosystems everywhere
@@longforgotten4823 lmfao it wasn't built for the animals... just wait until another major flood happens and millions die. people like you are so short sighted its hilarious
@@911WASanINSIDEjob420 damming rivers kills people too. Destroying ecosystems up and down the river system is not conducive with human life either.
Im actually shocked that anybody would think it was a good idea to encase an entire river in concrete. That's mad
there were good reasons for it, once in a while LA gets a huge amount of rain, and there was flooding. this approach looks better though, keeping that capacity but letting it go more natural
it was never intended to me a "river" it's a flood channel.
It was to reduce flooding. Did you watch the video? It’s just back then they didn’t think about droughts and they didn’t know what we do now.
Nah. Not “That’s mad.” /
mad as the army of engineers
This is a great idea--need more WATER and green spaces in LA!
We agree! 🌱
It's a monumentally stupid idea!! In case you haven't heard the (desert) WEST IS UNDER RECORD DROUGHT and FIRE CONDITIONS and this is NEVER going to improve.
Homeland have taken over LA river so
this city can’t even maintain it’s sidewalks or roads……
@@cmonz9 it was designed extremely poorly, and it’s really too spread out for a city of its size. It should look like of NYC given it’s population but it looks like it could be some random city in the Midwest with only 600k people, even though it has 4 million. Cities in the Midwest don’t have as big of problems with homelessness and infrastructure.
LA is also horrible about public transportation which just makes their horrible traffic worse.
The clips for this video were VERY LAZILY grabbed and put together. I rarely comment about that kind of thing, but this time around, it's far too common to see in it not to mention, and I'm not even done watching it. From the use of clips of Times Square in NYC while it's about LA and saying the San Fransico valley when it is San Fernando valley, to the use of clips that do not at all fit what is being spoken about, with the worst offenders being the two clips when referring to Steelhead. Both of those were not even Salmonids. One looked to be a sucker of some kind, the other (latter one) was a Common Carp, which is a type of Goldfish.
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Homie, not everyone likes to swallow shit like you do. @@SirDucky2000
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@@Yes-lq6id I do identify as a Pomeranian, that is true
Yeah I wondered about the San fransisco reference…
Lived in LA from 1975 to 1994 and Im so happy that this is happening.
Not sensational. If it doesn’t incite rage or sew division, it ain’t news worthy
Why did you leave?
@@Alvin_Vivian met someone special and started a family.
Yes! Keep up the good work. When I visited or lived in LA in my early years I remember that sad feeling I got whenever I crossed what was then an ugly sewer. I’d love to stop back there sometime and see NATURE returning. 🌴 🦋 🌳 🐝 🌸
They should also plant fruit trees, bushes near the river edge. Free for anyone or any animals to eat. Plants also cool the environment vs the concrete that stores heat.
the thing is pollutants exist soo yeah....that would contaminate the food
Yea you wouldn’t wanna say that fruit
Planting more trees is always a good idea :) 🌱
@@r22gamer54 So? You think that what you get from Wal-Mart is not sprayed?
@@Monroemanordogs I have no idea what this means?
I heard about this plan over a decade ago, or probably longer. I had no idea it started. I’m really happy to hear about it. I don’t live in Cali any longer but still, it’s a great move. Congrats
1.25 playback speed - thank me later
Perfect, good call
THANK U
I'm convinced this was his normal voice they just slowed it down to milk the length of video.
His voice irritates me
thank you bro
The river sits dry much of the year, we have tributary in our back yard. In the winter it rains for a couple months so it is raging at that time. Then the puddles stay for a couple months and the mosquitos thrive. The water usage upstream would have to stop in order to keep water flowing.
Beavers, the best engineers, prevent flooding.
Btw: it has been shown that this can work! The Emscher River in Germany was re-converted from a heavily dammed flow of wastewater to clean water some of the most sensitive fish have already been sighted in. They gave it way more flooding space to use in case of flooding, which helped to significantly reduce a recent flood.
" more flooding space" That's what's forgotten in LA. They are filling part of the concrete basin with sand, stone and plants. In one of the plans they use over half of the current space for a park. That's asking for trouble.
I am so pleased to see this. We have something similar to this in Arcata located in Humboldt Count California .The Arcata Marsh is a component of the City's wastewater treatment facility. Arcata has turned wastewater into a resource by integrating conventional wastewater treatment with the natural treatment processes of constructed wetlands. Arcata's creative solution was to rebuild nature. The city formed a plan to combine a sewage treatment plant with man-made marshes. Just as nature's wetlands filter pollutants out of water, these constructed marshes could clean the city's wastewater before it made its way to the bay. Good Luck LA!! I am SO routing for you!! This is really great news...It REALLY is! 🙌
most of the images shown in video were stock footage or concept art.. I live in that part of Glendale, it is not as amazing as they are selling it
I'm from Arcata too! The marsh is not only a useful part of the cities wastewater system, but it's popular area for residents and visitors to walk/run/ride there's a boat ramp to access the Humboldt Bay. Plus the marsh is loaded with wildlife! Several bird species, other critters like raccoons, opossum, deer etc. I've even seen some turtles and a family of otters living in the marsh as well! It's truly a fantastic place for the community, and our animal neighbors. Hundreds of people use the trails daily and people are very mindful and treat the area with respect, rarely will you find discarded trash along the road, parking lots, trails, observation huts, or in the water. The Arcata Marsh is a wonderful place in so many ways 🦅🐦🦢🦩🦫🐿️🦨🦡🐢🐸🐇🦆🐟🦐🦀🐙🐬🦋🐞🐝🐚🦗🐕🦺🐎🏃🌎🌲
For years my parents and I always drove up and down the 5 FWY where this reforestation event occurred. In the summer of 2021, my friends and I (all former cross-country runners) decided to return to crystal springs, the park right next to the river. I just remember one of the days we were there I said why don't we run along the river and we did just that. I just kept thinking about how different and how better the area looked with all the vegetation compared to all the hardscape that the river usually is.
That must have been a magical run, thanks for sharing 🍀
turtwig!
I’m from the Netherlands, and we doing something in the same spirit called room for the river. The main rivers in our country getting their natural area back.
It would be great if those with commercial interests in LA could contribute and speed up the process for the entire river. Great work 💚
What a great video and YES we need to see much more rever rehabilitation not only in LA but everywhere, and hats off to the people of LA for the beautiful job they have done with the LA rever.
Thank you!
I use to live near bike line access. I was excited for opening. How ever. I started to spot on encampment under pass and finding disposal needle on the “athletic equipment “, I have stop going.
It’s great effort to build something.
There are dog poop bags dispenser But, never Refull. Expense of maintenance, and keeping security in another issue. It’s nice to join when there is an event. I hope the activity would continue in better ways. Thank you for future community efforts. Keep digging in deeper issues underneath.
What in the heck is the San Francisco Valley? Is it near the San Fernando Valley?
We meant to say San Fernando valley :)
WOW, I know this place from films and games but I would have never imagined that this is an actual river! I always thought it's some sort of a system for the urban waste transfer. I'm happy to see people are trying to restore it! I hope they succeed!
I actually have fond memories of the LA river through the 70s. But I'm so glad that they are restoring it to it's natural state.
That is how the Santa Catarina river works in my city "Monterrey". For many years the government had build on the river making go karts tracks, football fields, parks, and cycle tracks, but everytime there was a hurricane it would end up all destroyed. So no they just let the river form by its own and it looks so beautiful and is full trees and birds now.
I grew up on the Palos Verdes Peninsula…left in 1975. I am glad they did this. It was an eyesore last time I saw it.
Grew up in the south bay in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Loved going to the old Marineland, fishing the coves, views of Catalina the harbor and L.A., hanging out along the cliffs & open spaces, and picnicking with girlfriends at Point Fermin. Always told myself one day I'd live on the peninsula. Got married & ended up in Palisades but never lost my love of Palos Verdes.
Great video I never even knew it was an actual river I always just thought it was a concrete drain for the city this is a step in the right direction thank you 🙏to all the people who have put their time into making this back the way it should be🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I heard that before LA was a city, sections of that river existed solely underground (except when it rained). I believe it. I used to hike along a stream in the hills down there, and sections of it were underground. It's kinda weird to follow a flowing stream to a dead end and see it reemerge further downstream.
I get the feeling that those in charge of this restoration won't recognize that aspect of the river's original state. I think they'll be forced to as climate change proceeds.
Oh u don’t think the geologist and ecologists with decades of expirence and education won’t think about that aspect ? Come on now bud ur not showing ur intelligence
@@noahshields507
That's the impression that I got from this video.
I haven’t looked into the history of the LA river yet, but I do know there are actually rivers running underground in Southern California. There’s examples in The Death Valley area.
I doubt any of the lower stretches of river were ever like that, if they were Steelhead trout would not have migrated up it from the ocean, they were catching Steelhead as late as the 1930's in the LA River, maybe some of the far upper reaches were like that but not the sections through Long Beach and LA
@@deanfirnatine7814
Makes sense to me. Or maybe they migrated in the winter. I remember some pretty heavy rains in the winter.
WONDERFUL!! Absolutely perfect - every state should be looking to follow this initiative.
Oh, I just learned now since 40 years, I just thought they made concrete to bring water from mountains.
After the New Year's Flood, they created the concrete washes along stream channels and low areas to handle the runoff from the mountains, especially after major fires in the mountains.
I love this!!!! I grew up in Temple City, suburb of L.A., during the smoggy years, I mean REALLY smoggy- as a kid it felt like tiny knives in my chest walking home from our high schools pool on HOT summer days.
Before the cadalydic converters ( God bless it’s inventor- a green solution that actually WORKED!).
The “river” was ugly- dirty, filthy… I thought it was a rain water run off - had NO idea it was originally an actual river - it’s tragic what settlers and developers did to the region all I’m sure in the name of quick cash…
This redevelopment/restoration project is WONDERFUL!!!
I’m not one to donate to green projects ( always limited on $), but this is one I’d love to donate and participate in. Too bad I’m in Seattle now.. thank you! To the people involved!
I remember PE being cancelled for smog cause couldn't even see Mt. Baldy right behind us and forget about being stuck in traffic and couldn't breath. Thank goodness for the strict emission laws that people complain about lol.
What's really needed is the storm water collection system expanded.
Agreed. We should be focusing on the prevention of fresh water being wasted on the ocean.
@@johna.4334
The restoration of the river is a good thing.
But you don't stop the rainwater runoff collection system.
Especially in a drought prone area you need to collect as much as possible.
There are some efforts underway, but too slow for my tastes. On several streets adjacent to the river, the traditional storm drains have been supplemented with permeable pavement and bioswales along side streets to capture runoff before it gets dumped into the river. And if I’m not mistaken, most if not all of the river-adjacent LA Zoo’s parking lot is now permeable and bioswaled.
@@johna.4334 why are we trying to break the water cycle again?
Thank you for the great video, it's great to see such initiatives being implemented :) 😍😍😍
So cool! I ❤ LA great to see the river come alive - awesome work
This is the first good thing I've heard about LA in a very long time. Good work!
Good memories driving down this thing on GTA
The last run of wild Steelhead Trout was in 1957... I grew up near the San Gabriel River very familiar with the LA River... always seen kids fishing just north of LA couple miles...I really hope they bring a natural cycle to it again...
And keep care of it!
THAT would be wonderful...
Just a little help will go a long way!✌️
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️
Sorry, but did you mean to say The San Fernando Valley?
I do not know any San Francisco Valley, Unless, I have slipped dimensions,
There is a mistake somewhere? Thanks, peace.
he fs got it wrong lol
You're totally right, we must have mistaken. Thank you! ✌
Computer voice overs are not perfect.
@@johna.4334 Not asking for perfection,
just making sure I understand what is being said.
I am making sure my information is not correct.
I did not ask as a put-down or complaint.
I understand voiceovers make mistakes. peace.
Turning it into a river has turned it into a very modern looking sight now. I'd visit LA just to see it tbh. They should expand it.
0:50 lmao that’s NY not LA
ik right ?
I noticed that too. Everyone looked over dressed for LA.
It's still an example of a busy city with lil green-space This video made 2 small errors but provided us with plenty of valuable information.
When it rains in LA, stay away from that ocean outlet from the river. It pretty much turns into a cesspool.
We do need more projects like this.
Amazing! Here in Madrid, we had the M-30 project that recovered the Manzanares River in to a Huge laser area connecting and integrating neighborhoods that once were considered extra radio into the main city. It's beautiful.
Let's do this for all urban rivers across the USA!
Long overdue. LA grew so fast and it got so industrial looking. Good to see some efforts to soften the look of the city from just solid concrete.
I live in Sacramento now and both the American and Sacramento rivers are much more full of water than the LA River but they are not all concrete. They are more natural looking and fish habitat is somewhat more restored (though there are dams). The riverbank levies here have nice bike paths on top for residents to cycle on or walk and it is a huge park. It’ll be great if LA residents can take back or recreate more green spaces.
Rivers are highlights of many cities from Paris to London. LA may not have that much water but it still can do better than a concrete canal.
The LA river was developed to prevent flooding and deaths resulting from the monsoonal rain storms LA experiences off and on.
It was designed to save lives and property.
Now "we" want fill it with "greenspace" and reclaim the area.
What happens when that next monsoon hits, that atmospheric river that fills the 50+ mile system to the brim, and that system's efficiency is cut in half or more by clogging the flow with trees, soil and "wildlife"?
Imagine a log jam flooding over into cities along the riverbed.
Years ago it was proposed to turn the paved river bed into a freeway. Common sense ruled then. Now the eco-activist's want to "fundamentally transform" this lifesaving concrete channel into an ecologically sound area.
Imagine the volume of eco-activists shouting when their homes are washed away.
Maybe we would be better served by paving over the riverbed, converting it to a massive underground tunnel and using the surface area for solar energy, wind energy, another freeway or rapid transit system.
Hell, we could build apartment high-rises to house more folks on the govt dole.
This is a terrific endeavor for the city of LA. Not only will it restore nature in a city that abolished it decades ago, but it will also serve as an inspiration and a lesson plan for other urban communities.
I drove on the LA river many times.. In GTA5. And thats as close as I plan on getting to California.
Sadly, you won't be missed.
In the mid-70s, as a child residing in the Los Feliz area, I recall visiting the river with my friends to search for frogs and other wildlife. We reached the riverbed by climbing over a fence adjacent to a steel bridge that spanned over the river and eventually led to a soccer field at Griffith Park.
Here in Canberra Australia the government has been changing a large amount of stormwater and drainage by adding ponds, artificial cataracts and reedbeds to help provide natural habitat for wildlife and clean up the water running back into the river systems Canberra being an inland city
Definitely a worthwhile public works project
First, high costs were incurred to lock the river in a concrete corset. And now costs are again caused to turn this around again. I think the advantage in the meantime was not so high.
Alot of people forget how important a simple tree can be, or a entire river.
When a river is a "problem" because it floods urban zones and there's no other option than to guide, instead of using concrete is always way better to use rocks without any type of cement, just placed against each others, this allows permeability and is easier to create vegetation islands.
@Acceleration Quanta You are constantly consuming vegetation, every time you breathe it is vegetation you are consuming, so your comment means there should be more vegetation to consume, which is a great way of thinking dude. You are a treehuger for sure.
@Acceleration Quanta It is part of vegetation. So thank you for loving vegetation so much. Your comment made it clear you want way more vegetation.
Cow's milk is not cow, but you need the cow.
Love my city improvement! Go LA. Going back to nature is extraordinary, I am loving it
They were catching Steelhead trout coming up from the ocean in the LA river as late the early 1930's EDIT apparently they even had Chinook Salmon in the LA river which is shocking
It's so nice that LA is providing green space in these water ways for the homeless to set-up camp.
similar is happening in other CA cities. a lot of restoration and natural conservation is happening using a mix of natural elements within the newly and restored infrastructures. hope to see more mentioning of other cities improvements like this soon.
I live in LA and have seen the canals all the time, I never relized it used to be a river. Im very glad that its being restored.
This will just fill up with more homeless encampments. I do support this being done, however if there ever are any more large El Niño rain events, this new setup may not allow water to flow fast enough to avoid flooding. I remember in the 90's that the San Gabriel riverbed, which is very similar to the LA Riverbed was inches from flooding over. It was something to see.
I love the homeless people more than wicked greedy people, I'm working on imitating Jesus 🤷♂️ and I know what 1 John 5 verse 19 says about this system that has to go.
Actually, this is not a "new" project and began at least 30 years ago.
No way YT recommended me this exactly 1 year later 💀 But I really hope this green space that'll transform the LA River is making good process
ONE MINUTE IN and they show NEW YORK CITY footage... ok
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No need to be so critical my dude. The information is far more important than stock photos or video
You forgot to mention the partnership program for the re-construction project for the LA-River from the city of Munich! Because the government in Los Angeles has decided to get the people from Munich into the boat who have made the re-design for the river Isar in the middle of the city of Munich! These engineers, biologists and others of the project here in Munich want to help them in this process and project because of their knowledge and skills in these matters! Look only at the river Isar what these people had accomplished in this case with the river Isar and you all together will be very astonished about it! That's it!
Dude, when you're talking about steelhead and show a picture of a carp your credibility goes to zero.
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My grandfather used to fish in the LA river in the 1930’s before they cemented it. When I was little my grandmother used to tell me there was a river where the 110 freeway is now. I was a little kid and didn’t know what she was talking about at the time.
LA looks less green than NYC... as a New Yorker that went to USC, that shit is wild!
LA is naturally desert. The widest point in the Great American Desert starts in Abilene, Texas and continues west all the way to the Pacific Ocean at Los Angeles. By contrast, at the Grand Coulee Dam, in Washington State, the GAD is only 100 miles wide.
The la basin is a desert.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 In my opinion it is subtropic semi-desert and people there handle the water as if they live somewhere in the appalachains.
@@pjaro77 Well throughout the GAD, there are elongated riparian oases and sky islands, and the city of LA itself corresponds to several of these. Definitely agree on the irresponsible use of water though.
I’ve been working with FOLAR as a volunteer with my family for 12 years helping to clean up the LA River. Every year it gets cleaner and more natural, but we still have a long way to go!
Correction - the LA River is nowhere near the San Francisco; it flows through the San Fernando Valley
The LA river runs through San Fernando Valley not San Francisco Valley.
You've also failed to mention that several 'rights' organizations are fighting the re-wilding of the LA River because they believe it will lead to gentrification and effect their property values while other groups are fighting it because the concrete pit in several stretches are used as homeless camps.
so the water flushes all kinds of garbage?
Win-win!
It is a great idea! I have walked next to the river in the Glendale and Griffith Park area! The river looks great there but there is still some foul smell from the water. The water quality and the pollution should be improved!
You can't reverse a century of abuse in a year. Well begun.
Primary purpose of the L.A. river is to protect people and property from flooding. This past week, L.A. has hit by another atmospheric river which lasted two days. The usually near dry channel was a raging river which scoured the bottom of the concrete channel clean. It worked as designed. Removing concrete channels is a bad idea.
People who know this place cuz of GTA😎
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I always thought it was a canal 😭
Thank you for this really great video. Cincinnati is working on the Lick Run project which is restoring a creek to deal with water runoff better in an urban area. There is a Mill Creek project to restore that river. This is a great thing to do.
Seems like a great initiative, but just curious how they plan to mitigate flooding in the future.
It’s a combination of things. For one, the river is still channelized - you’ll notice the walls are still concrete - to allow for major flows if needed. Moreover, since the river was channelized, more major flood control infrastructure has been built to allow for far better control of urban runoff and storm water - enough that the flow of the LA River can be controlled far more effectively than when it was first channelized, when the goal was less about controlling runoff and more about getting it to the ocean as fast as possible.
@@kilodeltaeight Thanks for the great explanation! Wish there was someway to plug this information into the video’s script!
It looks like they are trying to relearn a very painful lesson. All the concrete used when my parents built their house in Montrose, in the 1940s and early 1950s, was made with sand dug from the ten foot or more thick layer of sand right under the surface of our yard.
@@kilodeltaeight Urban runoff is not the problem. When two or three days of heavy rain follow a major fire in the mountains north of the La Crescenta/ La Canada valley, nothing holds back the flow of water and mud from the mountains. Anything interrupting the flow of water from the mountains to the LA River can lead to flooding.
I would think the river itself would be less susceptible to flooding in a natural state with vegetation and natural ground cover like rocks sand etc the majority of the flooding takes place on a concrete areas and the cement roadways where the water is unable to be absorbed by the Earth as easily as it can be in a more natural way. Rain of course is unusual unfortunately in the Los Angeles area. But it does rain it's typically not much more than a few drops here and there or a light drizzle but occasionally (not nearly as often as we SO DESPERATELY NEED!!!) The city gets a good rain and when it does many areas experience flooding in the streets, la Lacks green space that can easily help absorb large quantity of water when all the water drains into the "river" which is basically a massive concrete drainage system. The water can't be absorbed by the ground therefore the chances of the river flooding is much more likely with a cement bottom and walls then it is with a natural riverbed and earth and vegetation on it's banks.
Make your streets safe, solve drug problem and housing problem first, LA.
Politicians are fxxking lunatics in California.
Terminator 2 has the more famous scene than Grease.
It sounds like there hasn't been a deadly or destructive flood near the L.A. river since it was built. Nice work and it is iconic! Thanks for da video, Mike in DFW
What L A needs to do is to build ocean water desalination stations.
What do you do with hyper salinated(and other toxic minerals) left over? Are you aware of how it acts and what it does to ecosystems, or for that matter, anything else about it at all?
@@andyfletcher3561I'm still trying to figure out why they don't direct the brine to evaporation ponds to collect the salt for sale. (Sea salt is a thing, and generally marketed differently than normal rock salt) The city of Syracuse NY got its nickname of salt city from its salt industry based around doing exactly this with a salt water spring.
The real issue with desalination is it converts energy into water, and in our society energy equals emissions, which equals climate change which further reduces naturally available water supplies.
Who’s here after California started getting enough rain to need those large canals?
Which part? ca is huge. Rhetorical question, I know what you mean.
Was looking for a live cam to watch the storm waters. Algorithm is feeding me anything with "LA river"
Will it negate the reason for enclosing the river to began with. Hope it will not setup the condition to start flooding the neighborhoods again. Fingers crossed.
There are better approaches to controlling flooding.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 There are, I'm a bit worried that none of those approaches were mentioned here as part of the project.
Amazing, I love seeing this kind of thing happen in the cities! Keep up the good work. Makes a huge difference!!
The Los Angeles river wasn’t covered in concrete it was LINED in concrete by the US Army corps of engineers for flood control which just a year or two ago was doing exactly that.
I would really like to see a hierarchy of priorities. Beautifying a river while gangs, crime, homelessness, excessive taxes, corruption, etc... go unchecked.
Wonderful, a huge new expanse of vegetation that NEEDS WATER to live, in a heavily populated area already under constant drought. And LA has a huge RAT PROBLEM!! And it's inevitable this plan will turn into an overgrown, littered entanglement of wet then dry drought stricken brush, perfect for RATS!
Right now, a torrent of water from the LA River just flows in to the sea. Just restoring the Riparian environment creates an aquifer, which of and by itself is a water source, but if done extremely well, it could even lead to/require the development of reservoirs, whether in the form of dams and lakes, or in the form of a tidal seaway whose upper reaches would be freshwater.
Ain't no reason to be worried about rats if you allow a decent habitat for their natural predators, like owls, hawks, buzzards, and foxes/raccoons/coyotes/mountain lions. Also lock up or properly seal your garbage. We have rivers and creeks all over western Washington, but no greater rat problem than any other major metro area, except for some parts of downtown Seattle or Tacoma where garbage with food is not properly disposed of.
@@Iquey Another good thing to do is get a cat. Norwegian Forest Cats are particularly good for pest control, and a fine looking animal to boot!
@@Iquey Owls and hawks should be enough to solve the problems with rats, just add the tree areas and water ponds for them.
More likely a fairly thick growth of brush that will dry in the summer and increase the spread of fires!
Why show a picture of Times Square NYC when talking about the LA River?
Worlds largest homeless camp looking good
Oh you LA hater. GTFOH 😂
I was born downtown LA in 1947 and lived in the suburbs until I was in my 20's. This is the most intelligent, positive and hopeful thing I've seen about SoCal in ages! Finally people are waking up to the fact that artificial interference in natural systems simply does not work. Humans are the segment of living populations that have the greatest control over their environment. Decisions that harm ecosystems and animal populations, will also harm us. We are also animals! Restoring water systems, as is being done in Tulare Lake, the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers and other places will potentially cool the climate, control flooding and preserve water resources. The gov. needs to buy out homes in flood plains and let them be buffer zones against disaster. It's about time!
I hope I'm alive to see it one day, only problem if them 🌧️ come back it's gonna transform Los Angeles I heard those 1930s floods were epic
Then harvest the water from buildings to soil underground, change the concrete/asphalt parking places to grass block pavers. Slow downs the runoff from hills in the trenches, barriers, bunds and swales.
It doesn't take much rain after a widespread fire in the mountains north of the La Crescenta/La Canada valley. Dams on streams in those mountains broke after a couple days of rain at the end of 1933. Concrete washes were built to handle the flow of runoff from the mountains.
Also has a never ending supply of homeless living it. You can see them bathing in it when you drive by.
Looks like we have to update gta 5
0:51 - That's a real nice LA Time's Square you added to the video.
How about the Santa Ana River all the way to the ocean all the tributaries property values with skyrocket equestrian trails fishing birds clean water trickling back into the soil groundwater once toilet water now is replenishing and giving life back to the mother Earth that we all live Santa Ana River Three counties get it on
50% of all Movie Car Chases run through that Concrete River in LA .. amazing.