The Los Angeles River Master Plan Earth Day 1999 event was held in
Elysian Valley at the Fletcher Drive access to the River. The event
was the product of a successful partnerhsip between Public Works,
Friends of the Los Angeles River, City of Los Angeles, US Army Corps
of Engineers, Trust for Public Land, Mountains Recreation and
Conservation Authority, North East Trees, UCLA School of Public
Policy and Social Research, and TreePeople. Over 200 high school
students were joined by County, City, and Corps employees in a clean-up
of the River. Their efforts yielded truck-loads full of trash containing
everything from plastic bags to shopping carts to car bumpers.
