@jasonjourneyman: Raise your hand if you 💚 soft bottoms! 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏾🙋🏼♀️ Join me 9/18 for a LA River Urban Ecology walk! 💙 There will be fun facts, sunset views, community, and as many puns as I can squeeze in. *link in bio* Soft bottom sections in the LA River provide habitat for all kinds of plant and animal species, including the human species, and are a powerful reminder of what was and what can still be. #lariver #losangeles #lahikes #natureinla #environmentaleducation
the sepulveda basin is the best of them - also LA city’s 2nd largest urban park. a lot of the river in it looks like this:
2025-09-15 19:50:39
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syr10112 :
Im all for preserving nature, but this overgrowth of vegetation within the canal considerably reduces runoff flow. If left unchecked entire sections of Los Angeles will flood. We build concrete lined sections for a reason
2025-09-16 06:38:01
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freeeman :
not a river
2025-09-16 00:05:21
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Brooke H :
Hmmm a coincidence that the sepulveda basin is surrounded by a lush green park? I think not! Although I’m sure they irrigate it with outside water too
2025-09-15 17:05:31
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Bernie Mac Daddy :
Urban planning + ecology + queer references, I love this page lol perf for me
2025-09-16 02:20:18
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𓆝lowkyara𓆝 :
I'm wondering if there's fish
2025-09-16 08:01:02
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Frazyr Alyn :
I think he’s the soft bottom
2026-02-28 14:39:46
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Brandon89840 :
Unfortunately, because of the past floods, and it would just be too expensive to destroy the infrastructure the whole thing will never look like that. But I do love the movement to bring back the beauty of the LA river.
2025-11-10 07:41:16
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Robert Lopez :
LA should make its own version of the Cheonggycheon river in Seoul
2025-09-16 01:02:36
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Big_rich4rd :
why did they do that to the river in the first place
2025-09-16 13:20:45
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✨🦋TJ🌬️✨ :
🙋🏽♀️I love soft bottoms now too! thank you for sharing this information 💖
2025-09-15 16:42:18
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Pnw rocks & minerals 💎 :
More soft bottoms!!!!!! 😆
2025-09-16 01:16:44
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Lexi 🌵 Las Vegas, Nature :
Vegas here. love me some vegetated channels, washes, and basins ✋
2025-09-15 16:40:06
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i.smell.sharpies :
The pics you shared at the end of the “possibilities” is EXACTLY what the river was supposed to look like but the city took the funding for a protected river park and paved the river because they were buddies with real estate companies
2025-10-09 10:13:09
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Paola :
Santana river we left it alone
2025-12-26 17:58:17
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Cristobal Jimenez459 :
Aren’t there turtles in the one in Long Beach?
2025-09-16 00:59:36
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SA1AD :
Bc fam
2025-09-17 11:08:53
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valeriescateyescream :
right near my house
2025-09-15 21:49:57
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Matthew :
It’s almost as if we were never supposed to disturb it to begin with
2025-09-25 09:26:52
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KylieN :
thanks for the knowledge
2025-09-16 01:58:28
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VRXBellicose :
there is a good reason that the whole river doesn't look like the forested spots anymore 😅 building in flood planes is silly but we did it anyway
2025-09-15 20:01:35
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jadasakura 🇵🇷 YouTube :
yes! more soft bottoms!!
2025-09-17 05:38:03
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bobbyhill1569420 :
I have a question. I live in South east Los Angeles, and I’m noticing that there is these like greenery. That’s growing like there’s a lot more green spots popping up. Could that possibly when they look like the other places.
2025-09-16 13:35:14
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Paola :
This is why the river would have look like its beautiful nature should have been left alone.
2025-12-26 17:57:46
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Nicolas Garcia :
LA used to be marshlands , team up with local CA Native tribes in the area to make that happen
2025-09-16 06:01:18
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