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FROM PLANS AND PLATITUDES TO NEW ACTIONS AND ATTITUDES

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 | 8AM - 7PM | THE AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST

Since 2008, the Los Angeles River Watershed Monitoring Program (LARWMP) has helped build a comprehensive understanding of the health of our local streams. Every 5 years, L.A. Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) and Council for Watershed Health (CWH) host the State of the Los Angeles River Watershed Symposium.

 

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, federal/tribal/local governments, non-profit organizations, community-based organizations, scientists, academics, agency representatives, land managers, and other interested parties came together to learn about stream health, contaminants of emerging concern, the Los Angeles River in the era of climate change, and organizations in action around the River. 

HOSTED BY

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Thank you to our sponsors!

WILD WATERSHED

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RESILIENT RIVER

CLEAR CONFLUENCE

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This event is also sponsored by the Land-Sea Connection program of Resources Legacy Fund made possible by the Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Council for Watershed Health recognizes and acknowledges that the Los Angeles River and its watershed is the traditional and ancestral lands of the Fernandeño Tataviam, Gabrieleño Tongva, Ventureño Chumash, and Gabrielino Kizh Native Nations. We honor their Elders, past and present, and their descendants. We recognize a painful history of erasure on the unceded territory we now occupy. We also recognize that CWH has not historically included tribes in our own work. We commit to being better allies and partners. Local Tribes have stewarded this land since time immemorial and we acknowledge that the First Peoples of Los Angeles County are still here. We cannot achieve the sustainability and health of our watersheds without Tribal partnership. We are committed to uplifting the local Tribes in our work and ensuring meaningful Tribal engagement in all spheres of watershed management.

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We encourage the State of LA River Watershed Symposium attendees to engage with the original stewards of the Watershed and contribute to efforts by local Tribal governments:

 

More information on the County's harms on local Tribes can be found here:

 

Learn more about Tribal allyship in this Sacred Places Institute’s training:

Program

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

8:00AM - BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION

9:00AM - WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

  • Eileen Alduenda, Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health

  • Steve Arakawa, President, Council for Watershed Health

  • Barbara Romero, General Manager, LA Sanitation & Environment

 

9:35AM - PANEL 1 – Beyond Banks: River and People

11:15AM - PANEL 2 – From Source to Stream: Scientific Perspectives on the LA River Watershed

12:30PM - Welcome to the Autry and Relevant Exhibits

12:40PM - LUNCH

1:35PM - BREAKOUT SESSIONS (attendee choice)

 

3:05PM - PANEL 3 -– Shared Visions, Enhanced Rivers: Partnerships as Catalysts for Change

4:25PM - CLOSING REMARKS

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4:45PM - POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION

  • Shared Connections to our Watershed

  • Predicting, Planning for, and Adapting to Our Changing Climate

  • Monitoring Our Local Watersheds

  • Partnering for Project Success

  • Restoring Our Urban River

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SYMPOSIUM POSTER SESSION

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