Santa Anita Wash Oak Grove Threatened

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, this grove of about 250 native oaks and sycamore trees in Arcadia, California is scheduled to be destroyed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, in order to install a dumping site for mud, dirt, and debris that has accumulated behind flood control dams. This grove is the last surviving example of untouched flatland woodlands in the alluvial plains exiting the San Gabriel Mountains. In addition to the native trees, the area is home to wildlife, birds, insects, and migrating water fowl. It produces clean oxygen into the air. Other cost-effective options exist to dispose of the dirt and debris. The grove is located in northeast Arcadia, CA:

Thomas Bros. map:
Page 567, D-E, 1-2

Google Earth:
Lat: 34° 9'44.98"N
Long: 118° 1'25.50"W
You can help by contacting the Los Angeles County Board Supervisors at (213) 974-1411 and by writing to:
GLORIA MOLINA
molina@bos.lacounty.gov

MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS
markridley-thomas@bos.lacounty.gov

ZEV YAROSLAVSKY
zev@bos.lacounty.gov

DON KNABE
rvelasquez@lacbos.org

MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
fifthdistrict@lacbos.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Native plants
• ecology
• environment
• habitat destruction
• California oaks
• coast live oaks
• sycamore trees
• ducks
• Santa Anita
• Arcadia
• Los Angeles
• flood control
• debris basin
• dam
• Department of Public Works

[TimeRiverProductions]

.......forest and untold numbers of animals, trees, and vegetation, forcing many of the surviving animals to come down into edges of human habitation just to find food. It is so nice to know you are ready and willing to finish them off. It’s the kind of Macho we can all be proud of.

[TimeRiverProductions]

@ Markt800, Maybe it will push a cougar or black bear your way. Both can climb trees and would at least have a chance at protecting themselves from a tree-hiding sniper and maybe pick up a little lunch in the process. As you seem pretty aware of the outdoors, I am sure you know how the massive Station Fire last year in the San Gabriel Mountains above this grove wiped out tens of thousands of acres of .......

[TimeRiverProductions]

@ Markt800, Maybe it will push a cougar or black bear your way. Both can climb trees and would at least have a chance at protecting themselves from a tree-hiding sniper and maybe pick up a little lunch in the process. As you seem pretty aware of the outdoors, I am sure you know how the massive Station Fire last year in the San Gabriel Mountains above this grove wiped out tens of thousands of acres of .......

[TimeRiverProductions]

@cpn kirk. (continued)

......on the ground from observing or photographing the destruction or the observing the apprehension of the tree-sitters who were protesting the destruction.

[TimeRiverProductions]

@cpn kirk. Thanks for your comments. With the original video we did not have time to make a higher resolution compressed file. It seemed more important to get it out as quickly as possible to try to save the forest. Unfortunately the forest has been destroyed by County officials. I am now working on what to do with that footage and with the 3-4 hours I shot yesterday of the County machine in action as they quickly destroyed the forest and used the Sheriff's office to keep journalists ...

[TimeRiverProductions]

It is sad to report that this video is all that is left of that ancient forest. The County of Los Angeles arrogantly, with all the power & might of the county law enforcement, tore this beautiful forest to shreds, ripping the huge branches from the ancient oaks with heavy clamshell shovels. The Sheriffs said it was a crime scene because the tree sitters who went in committed the crime of trespassing. The real crime was committed by the County Supervisors who knew other options were available

[queenofthedunes]

WATCH THIS VIDEO UNTIL THE END AND CALL THE NUMBER TO TELL OUR GOVERNMENT, THIS  IS WRONG!

[Eulajean1]

Do I understand that this is a public agency being paid to destroy a public treasure?

[markt800]

sweet maybe it will push all the deer toward my treestand

[ProudAmerican9100]

Really really sad and I am so glad I moved from California to Colorado a few months ago.

[NotSoOldHippy]

I thought it was illegal to cut down California Live Oaks and Coastal Oaks.

[sagegal1]

Gone gone gone. All that is left is a vacant lot now. What a Crime.

[cpnkirk]

@TimeRiverProductions

Any chance this video can be edited to be in higher resolution and have updated credits? People need to see it to prevent this from happening again.