Local Water Groups
Arroyo Seco Foundation
Phone: 626-584-9902
E-Mail: tbrick@email.com
Web Site: www.arroyoseco.org
Mission: The mission of the Arroyo Seco Foundation is to preserve and
enhance the Arroyo Seco from the San Gabriel Mountains to the Los Angeles
River, reforest our region and promote environmental and cultural awareness
of one of Southern California’s greatest natural resources.
Ballona Renaissance
Phone: (310) 839-6896
E-Mail: JWLamm@aol.com
Web Site: www.ballonacreek.org
BCR is dedicated to improving Ballona Creek and the community's use of
it in several ways: water quality, ecosystems, recreation, arts, attractiveness
and amenity.
Friends of the Los Angeles River
Phone: (323) 223-0585
Fax: (323) 223-2289
E-Mail: mail@folar.org
Web Site: www.folar.org
Mission: To protect and restore the natural and historic heritage of the
Los Angeles River and its riparian habitat through inclusive planning,
education and wise stewardship.
Friends of the San Gabriel River
Phone: (562) 908-6449
Fax: (562) 695-8248
E-Mail: sangabrielriver@aol.com
Web Site: www.sangabrielriver.org
Mission: To educate residents and energize communities
To serve as an advocate and catalyst for effective action
To clean up and restore the river
To protect water quality, and
To celebrate the natural splendor of the river.
Friends of the Santa Clara River
Phone: (805) 498-4323
Web Site: www.fscr.org
Friends of the Santa Clara River (FSCR) is a non-profit, public interest
organization dedicated to the protection, enhancement and management of
the resources of the Santa Clara River, which flows approximately 100
miles from Acton, California to the Pacific Ocean.
Heal the Bay
Phone: (310) 581-4188
Fax: (310) 581-4195
E-Mail: htb@healthebay.org
Web Site: www.healthebay.org
Mission: To make Santa Monica Bay and Southern California beaches healthy
and safe again for people and marine life.
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
Phone: (213) 229-9945
Fax: (213) 229-9952
E-Mail: info@lagrwc.org
Web Site: www.lasgrwc.org
Our Mission is to facilitate a comprehensive, multi-purpose, stakeholder-driven
consensus process to preserve, restore, and enhance the many beneficial
uses, economic, social, environmental and biological, of the Los Angeles
and San Gabriel Rivers watersheds eco-system through education, research,
planning, and mediation.
San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancies
Phone: 626-335-1771
E-Mail: rictho@earthlink.net
Website: www.sgmrc.org
Mission: Connecting mountains, urban creeks and watershed of the upper
San Gabriel River.
Santa Monica BayKeeper
Phone: (310) 305-9645
Fax: (310) 305-7985
E-Mail: info@smbaykeeper.org
Web Site: www.smbaykeeper.org
Mission: The BayKeeper is your citizen "park ranger" for the
Santa Monica Bay, San Pedro Bay, and the adjacent coastal waters and watersheds.
Southern California Steelhead Recovery Coalition
Phone: (818)865-2888
Fax: (818)707-2459
E-mail: info@socalsteelhead.org
Web Site:www.socalsteelhead.org
Mission: The Southern California Steelhead Recovery Coalition is an organization
of environmental, conservation, surfing, sport and commercial fishing
and river groups who have joined together to restore free-flowing rivers
and streams, riparian habitat, and watersheds in order to foster the full
recovery of the Southern Steelhead and other native aquatic and riparian
species of Southern California.
Sun Valley Watershed Stakeholders
Contact: Rebecca Drayse
Phone: 818-623-4867
E-Mail: rdrayse@treepeople.org
Web Site:
www.sunvalleywatershed.org/
Mission: The mission of the Sun Valley Watershed Stakeholders Group is
to solve the local flooding problem while retaining all stormwater runoff
from the watershed, increasing water conservation, recreational opportunities,
and wildlife habitat, and reducing stormwater pollution.
Wetlands Action Network
Phone: (310) 456-5604
Fax: (310) 456-5612
E-Mail: wetlandact@earthlink.net
Web Site:
www.wetlandsactionnetwork.org
Mission: Wetlands Action Network works on wetlands protection and restoration
efforts in many areas in the Pacific region.
Other Environmental Groups
Audubon Society, Los Angeles
Phone: (323) 876-0202
Fax: (323) 876-7609
E-Mail: laas@laaudubon.org
Web Site: www.laaudubon.org
The Los Angeles Audubon Society is people dedicated to the enjoyment and
preservation of the natural world.
California Native Plant Society Los Angeles / Santa
Monica Mountain Chapter
Phone: (818) 881-3706
E-Mail: lacnps@lacnps.org
Web Site: www.lacnps.org
The society seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora
and to preserve this rich resource for future generations.
California State Parks Foundation
Phone: 213.380.9980
Fax: 213.380.9987
E-Mail: sara@calparks.org
Web Site: www.calparks.org
The California State Parks Foundation is a non-profit membership organization
dedicated to protecting, enhancing and advocating for California's magnificent
State Parks.
Environmental Defense Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 386-5501
Fax: (213) 386-5577
E-Mail: members@environmentaldefense.org
Web Site: www.environmentaldefense.org,
www.scorecard.org
Environmental Defense brings together experts in science, law and economics
to tackle complex environmental issues.
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Phone: (213) 747-1872
Fax: (213) 747-2944
Web Site: www.lacorps.org
Mission: The Los Angeles Conservation Corps was established in 1986 to
employ young adults to perform community improvement and environment work.
Los Angeles County Bike Coalition
Phone: (213) 629-2142
Fax: (213) 629-2259
E-Mail: rpm@labikecoalition.org
Web Site: www.labikecoalition.org
Mission: The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) is a membership
based advocacy organization working to improve the bicycling environment
and quality of life in Los Angeles County.
North East Trees
Phone: (323) 441-8644
Fax: (323) 441-8618
E-Mail: info@northeasttrees.org
Web Site: www.northeasttrees.org
Mission: To engage in educational, scientific, investigative, scientific,
artistic, literary, historic, philanthropic and charitable pursuits to
protect and restore the natural and historic heritage of the Los Angeles
urban region and surrounding communities and to preserve the natural character
of their lands for these purposes.
Pacoima Beautiful
Phone: (818) 899-2454
Fax: (818) 834-5186
E-Mail: Pacoimabeautiful@hotmail.com
Mission: To provide environmental education, leadership development and
advocacy to create a clean, healthy and safe environment in order to improve
the quality of life for the residents of Pacoima.
SCOPE
Phone: (661) 295-WHOA
Fax: (310) 456-5612
E-Mail: info@scope.org
Web Site: www.scope.org
Mission: Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment is a
volunteer organization serving the Santa Clarita Valley, a community of
160,000 situated in Northern Los Angeles County.
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee
Phone: (818) 756-8190
E-Mail: akotin@earthlink.net
Mission: The 225-acre Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve is one of the finest
refuges of its kind within a major urban area in the country. It serves
not only as a restored natural habitat for wildlife, but as a living laboratory
for all o enjoy.
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
Phone: (213) 387-4287
Fax: (213) 387-5383
Web Site: www.angeles.sierraclub.org
Mission: To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth,
to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems
and resources, to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the
quality of the natural and human environment, and to use all lawful means
to carry out these objectives.
Theodore Payne Foundation
Phone: 818-768-1802
Fax: 818-768-5215
E-Mail: info@theodorepayne.org
Web Site: www.theodorepayne.org
Mission: Founded and incorporated in 1960, the Theodore Payne Foundation
promotes the understanding and preservation of California native flora.
Our mission is:
To promote and restore California landscapes, and habitats
To propagate and make available California native plants and wildflowers
To educate and acquire knowledge about California flora and natural history
TreePeople
Phone: 818-753-4600
Fax: 818-753-4635
E-Mail: info@treepeople.org
Web Site: www.treepeople.org
Mission: To inspire the people of Los Angeles to take personal responsibility
for the Urban Forest - educating, training and supporting them as they
plant and care for trees and improve the neighborhoods in which they live,
work and play.
Village Gardeners
The Village Gardeners maintain the stretch of the Greenway between Dixie
Canyon and Coldwater Canyon Blvd.
Phone: 818-981-1606