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  • Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. Fracking on the field continues to spark conroversey for the over one million residents who live within 5 miles of the oil field. Baldwin Hill, Los Angeles,, California, USA
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  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
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  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
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  • Crops being irrigated in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Worker installing wall system materials and insulation over frame of residential home. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Residential home construction site using steel for framing. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Turkey Vulture, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Vertical Sand Media Filters remove organic and inorganic contaminants in agricultural irrigation.San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California , USA
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  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • The Petroleum Highway (state route 33) runs north-south through the Belridge oil field in the Monterey Shale. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Winner of Men’s Youth classification: Zaha Wolfe.<br />
The 1st annual LA River Boat Race was held on August 30, 2014 on a 3/4 mile course consisting of small rapids and flat water located along a stretch of the river along the Glendale Narrows in the Elysian Valley. Almost a 100 participants competed in a variety of classifications that included Mens and Womens Advanced, Intermediate and Beginners as well as Youth, Tandem and Stand-Up Paddle boat. Noted Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. kicked off the race as the first participant, which had racers going down the course solo and racing against the clock. The race was organized by L.A. River Expeditions which was founded by George Wolfe who led the 2008 LA River Expedition that led to the river being classified as a navigable river by the EPA and consequently protected under the clean water Act.
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  • Cardboard boxes at Recycling Station, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Crops being irrigated in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought. Tulare County, California, USA
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  • Elfin Forest, Baywood Park, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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  • Worker installing wall system materials and insulation over frame of residential home. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Canada Goose  (Branta canadensis) on the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Sign protesting reduced allocation of water allotments. Famers get reduced water allocations as the result of dry Winter conditions and smaller snow packs. San Joaquin Valley, Fresno County, California, USA
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  • Roadside memorial along route 180 outside of Fresno. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Grapes gorowing in vineyard near Delano, Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Lewis MacAdams, cofounder of Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) . Raphael Sbarge films FoLAR documentary along banks of Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The US Army Corps of Engineers conducted a public presentation and hearing of the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Report on October 17th to discuss five proposed plans for ecosystem restoration and passive recreation of the Los Angeles River, L.A. River Center & Gardens, California, USA
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  • Kayakers stretched out along the LA River. On June 1, 2013, George Wolfe and LA River Expeditions leads a kayak tour down the Los Angeles River. On Memorial Day, the Los Angeles River Pilot Recreational Zone officially opened to the public for kayaking, walking, birdwatching, and fishing along a 2.5 mile stretch of the river in the Elysian Valley. Los Angeles, California
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  • Urban beekeeper removing feral bee hive from bushes near Ballona Creek. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Water level gauge at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • Hydrogeologist points to the diversion structure control screen. San Gabriel Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • Tertiary-treated recycled water from the San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant is diverted to the unlined San Gabriel River for infiltration into the groundwater aquifers below. San Gabriel Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • Residents keeping cool on a hot Summer evening by walking along the Los Angeles River, Bell, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Dry cracked earth, San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California , USA
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  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
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  • Sheep grazing in field with industrial smoke emissions in background. Delano, Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Deer Creek Recharge and Wildlife Project was constructed originally as a recharge facility but was converted for habitat enhancement as well. Once host to over 1,000 bird types, after three years of severe drought, it is completely dry, the trees are dying and the birds have left. Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA
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  • Canada Goose  (Branta canadensis) on the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Groundwater bubbling up through algae on paved banks of the Los Angeles River. Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Oil Derricks near the Ira J. Chrisman Wind Gap Pumping Plant, part of the California State Water Project, is located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Water is pumped 518 feet over the Grapevine from the California Aqueduct, enroute to Los Angeles as part of its water supply. Kern County, California , USA
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  • Cracked earth in front of grape vineyard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Pumpjacks at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Bakersfield headquarters of Baker Hughes who recently merged with Halliburton making it the largest supplier of oil and gas development tools and technology, including the chemicals used to hydraulically frack wells. They also announced it would adopt a new policy of disclosing 100 percent of its fracking fluid recipes and phasing out the use of trade secret claims. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Sabrina Drill, Natural Resources Advisor for UC Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Raphael Sbarge films FoLAR documentary along banks of Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Experienced anglers, kids and those wishing to learn to fish attend The first annual Off tha’ Hook fly fishing event held on September 6, 2014 on the banks of the Los Angeles River. Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • On November 11, 2013, a Veterans Day mule train parade in Glendale, California that is the last leg of a commemorative artist action called "One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct", which was a month long, 240 mile journey from Owens Valley to Los Angeles that commemorates the 100 year anniversary of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The action was created by Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio with support from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and traversed the route of pipelines and canals that bring water from the Eastern Sierras through a gravity-fed system to Los Angeles, and which originally used mules to haul the equipment and pipes.
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  • On 5/31/2013 Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley tour their new with home with General contractor Scott Harris from Building Construction Group after the steel framing was recently completed. Ed Begley Jr. (noted actor and environmentalist) and his wife Rachelle Carson-Begley are building their new home under LEED Platinum Certified standards in an attempt to become one of North America's greenest, most sustainable home. It is also being filmed for their web series "On Begley Street." Studio City, CA.
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  • Dog park next to oil well, The Inglewood Oil Field is one of the largest contiguous urban oil fields in the United States, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Urban beekeeper removing feral bee hive from bushes near Ballona Creek. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • A climate change rally was held in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013 and drew hundreds of people to City Hall steps to hear speakers and organizers and their message for President Obama to take the nation "Forward on Climate", and say no to the Keystone XL pipeline.  Speakers in Los Angeles included noted Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman  and Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar.
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  • A climate change rally was held in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013 and drew hundreds of people to City Hall steps to hear speakers and organizers and their message for President Obama to take the nation "Forward on Climate", and say no to the Keystone XL pipeline. The rally was held in conjunction with the Washington DC rally held the same day and organized by 350.org. Speakers in Los Angeles included noted Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman  and Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar.
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  • Water main break at Santa Monica Blvd. and HIghland in Hollywood on Oct 27, 2014.
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  • Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
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  • Young boy walking on boardwalk, Elfin Forest, Baywood Park, San Luis Obispos County, California, USA (MR)
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  • Love Locks adorn the Sunnynook Pedestrian Bridge over the Los Angeles River along the Glendale Narrows
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  • The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA
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  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Glendale Narrow, Los Angeles River, California, USA
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  • Seagulls in Ballona Creek, Los Angeles, Calfornia, USA
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  • Train trestle bridge over Los Angeles River, South Gate, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Groundwater well with cracked earth. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Roadside memorial along route 180 outside of Fresno. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Water well being drilling next to oil well and fracking site in almond orchard. Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, has seen a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Mia Lehrer founder and President of the landscape architectural firm Mia Lehrer+Associates.. Raphael Sbarge films FoLAR documentary at LA River Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Los Angeles River, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • San Gabriel Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background.
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  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
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  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Rainwater collects by side of the road and Almond orchard during a sever drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Kelp off of pier at San Simeon State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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  • San Simeon State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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  • The Los Angeles River running through the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Los Angeles River under Balboa Blvd, Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Sepulveda Dam, Sepulveda Basin Recreation Zone, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Glendale Narrow, Los Angeles River, California, USA
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  • Dusk settles over the Los Angeles River at the Glendale Narrows, Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Vertical Sand Media Filters remove organic and inorganic contaminants in agricultural irrigation.San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California , USA
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  • The Ira J. Chrisman Wind Gap Pumping Plant, part of the California State Water Project, is located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Water is pumped 518 feet over the Grapevine from the California Aqueduct, enroute to Los Angeles as part of its water supply. Kern County, California , USA
    US_CA_85_55.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Pumpjacks at the Lost Hills Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • A pumpjack and surface water at oil well and fracking site in Shafter. Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, has seen a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Castaic Lake, a terminus of the West Branch California Aqueduct is at 55% of capacity during California's declared drought State of Emergency. Los Angeles County, California, USA
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  • Experienced anglers, kids and those wishing to learn to fish attend The first annual Off tha’ Hook fly fishing event held on September 6, 2014 on the banks of the Los Angeles River. Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • On November 11, 2013, Lauren Bon leading a Veterans Day mule train parade in Glendale, California that is the last leg of a commemorative artist action called "One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct", which was a month long, 240 mile journey from Owens Valley to Los Angeles that commemorates the 100 year anniversary of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The action was created by Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio with support from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and traversed the route of pipelines and canals that bring water from the Eastern Sierras through a gravity-fed system to Los Angeles, and which originally used mules to haul the equipment and pipes.
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  • Ed begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction. Ed Begley Jr. (noted actor and environmentalist) and his wife Rachelle Carson-Begley are building their new home under LEED Platinum Certified standards in an attempt to become North America's greenest, most sustainable home. It is also being filmed for their web series "On Begley Street." Studio City, California, USA
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  • Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District – WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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  • The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_034.jpg
  • The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA
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  • Tractor next to Almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Pumpjacks at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Well stimulation activity on oil well. Lost Hills Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site is located over the Monterey Shale. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Lewis MacAdams, cofounder of Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) . Raphael Sbarge films FoLAR documentary along banks of Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Experienced anglers, kids and those wishing to learn to fish attend The first annual Off tha’ Hook fly fishing event held on September 6, 2014 on the banks of the Los Angeles River. Elysian Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
    US_CA_48_4176.jpg
  • The 1st annual LA River Boat Race was held on August 30, 2014 on a 3/4 mile course consisting of small rapids and flat water located along a stretch of the river along the Glendale Narrows in the Elysian Valley. Los Angeles, California, USA
    US_CA_48_3867.jpg
  • Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. Fracking on the field continues to spark conroversey for the over one million residents who live within 5 miles of the oil field. Baldwin Hill, Los Angeles,, California, USA
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  • Morro Estuary Natural Preserve and its 800 acre wetland are home to dozens of endangered species.  This bird sanctuary is home to more than 250 species of land, sea, and shore birds, both migratory and resident, Los Osos, San Luis Obispos County, California, USA
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  • Young boy taking photos with a camera, Elfin Forest, Baywood Park, San Luis Obispos County, California, USA (MR)
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  • The Los Angeles River running through Reseda in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA
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  • Bell Creek just before the beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA
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  • Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, California, USA
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