LA River 2020-2021: Protecting Our River Seasonal Study

Overview

A network of LA River monitoring organizations co-designed and facilitated the project, selecting a sampling regime covering 12 locations over 3 temporal windows from 2020-2021, which happened to span the three first waves of COVD-19 outbreak in Los Angeles. This project was funded by Metabolic Studio to catalyze creative collaboration among diverse organizations.

• Last Updated

  01/29/2026

  Project Timeline

  07/24/2020 - 02/21/2021

• Contributors

  Ariel Levi Simons, Susanna Theroux, Sabrina Drill, Mas Dojiri, Wai-Yin Kwan, Courtney Bonilla, Sophie Parker, Melissa von Mayrhauser, Michelle Barton, Dave Jacobs, Katherine Pease, Luke Ginger, Paul Barber, Jonathan Bishop, Raphael Villeguas, James Oliver, Andy Aguilar, John Perisho, Peggy Nguyen, Kay Benitez, Miroslava Munguia-Ramos, Anna Worth, Milagros Guadalupe Rivera, Colin Fairbairn, Meixi Lin, Maura Palacios-Mejia, Ana Garcia Vedrenne, Kimberley Ballare, Cynthia Valadon, Yuerong Xiao, Adam Wall, Dean Pentcheff, Regina Wetzer, Beth Shapiro, Rachel Meyer, Chloé Orland, Carlos Aldape, Dannise V. Ruiz Ramos, Monique Ouk, Rachel Turba, Lenore Pipes, Julianne Stanford, Lexi Stanford

Methodology