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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Hard copy versions of these and other documents relating to the Sepulveda Basin
are available for public viewing at the Valley Region Headquarters.

To view the documents, contact  the Water Manager, City of Los Angeles.
818 756 9710

A very good introduction to the Los Angeles River (published by Friends of the Los Angeles River or Folar)
can be found by clicking HERE for a pdf file entitled: Watershed Wonders
All links are viewable .pdf files. Some documents are not complete (include relevant excerpts only)
Mission Statement of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee

1990 to date - Minutes of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee

1990 to date - Minutes of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Consortium

Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee Standing Rules (Adopted April 26, 2005; Revised May 23, 2011)

Photo Archive at Cal State Northridge of Sepulveda Basin

OVERVIEW ARTICLE

Fremontia (journal of the California Native Plant Society) Urban Wildlands Issue (with articles about Sepulveda Basin) click to download pdf
For more info www.cnps.org

2024

Concert in the Park Proposal for Oct. 11-13, 2024

Click HERE for Draft Notice of Preparation
Click HERE for Draft Environmental Assessment
Click HERE for Draft Finding of No Significant Impact

The public comment period on preparation of an EA for the proposal described above would extend from March 4, 2024 to April 2, 2024. Please direct your comments or questions to Jon L. Rishi, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at (626) 720-7087 or at Jon.L.Rishi@usace.army.mil or by mail at 645 Durfee Avenue, South El Monte, CA, 91733.

2023

Sierra Club Focal Points Magazine
Click here for article about Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve entitled Wings + Wonder + Water
https://issuu.com/johnnilsson9/docs/focal_points-mayjune2023

                                 Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area: Wildfire Resilient Habitat Plan

Plan Update, March 28



2022

UCLA Practicum Project on Sepulveda Basin
FIRE RESILIENCE IN THE SEPULVEDA BASIN WILDLIFE AREA
Protecting Wildlife Habitat and the Surrounding Community
Click HERE for document

2020 LA RIVER MASTER PLAN

The Los Angeles River is an integral part of daily life in LA County—a place to enjoy the outdoors and to get across town, a place to appreciate the serene and to bring all people together, a place to celebrate a thriving urban habitat and understand infrastructure, a place to learn from the past and to shape the future.

Non-native mustard prevents native plants from germinating.
Below are two Los Angeles Times articles about mustard:

 
April 7, 2022
 
Wild mustard fields can be dazzling — and devastating
 
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/newsletter/2022-04-07/mustard-fields-wildflowers-southern-california-the-wild
 
Blooming everywhere, this plant has changed SoCal’s landscapes for the worse.
 
 
April 25, 2019
 
This super bloom is pretty dangerous: Invasive mustard is fuel for the next fire
 
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mustard-fire-santa-monica-mountains-20190425-story.html
 
Thanks to Southern California’s wet winter, the Santa Monica Mountains are alive with luminous purple phacelia and bright blue lupine flowers.



2021

Weed Control In the Wildlife Reserve

Bill Neill's slides from the presentation: 20 Years of Controlling Perennial Weeds and Exotic Trees at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve.  

Background materials so far are in this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uoz5-qu--TmKFL_pvKzvZNQRI3T7PktV?usp=sharing  and include:

  • Report and Recommendations from the UC Herbicide Task Force which included leading experts from across the University of California
  • A summary sheet from Land IQ on Herbicides in Restoration
  • EPA Registration Review of Pyridine and Pyrimidine Herbicides
  • A list of least toxic pest control alternatives
  • Additional sheets shared on specific herbicides

Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Burned in Sept. 5 Fire - Recovery in Progress

"One Dead, One in Custody in Sepulveda Basin Fire"
NBC4 News

Check out Page 14 about the Basin fire:

 

                 https://valleynewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Encino-Sept-17.20.pdf

 



2020
 

LA City Tackles Water Lettuce Invasion - Volunteers Not Needed - Thanks to Those Who Helped!

As of October 27, City of L.A. staff began work on removing invasive water lettuce from boats and from the shore. As of Jan 1 no water lettuce observed. Thank you City of L.A.!

                                               

 

 

June 8, 2020 - LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) A four-acre brush fire broke out in the Sepulveda Basin early Friday morning. The blaze was reported at about 2 a.m. in the 6000 block of North Woodley Avenue in the Van Nuys area. The fire burned through heavy brush, spread by 20 mile per hour winds, the Los Angeles Fire Department reports. Water-dropping helicopters assisted ground crews who were also using heavy machinery to clear debris. All flames were extinguished by 5 a.m. and the fire was contained. Crews were continuing to mop up hot spots and cut lines around the burn area. There were no injuries or damage to structures. The Sepulveda Basin includes the Balboa Golf Course, the Japanese Garden, Anthony C. Benson Park and the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. There was no word on a cause. The area often sees several homeless encampments. Most of L.A. County is under a red flag warning through Monday night due to gusty winds and low humidity.

The Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve has been selected as the Winner for the 2020 Best of Lake Balboa Awards in the category of Wildlife Refuge. The Lake Balboa Award Program was created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of businesses and organizations in and around Lake Balboa. Our mission is to raise the profile of exemplary companies and entrepreneurs among the press, the business community, and the general public.

 

2019

New L.A. River Enforcement Program Aims To Clean Up Valley Area

 

A new agency will take over enforcement on part of the Los Angeles River, in an attempt to improve safety and sanitation.

 

https://patch.com/california/encino/new-l-river-enforcement-program-aims-clean-valley-area

 

PUBLIC NOTICE for the Sepulveda Dam Basin Operations and Maintenance Plan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is developing an Operations and Management Plan (OMP) for the
Sepulveda Dam Basin pursuant to Engineering Pamphlet 1130-2-550. The OMP is particularly focused on the
Operations Area located adjacent to the upstream and downstream toe of the dam.
Comments due by Dec. 15, 2019

 Click here to download pdf

CONCERT IN THE PARK FOR 2020

Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No SIgnificant Impact

Draft Environmental Assessment
Notice of Preparation
(Preliminary) Finding of No Significant Impact

2018

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DRAINAGE AREA
SEPULVEDA DAM FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIR
DONALD C. TILLMAN WATER RECLAMATION PLANT
Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
APPENDIX A – Bird Species Identified in 2017 Survey
APPENDIX D – Environmental Baselines Survey
APPENDIX E – Noise Technical Study

Steering Committee Comment Letter for the above

Click above to download pdfs

2017

Sepulveda Dam Basin Vegetation Management and Access Maintenance Plan
Final Environmental Assessment
Nov. 2017
Click HERE to download pdf

 

2014-2016

LA River polluted with harmful levels of fecal bacteria, study finds

Click Here to Read

PROPOSED ANGELFEST 2017 EVENT

Copy of the draft Environmental Assessment: http://go.usa.gov/ctzDe
Some relevant links:

SFV Audubon Comments
Kris Ohlenkamp Bird Specific Comments
L.A. California Native Plant Society Comments

Daily News Article April 20
Daily News Article April 13
Daily News Article April 12
LA Weekly Article March 26
LA.CURBED.COM March 28

If you have other questions or want to comment, contact:

Deborah Lamb, Landscape Architect, CA RLA #3115

USACE-SPL-PD-RL
915 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3401
work (213) 452-3798
Deborah.L.Lamb@usace.army.mil

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SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE
SEPULVEDA BASIN VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District released the draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Sepulveda Basin Vegetation Management Plan for public review and comment.

The public comment period officially ran from April 19 to June 15. For more info contact: kenneth.wong@usace.army.mil. 

A copy of the draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment is available on the District's website at http://go.usa.gov/czzp5.

Click HERE for Comment Letter submitted by the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society

Click HERE for Comment Letter submitted by the California Native Plant Society

Click HERE for Comment Letter submitted by the San Fernando Valley Sierra Club

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Regional Water Board Sues Army Corps
ValleyVoice Article

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File No. 14-0356
Arts, Parks, Health, Aging and River Committee Report
to Prohibit Certain Behaviors in the City's Wildlife Areas

Recommendation for Council Action (Koretz - Martinez - Blumenfield)

Original Motion by Koretz

2013-2014

 

L.A. Regional Water Board Files Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers for Water Quality Violations
 
Cites Violations of Federal Clean Water Act at Verdugo Wash and Sepulveda Basin
 
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Los Angeles Water Board) has issued a 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) for two unauthorized dredge and fill operations in Los Angeles County that violated the federal Clean Water Act and the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.
The Water Board is being represented in the matter by the California Attorney General's office.

Click
HERE to read more.

Click HERE to read the entire Finding of No Significant Impact for the Vegetation Management plan.

Click
HERE to read the letter sent to ACOE by the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee.
Click
HERE to read the ACOE's response to the SBWASC letter.
Click
HERE to see ACOE's web page about this issue.
Click
HERE to read Daily News article about clear cutting of South Reserve.
Click
HERE to read L.A. Times article "Army Corps of Engineers clear-cuts lush habitat in Valley", HERE to read follow-up article.
Click
HERE to view YouTube video about the destruction.
Click
HERE and HERE to see Encino Patch articles with additional photos.
Click
HERE to read letter from San Fernando Valley Audubon Society about clear cut.
Click
HERE to read KCET blog by Carren Jao.
Click
HERE to read letter from State Senator Fran Pavley.
Click
HERE to read letter from State Senator Luis de Leon.
Click
HERE to view video entitled "Wildlife Refuge Meets Army Corps of Engineers" by a concerned citizen.
Click
HERE to read an editorial by Charles Miller on the KCET blog.
Click
HERE to read story in the LA Weekly.
Click
HERE to read Congressman Brad Sherman's letter to Colonel Toy.
Regional Water Board Investigation - click
HERE for Encino Patch article.
Click
HERE for Jan 13 update on the Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve.
Click
HERE for Feb. 12 update by Army Corps of Engineers

Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Click
HERE to read Investigative Order by Regional Water Board
Click
HERE to read Water Board Additional Request (with images)
Click
HERE for link to Army Corp Response (Cover Letter and Engineering Technical Report)
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society's COMMENTS in regards to the USACE Technical Report,
which was their response to the LARWQCB Investigative Order R4-2013-0001

Click
HERE to read the Ad Hoc River Committee Report to the LA City Feb. 25, 2013


 

On March 19, 2013 the City Council passed the Sepulveda Basin habitat destruction motion authored by Councilmember Jan Perry. 
Click here to view the video clip, scroll down to Item 6. 
Here are the adopted recommendations:
 
ITEM NO. (6) 13-0024
AD HOC RIVER COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the eradication and loss of habitats in the San Fernando Valley Sepulveda Basin.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Perry - LaBonge):
 
1.   INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation and Planning Department, in coordination with the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), and in consultation with the City Attorney, the United States Corps of Engineers, the Audubon Society, Friends of the Los Angeles River, and any other pertinent entity, to prepare a report that explains the recent loss of 43 acres of bird, mammal, and reptile habitat in the San Fernando Valley's Sepulveda Basin without preparation of an Environmental Impact Report.
 
2.   INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation and Planning Department to include in the report if any endangered species were compromised, and whether there will be any detrimental impacts to air quality, and if any improvements were paid for with public funds or charitable contributions, and information as to which departments, if any, are responsible for overseeing projects that the Federal government is involved within City boundaries.
 
3.   REQUEST the Commander of the Los Angeles District of the Army Corps, to present to the City Council their Vegetation Management Plan as well as a summary of additional community input they receive from follow-up meetings, and the results of the investigation of the loss of the 43 acres habitat.
 
4.   REQUEST the Army Corps to work with the Bureau of Sanitation to come up with a collaborative agreement that meets the Army Corps' needs, the community’s concerns, and addresses the Regional Water Quality Board’s requests. 
 
 5.   DIRECT the Bureau of Sanitation to act as the City lead, to provide support so that all interested parties can create a well received next phase mitigation plan.
 
6.   REQUEST the Army Corps and the Bureau of Sanitation to come back with a plan within four to five months and provide a status report on the coordinated effort.

VIDEOS
Click
HERE to view a "before" and "after" video of the Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve south.
Click
HERE for part 1 and HERE for part 2 of Jan 13 Sierra Club video hike through "cleared" area.

Click
HERE to find out about the history and wildlife of what used to be the South Reserve.

Click HERE to visit the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society's web site that has recommendations as to who to send comments, and other links.

2009 - 2012

Sepulveda Basin Master Plan Update

FINAL DOCUMENTS
Sepulveda Dam Master Plan


Maps
Land Use Classification
Existing Recreation and Flood Frequency Contours
Vegetation
Special Status Taxa Occurrences
Real Estate
Restoration Opportunities

Appendices


Master Plan and the EA and appendixes that include the parts most pertinent to wildlife concerns (not including maps)

Click Below to Download Draft PDF's
Sepulveda Dam Master Plan
Land Use Classification Map
Sepulveda Dam Maps
Appendices

Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant In-Plant Storage Project
 
The public notice is available at http://bit.ly/oYT26M
The draft Environmental Assessment is available for review at http://bit.ly/plxiK1.


KAYAKING IN THE L.A. RIVER IN THE SEPULVEDA BASIN


Mayor Villaraigosa (front of canoe) taking a tour along the L.A. River, 2011

Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a
License for a Non-Motorized Boating Pilot Program on the Los Angeles River, Sepulveda Basin,
Los Angeles County, California

A copy of the final EA/FONSI is available here: http://bit.ly/nr0bPR (5.45MB PDF)

Email to Army Corp from Steve Hartman (SBWASC) and Kris Ohlenkamp (SFV Audubon) regarding bird survey taken July 6, 2011 (July 8, 2011)
click here to view .pdf file

Letter to Army Corp from Sierra Club (July 8, 2011)
click here to view .pdf file


Letter to Army Corp from S.F. Valley Audubon regarding Kayaking in the L.A. River (July 4, 2011)
click here to view .pdf file

Letter to Army Corp from SBWASC regarding Kayaking in the L.A. River (June 30, 2011)
click here to view .pdf file

Letter to Army Corp from S.F. Valley Audubon regarding Kayaking in the L.A. River (June 28, 2011)
click here to view .pdf file

According to an article in the Los Angeles Times by Louis Sahagun (June 25, 2011) there are plans to launch kayak trips along the Los Angeles River.
Find the article at  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la-river-20110625,0,5794583.story


Los Angeles River Non-Motorized Boating Pilot Program Recommendations (March 25, 2011)
City of Los Angeles Inter-Departmental Correspondence
click here to view .pdf file

City Council Motion on Non-Motorized Boating in the L.A. River (August 10, 2010)
click here to view .pdf file

Nesting bird and sensitive-species surveys of sites along the Los Angeles River and tributaries (April 29, 2011)
Cooper Ecological Monitoring
click here to view .pdf file

Recommendations for Near-Term Recreational Access and Use of the Los Angeles River (January 2011)
by Friends of the Los Angeles River
click here to view .pdf file

Navigability and Jurisdiction Evaluation of Los Angeles River Completed

According to a Los Angeles Times article dated July 8, 2010 by Louis Sahagun, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson declared the entire concrete-lined Los Angeles River channel "traditional navigable waters," a designation crucial to applying Clean Water Act protections throughout its 834-square mile urban watershed. (Click HERE for article). Previously, Dean Wallraff, of the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Conservation Legal Committee, wrote an article in the August 2009 Southern Sierran entitled California Clean Water Law: Restoring Protections for Wetlands and Impermanent Streams.
The article also featured a map of Permanent and Impermanent Streams near Los Angeles

The EPA Region 9 Office has prepared a two-page summary on the evaluation of jurisdiction and navigability on the Santa Cruz River, AZ and the Los Angeles River. The summary provides some background and outlines specific information categories for public comment.



Report on Non-Native Plants Along the Orange Line Busway in the Sepulveda Basin (3/22/2010)
click here to view .pdf file

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Master Plans and Environmental Assessments LACDA, Santa Ana River and Arizona Basins
Preliminary Draft Resource and Ecosystem Objectives (2/19/2010) 1.5mb .pdf file

Water board moves to enforce ban on trash in L.A. River

Cities along the watershed are required by 2016 to keep all trash out of their storm drains.
Those that don't comply will now be in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

By Bettina Boxall - December 11, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

Regional water quality officials on Thursday put some teeth into their long campaign to cleanse the Los Angeles River system of the tons of trash that turn it into a movable landfill after major storms. Standards previously adopted by the Los Angeles Water Quality Control Board give cities along the watershed until 2016 to keep all trash out of their storm drains. On Thursday, the board incorporated those limits into storm water permits, putting municipalities that don't meet the requirements in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Until now there had been no penalty for noncompliance.

"It's taken two decades to get to this point," board vice-chair Madelyn Glickfeld said after the 5-0 vote. "If we hadn't done this today, it would have been a signal" to cities "to relax, guys." During storms, tons of trash and plastic debris wash up in municipal drains that empty into the Los Angeles River and its tributaries. The trash floating at the river's mouth in Long Beach can be so thick that it is hard to see any water. In the unusually wet winter of 2005, Long Beach hauled more than 12,000 tons of garbage out of the river. Much of the trash winds up in the Pacific Ocean, contributing to huge floating garbage patches. Pieces of plastic can wrap around wildlife and kill birds and fish.

Trash was formally identified as a pollution problem in the river in 1996. Five years later, the regional water board adopted standards. But 22 cities sued to overturn the trash limits, saying they would be expensive and difficult to meet. The courts found the board had not performed an adequate environmental impact analysis of the new rules, but otherwise upheld them. After conducting an environmental review, the board readopted the trash standards in 2007. In the meantime, some cities in the watershed, including Los Angeles, started installing screens and collection systems to keep street debris from washing into sewers. Sixteen cities in the watershed recently received $10 million in federal stimulus money to outfit their catch basins. Local officials pointed to progress Thursday. "We have taken trash reduction seriously," said Signal Hill Councilman Larry Forester. Another official showed the board photographs he took after Monday's storm. Parts of the river that have been coated with trash in the past were largely clean.
Local representatives argued that it wasn't necessary to write a target of zero trash discharges into the storm permits, and that doing so would set a burdensome precedent for other pollutants.

bettina.boxall@latimes.com

Senior Park Maintenance Supervisor's Letter Regarding Organized Sports (Jan. 25, 2010)

Three maps from the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works identifying the eleven (11) facilities they maintain within the Sepulveda Basin.
click here to view 662kb .pdf file

The Effects of Dogs on Wildlife, by Tom Chester (April 28, 2005)

Click here to download a 12mb .pdf report entitled "Problems in Paradise - Weed Invasion in the Bull Creek Restoration Project." (June 2009)

Daily News Article about Bull Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project (April 12, 2009)
click here to view 307kb .pdf file

Minutes of Friends of Lake Balboa Meeting (May 28, 2009)
click here to view .pdf file

Photographer Documents Threats to Wildlife

Please click the links below to view images of illegal fishing, swimming, dogs off leash (in the lake too), killing of birds, etc.

The Best Fishing Hole in the Valley Illegal Fishing and Off-Leash Dogs, Coot Killed with Beer Bottle, Rape of the Wildlife Reserve

 
   
     
  2008  
Letter from Congressman Brad Sherman to LA Dept Rec and Park General Manager Jon Mukri
regarding feasibility of Section 1135 projects in Haskell Creek, Woodley Creek, Hayvenhurst Creek and Encino Creek.
click here to view 386kb .pdf file

Southbound I-405 to the westbound US-101 Connector Improvement Project EA199610
click here to view 12.4mb .pdf file

Environmental Assessment  / Initial Study leading to a Negative Declaration
and Finding of No Significant Impact, Final Section 4(f) Evalutaion
click here to view 54.5mb .pdf file

 
   
     
  2007  
  Bull Creek Restoration: Native Plant Extraction, Salvage and Storage; Hydroseeding.
click here to view 23.14mb .pdf file
 
   
   
  2006  
  Sports Complex Facility: Sepulveda Flood Control Basin (Notice of Proposed Activity)
 
   
   
  2005  
  South Fire Access Road, Sepulveda Basin Draft Environmental Assessment.
click here to view 166kb .pdf file

Bull Creek Channel Ecosystem Restoration – Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Assessment.
click here to view 124mb .pdf file
Bull Creek Channel Ecosystem Restoration – Alternative 4, Oxbow-Concept Design
click here to view 1.07mb .pdf file
California Native Plant Society Letter (September 12, 2005)
click here to view 1.29mb .pdf file
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Letter (September 4, 2005)
click here to view 3.95mb .pdf file
The River Project Letter (September 13, 2005)
click here to view 2.13mb .pdf file
 
 
2004
Los Angeles River Master Plan LANDSCAPING GUIDELINES AND PLANT PALETTES
click here to view 10.4mb pdf file
 
     
  2002 - 2003  
 

 

Sepulveda Basin Master Lease Supplement
Click HERE to download
Supplemental Agreement No. 4 to the Master lease between the USACE, City of Los Angeles and Department of Recreation and Parks which was signed by the LA City attorney on 9/24/2002 and which extends the term of the lease to January 4, 2042.

Sepulveda Basin Treatment Wetlands Park (Revised Draft Concept Design Report, May 2003)
click here to view 29.75mb .pdf file

Proposed Sepulveda Wetlands Park (Project Overview)
click here to view 10.75mb .pdf file

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Letter (March 7, 2002)
click here to view 3.73mb .pdf file

California Native Plant Society Letter (May 13, 2002)
click here to view 8.72mb .pdf file

Canada Goose Project Letter (April 18, 2002)
click here to view2.48mb .pdf file

 
   
   
  2001  
  Burbank Boulevard Trunk Line Draft Environmental Assessment.
click here to view 19.85mb .pdf file
 
   
  2000  
  Los Angeles River – Clearing Vegetation White Oak to Burbank Blvd. Environmental Assessment
click here to view 17.1mb .pdf file
 
     
  1999  
  Bull Creek – Section 1135 Preliminary Restoration Plan
click here to view 24.5mb .pdf file
 
   
   
  1995
 
  Draft Supplement 1 to the 1981 Sepulveda Basin Master Plan including Draft Environmental Assessment
click here to view 42.40mb .pdf file

Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Park

Final Concept Plan – Design Narrative - click here to view 3606mb .pdf file

Exhibit 2 - Overview showing features and plant communities - click here to view 1.3kb .pdf file
Exhibit 3 - Overview staging area, restrooms, amphitheatre - click here to view 1.1kb .pdf file
Exhibit 4 - Viewing Areas - click here to view 1.1kb .pdf file

Conceptual Master Plan – Landscape Revegetation Concepts – Public Workshop
click here to view 15.2mb .pdf file

Conceptual Master Plan – Design Narrative
click here to view 19.75mb .pdf file

California Native Plant Society Letter (May 16, 1995) regarding the Conceptual Master Plan
click here to view 5.81mb .pdf file

 
   
     
  1994
 
  Conceptual Management Plan for the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
click here to view 90.15mb .pdf file

Arundo and Exotic Weed Removal Within Bull Creek, Sepulveda Dam Flood Control Basin.
click here to view 22.45mb .pdf file

Executive Order - Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Practices on Federal Landscaped Grounds
click here to view 1.27mb .pdf file

 
   
   
  1993
 
  Sepulveda Dam Basin Urban Wildlife Refuge Workshop
click here to view 12.57mb .pdf file

Conceptual Wildlife Management Plan for the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Management Area
click here to view 8.73mb .pdf file

Wildlife Management Alternatives
click here to view 1.7mb .pdf file

Progress Report – Los Angeles River Master Plan
56.2mb .pdf file

 
   
   
  1991
 
  Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Flood Protection Project – Final Negative Declaration and Environmental Assessment
133.5mb .pdf file

Los Angeles River Task Force Brainstorming Sessions - 1990 through 1991
25.3mb .pdf file

Urban Refuge Policy (U.S. Dept of the Interior)
click here to view .pdf file

1990
Sepulveda Dam Basin Wildlife Area (North) Plant Revegetation Analysis
click here to view.pdf file

 
     
     
  1987  
  Final Environmental Assessment – Sepulveda Recreation Lake and Wildlife Area
click here to view 171.24mb .pdf file

Public Recreational Use Plan Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
click here to view 10.69mb .pdf file
 
   
     
  1986  
  Sublease and Operating Agreement for Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
click here to view 42.5mb .pdf file


Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve Design with Marsh
click here to view .pdf file
 
     
     
  1980  
  Sepulveda Basin Master Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report / Statement
click here to view 52.15mb .pdf file
 
   
  1966
ACOE Real Estate Lease to City of Los Angeles  click here to view 927kb .pdf file

Outgrant to City of Los Angeles for Recreational Purposes (Exhibit B)  click here to view 1277kb .pdf file
Exhibit B-1 click here to view 452kb .pdf file
Exhibit C click here to view 544kb .pdf file
Exhibit D click here to view 125kb .pdf file
Supplemental Agreement No. 1 click here to view 125kb .pdf file
Supplemental Agreement No. 2 click here to view 595kb .pdf file
[Supplemental Agreement No. 3 is dated January 5, 1972 and deleted 15.32 acres from the City's leased area
for a Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center.]


Real Estate Outgrant to City of Los Angeles for Recreation Purposes BLUEPRINTS - 26 April 1966
Blueprint Exhibit A click here to view 884kb .pdf file
Blueprint Exhibit A-1 click here to view 603kb .pdf file
Blueprint Exhibit A-2 click here to view 591kb .pdf file

 
 
   
   
  Papers on Riparian Restoration and Revegetation Projects Relevant to the Sepulveda Dam Basin  
   
  General Interest  
     
  Forward to California Riparian Systems
A. Starker Leopold. 1983
click here to view 20mb .pdf file

California Riparian Forests: Deciduous Islands in an Evergreen Sea
Glen Holstein. 1981
click here to view 20mb .pdf file


Environmental Resource Conservation: Riparian System Enhancement Through Water Reclamation
Ronald LaRosa. 1981

click here to view 4.7mb .pdf file

The Preservation and Restoration of Riparian Resources in Conducting Flood Control Activities
William M. Lockard and Richard A. Burgess. 1981
click here to view 18.1mb .pdf file

Vegetation of the Santa Ana River and Some Flood Control Implications
Ted L. Hanes. 1981
click here to view 5.3mb .pdf file

Riparian Restoration Planning in Southern California – What's Missing?
Keith B. Macdonald, Harold A. Wier, Julie M. Vanderwier and Michael U. Evans.
click here to view 8.3mb .pdf file

 
     
  Revegetation  
     
  The Esthetics of Native Plant Revegetation
Art Tyree. 1984
click here to view 3.78mb .pdf file

Plant Design Inventory Techniques for Modeling the Restoration of Native Riparian Landscapes
Kerry J. Dawson. 1981
click here to view 4.91mb .pdf file

The Role of Vegetation in an Integrated Pest Management Approach to Levee Management
Sheila Daar, William Klitz, and William Olkowski. 1981
 click here to view 6mb .pdf file

Los Coches Mitigation Area: A Case Study in Native Plant Revegetation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
Raina Fulton. 1987
click here to view 5.24mb .pdf file

Revegetation in the Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve: A Seven Year Summary
Emilia Parra-Szijj. 1989
click here to view 13.73mb .pdf file

Growth of Stipa pulchra in Experimental Field Conditions
Emilia A. Parra. 1987
click here to view 7.65mb .pdf file

California Department of Transportation Riparian Restoration Projects in San Diego County
John P. Reiger. 1987
click here to view 7.13mb .pdf file

 
   
  Target Species  
     
  Riparian Forest as Habitat for the Least Bell's Vireo
M. Violet Grey and James M. Greaves. 1981
click here to view 6.2mb .pdf file

High Quality Restoration of Riparian Ecosystems
Karthryn Baird. 1989
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The Status of Wintering Canada Geese at Quail Hill
Robin Butler. 1989
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Management of the Wintering Foraging Habitat for Canada Geese at Quail Hill
Peter A. Bowler, Fred M. Roberts Jr.,  and John Simon
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