TIME Magazine Reporter Kayaks Down the LA River
In his TIME magazine piece about a recent LA River kayaking excursion, writer Jens Erik Gould points out that the hazards of a recently and temporarily opened-to-boaters section of the concrete waterway are largely man-made:
Kayaking down a ledge, my boat became stuck on a rusted shopping cart lurking in the water, and it took me a while to get free. I saw dozens more during the three-hour trip. My kayak sailed through clusters of trash including empty Styrofoam noodle containers, spray-paint cans and vitamin-bottle caps…
The water was undoubtedly full of pesticides from storm drains that empty into the waterway.
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