Corps removes 144 tons of debris from San Gabriel River

AZUSA, California – In a continuing project to improve the health of the San Gabriel River and reduce risk to the public, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District cleared 144 tons of litter and debris March 6-13 from a stretch of riverbed near Azusa. The land along the river is maintained by the LA District for flood-risk management. Local communities requested assistance in removing trash from abandoned homeless encampments on Corps-managed land near the riverbed. Representatives with the LA District's Operations Division and the Corps' LA District park rangers partnered with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Azusa Police Department and LA County Animal Care and Control's Major Case Unit to conduct a final safety inspection, ensuring the encampment was unoccupied – including pets – and to document its remnants.