An activist bought 4.5 acres of the L.A. River just to have a stake in its revitalization

Steven Appleton bought 4.5 acres smack in the middle of the L.A. River. Private land in a public waterway comes with few rights, but he’s hoping one of them is to tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, “No more Roundup!”

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-02/la-river-revitalization-frog-development-roundup
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