ENCINO : 7th-Graders Adopt Mile of Mulholland
A seventh-grade science class from Stephen S. Wise Temple’s Day school has adopted a one-mile section of Mulholland Drive that hugs the southern border of Encino to help keep the road free of litter and graffiti.
The school is undertaking the project as part of the Adopt-A-Canyon program sponsored by the California Environmental Project, a nonprofit agency dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the environment.
Since the first of the year, Wise students have come to the site once a month to pick up litter and illegally dumped materials, said Jeff Gantman, program manager of Adopt-A-Canyon, which encourages organizations or businesses to help clean up their surroundings.
Adopt-A-Canyon also recently sent in a team from the Los Angeles Conservation Corps to pitch in on the cleanup efforts along the stretch of dirt road that the Wise students have adopted, said Gantman.
“(The team) picked up 75 bags of trash,” Gantman said. “They also found four refrigerators, a washing machine, a phone booth and a Porsche chassis.”
Representatives from the Wise temple, the California Environmental Project, the Conservation Corps, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and other organizations will gather today at the cleanup site for a dedication ceremony.
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