Rio de Dios

Contents

9 Contents The FirsT hisTory Monday’s Madonna:The L.A. River and the Hopeful Science of Restoration Ecology by Peter Bowler Numbers (and Other Facts) 17 Water (and Other Fictions) 18 Lost Links and Empty Aquifers 24 Backing Up 29 Grocery Lists and Suckermouths 32 Looking Ahead 39 A Baedeker of Bon Mots 40 Where We are Now (Is Not Where We Will Be) 47 References and Literature Cited 57 10 The second hisTory Water from Stone by Bruce Bartrug Downtown 63 Baum Bridge 64 Pacific Lamprey 65 Stilt 66 Confluence 67 Ospreys 68 Fletcher Gate 70 Green Heron 72 11 hisTories Three To ThirTeen HarderThan Light by Charles Hood Mal Sueño 77 Where to Put Things 85 Notes for a Haiku Cycle About the City on Fire 86 The History of L.A. as told through a Time-Lapse Photograph 87 Joy Ride (1) 89 Joy Ride (2) 93 Bestiary 97 The Flood of 1914 110 Chiropterophily 117 Casitas 125 The Price of Dogs 132 12 This page intentionally left blank. 13 for Ben Saltman, friend and mentor 14 This page intentionally left blank. ...