Melanie
Winter
LA River Project Director and creator.
In March of 2003, The River Project director, Melanie Winter was honored
by Sunset Magazine as the first recipient of their annual environmental
hero awards “Champions of the West.”
"A former Broadway performer, Winter first took note of the river when
she returned to Los Angeles to care for her parents. She joined up with Friends
of the Los Angeles River, which since the 1980s had pushed for restoration
of the waterway. "When I connected to the river effort, I realized it
encompassed everything I'd been trying to do. Open space. Community."
In 2000, Winter founded the River Project."
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