Amigos de los Ríos seeking Emerald Necklace Natural Infrastructure Landscape Design & Project Management 2021 Fellowship in Los Angeles, CA, US

Emerald Necklace Natural Infrastructure Landscape Design & Project Management 2021 Fellowship Amigos de los Rios /The Emerald Necklace Group is a legacy 501(c) 3 non-profit environmental justice; community based natural infrastructure design organization committed to planning and implementing convergent natural infrastructure projects for the benefit of residents of the East Los Angeles Basin. This Landscape Scale Vision, entitled the ‘LA Basin Emerald Necklace’ protects biodiversity, provides greening benefits to underserved communities and integrates nature and urban forestry within the city at a variety of scales. Our proposed ‘Mountains to the Sea’ interconnected watershed-scale system of multi-objective parks, green spaces, trails and green school campuses stretches from the San Gabriel Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The goal of implementing this vision is to protect and enhance ecosystem services while improving equitable recreation opportunities, reducing impact of climate c...