Justin Sullivan / GettyAn aerial view of a kayaker paddling along the Los Angeles River during an LA River Expeditions tour in Los Angeles, California, on July 26, 2026Justin Sullivan / GettyJordani Juarez with LA River Expeditions prepares kayaks before the start of a tour along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on July 25, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyCanada geese fly over the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on July 25, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyJordani Juarez demonstrates how to paddle a kayak before the start of a tour along the Los Angeles River on July 25, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyGeorge Wolfe (left), a Los Angeles River advocate and the LA River Expeditions founder, helps a kayaker get launched at the start of a tour on July 25, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyGeorge Wolfe gives a guided tour along the Los Angeles River on July 25, 2026. In 2008, Wolfe helped lead a 51-mile kayak expedition down the Los Angeles River to demonstrate that the waterway was navigable, helping pave the way for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to classify the river as “Traditional Navigable Waters” and grant it protections under the Clean Water Act in 2010. In 2011, Wolfe started offering guided kayak tours that introduce visitors to the river’s wildlife, ecology, and ongoing restoration.Justin Sullivan / GettyKayakers paddle along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on July 25, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyAn egret flies past two cormorants on the banks of the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyOn July 26, 2026, kayakers prepare to launch boats into the Los Angeles River on another LA River Expeditions tour.Justin Sullivan / GettyKayakers paddle past trees and aquatic plants on the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyAn aerial view of kayakers taking a guided tour of the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026Justin Sullivan / GettyA kayaker paddles through brush during a tour on July 26, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyAn aerial view of kayakers in the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026Justin Sullivan / GettyKayakers navigate past rocks in the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026.Justin Sullivan / GettyAn aerial view of traffic passing over the Los Angeles River as a kayak tour takes place below, on July 26, 2026Justin Sullivan / GettyKayakers navigate along the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026, during a guided tour.