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March 3, 1999
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LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Some Los Angeles teenagers are giving nature a helping hand. They are participants in UCLA's Eco-Heroes program that takes youngsters to the mountains, the forests, and the lagoons of southern California to clean them up. The Eco-Heroes Program includes students from ten Los Angeles area high schools who visit sites in desperate need of rejuvenation.

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