This year, FoGP is helping fund a project that will shed a light on one of the most unfairly maligned creatures around — our urban bats. “I like animals that are misunderstood and a little controversial,” says FoGP Board Member Miguel Ordeñana...
Courtney McCammon has a sparkling personality. Discussing her new position as L.A. Recreation and Parks’ first ever ecologist, Courtney was enthusiastic about her goals and visions for our urban parks. Her energy is contagious; as we sat down and talked, the...
The hiking trails of every wilderness park in the world are critical in safeguarding the long-term relationship between humans and nature. Their proper maintenance and management is fundamental for many reasons, but can be boiled down to two important goals: protect...
Thanks to support from the Hancock Park Garden Club, the Bette Davis Picnic Area of Griffith Park is becoming home to a new native Micro-Forest as part of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation’s LA Park Forest Initiative. This new 900 square foot micro-forest is...
Sometimes moving forward requires a long look back and deciding whether the path we’re on is the best path for the future. When Spanish colonists first arrived in the small pueblo now known as Los Angeles, little did they realize how expansive this city would...
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