Catastrophic urban fires, when homes burn, are invariably the result of wind-driven weather events, as was the case in...
How Best to Reduce Fire Risk for Residential Neighborhoods and Griffith Park?
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Current Events Articles
Visitor Center Redux…
On Saturday, December 13, 2025 the LA community celebrated the reopening of the newly-renovated Visitor Center in...
Unveiling the Griffith Park Mural
A glorious new mural now lives at the Griffith Park Visitor Center courtyard – and it’s a must see! “Invisible...
Griffith Park Updates
Friends of Griffith Park continues to initiate and promote projects that will enhance the visitor experience and those...
Slicing and Dicing Griffith Park
Looking at a Southern California Automobile Club map of the Los Angeles Freeway system from a few years back, it’s...
Student Scholarships Announced for 2024
To encourage the next generation of environmental stewards, Friends of Griffith Park is again offering scholarships to...
Toyon Through the Seasons
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) is a very important plant for the overall healthy habitat of Griffith Park. The...
LA Zoo Expansion — FoGP´s Next Steps
In 1896 Colonel Griffith J. Griffith donated land that became Griffith Park in order to provide a respite from the...
Winter Strikes a Blow in Griffith Park
Per Leon Boroditsky, RAP Forestry Division "There were 56 tree-related emergencies from January through April of this...
The Ups and Downs of Griffith Park’s Merry-Go-Round
The Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round has been a part of Angelenos' lives for 88 years. Children have gravitated...
Earth Day Planting Comes Off Without a Hitch
The Bird Sanctuary missed out on volunteer efforts for several years due to Covid restrictions so Friends of...
Shuttered?
"Some things never change," as they say. In Griffith Park, often that's a very good thing. Two important...
FoGP scholarship 2022 recipients; fostering the next generation of environment stewards
Over the summer, Friends of Griffith Park announced the recipients of our annual scholarship program which supports...
L.A. Zoo Speaks with Forked Tongue
Imagine a quiet hilltop in Griffith Park. In these native woodlands of 16.1 acres, live coast live oaks, toyons,...
Transportation Plan Presentation at GPAB
The July 28 GPAB meeting included a presentation from Kimbly>Horn, the team tasked with redesigning Crystal...
Wildness in the Metropolitan Area: A Dream in Search of a Plan
"Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he...
Restoring Bee Rock Trail
The hiking trails of every wilderness park in the world are critical in safeguarding the long-term relationship...
A Micro-forest for Griffith Park
Thanks to support from the Hancock Park Garden Club, the Bette Davis Picnic Area of Griffith Park is becoming home to...
An Appreciation of P-22
Ten years ago in 2012, when mountain lion P-22 was discovered haunting the hills of Griffith Park, this wasn't just...
The Role Park Rangers Play in City Parklands
To understand the role played by Park Rangers over time in Griffith Park, I turned to Mike Eberts' Griffith Park: A...
Toyon: Griffith Park Lost and Found
Motorists on the 134 freeway have seen the oddly-terraced hillside that is in Griffith Park, but does not appear to be...
The LA Zoo Vision Plan
A multi-level parking structure for 2,000 vehicles, three visitor centers featuring sit-down dining, a California...
Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of Griffith Park
On Saturday, November 13, 2021 volunteer educators from the LA Conservancy joined 30 different partnering...
LA Zoo Expansion is Taking Shape
Did you know the massive Los Angeles Zoo Project is nearing completion of it's final stages before receiving LA City...
Griffith Park Aerial Tram — Not Out of the Woods!
On November 9, 2019, a brush fire broke out at Forest Lawn Drive and Barham Boulevard, near Warner Bros....
Raptor Volunteers Keep Their Eyes on the Prize
Armed with binoculars, perhaps a clip board and eyes that are continually scanning, Friends of Griffith Park...
Underground Griffith Park: Holes as Homes
PHOTOS: top left: Desert cottontail "apartment" (approx. 10"). top right: Tarantula abode (1 1/2" diameter). bottom...
A Force of Nature
A conversation between FoGP board member Dora Herrera and National Wildlife Federation Director Beth Pratt Beth...
Honoring Ranger Albert Torres
On June 16, 2021, a plaque was unveiled at the Griffith Park Ranger Station, honoring one of LA's beloved Park Rangers...
Species of Concern: Miguel Ordeñana Discusses Griffith Park Bats
The last in the series on our Species of Special Concern highlighted the different species of bats found in and around...