On February 25th, 2016, Friends of Griffith Park presented National Park Service Biologist Jeff Sikich at the Griffith...
Jeff Sikich Lecture on Video
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Current Events Articles
LA Zoo Koala Killing Underscores Dilemma With P-22
A recent article in the LA Times attempts to sort out fact from fiction while raising some important questions about...
FoGP Upcoming Plant ID Hike — Sunday, April 17th
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Join FoGP for an Evening With NPS Biologist, Jeff Sikich
Working to Preserve Mountain Lion Populations in the LA Region By now most Angelenos are aware that a mountain lion...
Citizen Science Meet-Up in Griffith Park for the Snail/Slug Hunt
Who loves this rainy weather? Slugs and snails, that's who! Join the NHM citizen science team and our curator of...
Newsflash: Two New Mountain Lion Kittens Discovered in Santa Monica Mountains
According to Kate Kuykendall from the National Park Service, a female and male kitten, now known as P46 and P47, were...
More on Rodenticides in Parkland
While the City of Los Angeles grapples with phasing out all rodenticide use, these dangerous substances continue to...
California Leads Nation With Bobcat Trapping Ban
California Department of Fish and Wildlife will no longer issue commercial permits to trap and kill bobcats after a...
Athletes Shine at the Special Olympics in Griffith Park
The City of Los Angeles hosted the 28th Special Olympics World Games in July for 7,000 athletes from 177 countries in...
The Los Angeles River Needs to Lose Weights
"Look at these," said a volunteer at a recent FOLAR clean-up hosted by Friends of Griffith Park. He held out a...
A River Runs Through It
Earlier this year Mayor Eric Garcetti travelled to Washington, D.C. to garner support and funding for the eventual...
The Unrelenting Drought
It's not just trees that are suffering from a lack of water: it's all living things, including Griffith Park wildlife....
The Rim of the Valley
FoGP board member Linda Othenin-Girard recently sat down with Congressman Adam Schiff, representing California's 28th...
Fed Up with Helicopter Noise? Take Action!
Griffith Park is plagued by helicopter noise. Did you know that there are essentially no regulations governing...
Bird LA Day in Griffith Park — Year One
May 2015 Based on the response to the launch of Bird LA Day on May 2nd, this is an event that's long overdue! Friends...
Friends of Griffith Park Host FOLAR’s Annual LA River Cleanup
April, 2015 FOGP Boardmembers, Felix Martinez, Miguel Ordeñana and Marian Dodge join FOLAR founder, Lewis...
Native Planting at Captain’s Roost, Sunday, April 12th
FoGP will be coordinating a native planting in one of Griffith Park's "folk" gardens, devastated by the 2007 fire...
Hike & Seek
On Saturday November 2nd Friends of Griffith Park participated in the National Wildlife Federation's Hike &...