In August, Friends of Griffith Park launched a challenge to the City for removal of all unnecessary and abandoned...
Abandoned Water Tanks — Creating Eyesores and Liability Factors
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Fern Dell Trees Get Heaps of Help
Shortly before 8 o'clock on a Saturday morning in August I arrived at Griffith Park's famed Fern Dell. Friends...
Litigation Update: Old Zoo Performance Stage Project
In 2014, Friends of Griffith Park and Griffith Charitable Trust went on record opposing a permanent stage to be...
NordicNoirLA Comes to the Greek — Proceeds to Benefit Griffith Park
On September 25th, the sounds of Nordic Noir LA filled the Greek Theatre much to the delight of all who attended....
FoGP Summer Lectures Continue to Entertain and Inform
This past summer, FoGP's continuing lectures at the Los Feliz Branch Library focused on bats in Southern California --...
DWP’s Griffith Park Water Recycling Project
From DWP's website -- Construction on the water recycling project is divided into three components. This project is...
Save the Date — Help Celebrate the 12oth Anniversary of Griffith Park
LA Recreation and Parks is celebrating 120 years and you're invited! December 16, 2016 3-7 pm in Park Center (just...
NORDIC NOIR LA at the Greek Theatre on Sept. 25th
SPECIAL VIP RECEPTION BEGINS AT 6 pm On September 25th, Internationally recognized film composer, Jacob Groth (The...
The Story of Avery
Avery's first experiences in Griffith Park came in a stroller rolling along Mulholland from the Griffith...
Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!
"Oh, my!" exclaimed the little kids gathered around our table at the zoo as they looked at the photo of an emaciated,...
Traffic in Griffith Park: Mitigating the Urban in This “Urban Wilderness”
"It must be made a place of recreation and rest for the masses, a resort for the rank and file, for the plain...
August 18th Dr. Greg Pauly Lecture at the Los Feliz Branch Library
Dr. Greg Pauly on Reptile & Amphibian Discoveries from Southern California's Citizen Scientist Army Camera traps...
Warning — Foragers Ahead
Recently an article in the online Huffington Post discussed some of the ongoing problems related to foraging plants in...
Native Trees Saved in Crystal Springs Ballfield Settlement
Many of you, as valued members and advocates for Griffith Park, have been curious about our Crystal Springs...
Bird LA Day 2016 in Griffith Park
The weather may not have started out perfectly. The threatening clouds however, worked in our favor by keeping it just...
FOLAR’s 27th Annual Cleanup
FOLAR's 27th Annual LA River Cleanup hosted by Friends of Griffith Park was a spectacular success at Bette Davis...
Bird LA Day 2016 in Griffith Park
Griffith Park will once again be one of the locations for Bird LA Day. If you attended last year, you're already aware...
Discover the Anza Trail in Griffith Park
In 1775-76, an expedition of soldiers led by Juan Bautista de Anza set off from Sonora, Mexico to establish a garrison...
Griffith Park — “One Big Native Garden”
A series of Plant ID Hikes have been undertaken by Friends of Griffith Park and Jorge Ochoa, often referred to as the...
Jeff Sikich Lecture on Video
On February 25th, 2016, Friends of Griffith Park presented National Park Service Biologist Jeff Sikich at the Griffith...
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...
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...
Northward Along the Anza Trail
How did your family get to California and when did they arrive? These are just some of the questions explored at an...
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...