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Just Released: Griffith Park Natural History Survey’s “Rare Plants of Griffith Park’
With its diverse terrain, deep valleys, ridgelines, and even natural spring-fed drainages, Griffith Park boasts...
Auto-free Interior Park Roads – Good for Recreation and Wildlife
Fall 2013 Mt. Hollywood Drive and Vista del Valle Drive have been closed permanently to vehicular traffic since...
Utility Charges Continue to Devastate Parks Budget
Fall 2013 The City's relatively new policy of mandating cost recovery (charge- backs) for services continues to...
Wild About Mushrooms in Griffith Park
With luck, Griffith Park received a small dose of rain just before experts arrived in LA to help with the first...
Highlights of Year 2013
During 2013, Friends of Griffith Park have continued to make extraordinary things happen! Supporting special...
Save the Sycamore Tree Event
Please join Friends of Griffith Park at the heritage Sycamore Tree in the Crystal Springs picnic area Saturday...
Keeping Griffith Park Free: with $5 Parking?
Fall 2013 Bending to City Hall pressures to charge for parking, a "pilot study" was conducted for "preferred parking."...
Park Rangers to the Rescue
Park Rangers in Griffith Park have become increasingly rare over the last years. The number of Rangers has been cut...
New Requirements Requested on Low-flying Helicopters That Buzz Griffith Park and LA Residential Areas
Originally ran Fall 2013 At the June 10th Congressional Field Hearing held at the Autry National Center on the subject...
The Griffith Park Juan Bautista De Anza Trail Project
Fall 2013 Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) of the National ParService, to help...
L.A.’s 2011-2012 budget requires parks to subsidize the DWP and pay $16 million for its services
June 2011 Historically, our municipal parks have provided free placements for facilities essential to LADWP...
Friends of Griffith Park prepares quick response to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Draft Environmental Impact Report
Many Griffith Park users may be surprised to learn that much of the open space that buffers the park is currently at...
$10,000 National Grant Awarded to Fern Dell Project
Fall 2013 Friends of Griffith Park is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the...
The Unintentional Consequences of Rat Bait
Wildlife continues to be threatened by these potent toxins: Brodifacoum, Bromadiolone, Difenacoum, and Difethialone....
Hike & Seek
On Saturday November 2nd Friends of Griffith Park participated in the National Wildlife Federation's Hike &...