News & Updates
Celebrating P-22 Day, 2018
From the National Wildlife Federation... the upcoming P-22 Day event will take place at Shane's Inspiration (across from the Ranger Station) in Griffith Park...
2018 Raptor Study Final Results
Biologist and Raptor Survey Coordinator Courtney McCammon gave a wrap-up of Friends of Griffith Park's second annual Raptor Survey sharing insights from this...
Birding Basics
The best part about birding is that it can be done anywhere, in the most urban part of Los Angeles or in the most secluded park in California. It's a great...
July 19 Lecture at the Los Feliz Library Branch
Who Were the First Angelenos? When did the first humans arrive in Los Angeles? Where did they come from? What were their lives like? What did they look like?...
Celebrating 2018 as the Year of the Bird
Audubon has deemed that 2018 be known as the Year of the Bird in honor of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which...
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club (LABC) is one of the city's most enduring hidden treasures. "The Shrine of Friendship, the Temple of Sentiment and...
Griffith Reporter Spring 2018
Read or download the Spring 2018 edition of the Griffith Reporter PDF. DOWNLOAD PDF
Anticoagulant Exposure in Bobcats Can Have Surprising Effects
Rat poisons don't just kill rats; they kill wildlife too. Wildlife species are exposed to anticoagulant rat poisons when poisons are used in urban and...
Save the Dates for Upcoming Lectures
FoGP's 2018 Summer Lectures at the Los Feliz Branch Library Mark your calendars! These lectures offer history, horticulture, nature and more. Expand your...
National Trails Day is Coming to Griffith Park
In recognition of National Trails Day, Friends of Griffith Park along with LA Rec and Parks is hosting a restoration project. We'll be using natural...
Public Awareness Campaign on Rodenticide Use
from Kate Kuykendall (National Park Service) and Charlotte Parry (Santa Monica Mountains Fund) THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The Santa Monica Mountains Fund is...
Griffith Park Fire: The Second Chapter
Griffith Park is our nation's largest urban park and the site of a major fire in 2007. After a two day struggle by LA firefighters, this fire was finally...
Tree Care Event in Upper Fern Dell will take place RAIN or SHINE
Since we have students joining in the fun, we're moving forward with the event. From Trails Café, head to the upper parking lot along Fern Dell... Join...
Bird LA Day is Coming!
SAVE THE DATE, FOLKS! Bird LA Day Fern Dell/Griffith Park @ Fern Dell Bird Walk May 12 @ 8:00 am -- 10:00 am Bird LA Day presents the opportunity for anyone...
Taking a Hike With Special Needs Dogs Can be Fun and Rewarding
On any given day, you can spot folks of all shapes and sizes utilizing every area in Griffith Park but a special group brings rescue corgi special needs and...
Comprehensive Strategies Report from Dixon Resources Unlimited
Recently, Griffith Park has been inundated by visitors attempting to take selfies in front of the Hollywood Sign and as the LA Times and others have pointed...
Griffith Park/Disneyland Connections
Recently an early concept Disneyland map sold for the whopping auction price of $708,000 and tucked in the article was the connection between Walt Disney and...
Christmas Bird Count 2018
All in all, a pretty spectacular morning with lots of sightings in the Fern Dell area. Thanks, Gerry Hans for providing a list, which includes: Cooper's Hawk...
2018 Raptor Study Call for Volunteers
Nesting Raptor Survey, Year 2 is gearing up for the Griffith Park Study In our second year (2018) we hope to expand the survey into the Pasadena/Arroyo Seco...
2017 Griffith Park Birds of Prey: Final Report
This last year, residents of Los Angeles took part in the inaugural year of the Griffith Park Raptor Survey, a citizen-science-led initiative looking to...
2nd Annual P-22 Day
The guest of honor was nowhere to be seen but his presence was everywhere. P-22 did his usual cat thing -- he hunkered down in some quiet, cool hidden spot...
New Griffith Park Snake Species Confirmed
No offense P-22, but Griffith Park's reptiles have always intrigued me. I even like the rattlesnakes because they keep rodent populations in check. Seeing a...
Observatory Circulation Plan Declared a Success
One of the key features of the newly-implemented Griffith Observatory Circulation and Parking Enhancement Plan is the funding of DASH buses to shuttle park...
Attack of the Killer Beetles
First came the California drought and as we well know, droughts are really, really bad for trees. Droughts compromise the health of trees to such a degree...
Griffith Park’s 1933 Fire
Friends of Griffith Park is privileged to have speakers on a variety of park-related topics. This past August, our guest speaker was Mike Eberts, author of...
FoGP Lecture Series Cover a Range of Topics
Friends of Griffith Park's popular talks at the Los Feliz Library continue to draw standing room only crowds. On June 15, Courtney Aiken and Dan Cooper...
Transition Time for the L.A. River and Griffith Park?
There are plenty of discussions happening right now about renovating the Los Angeles River. It seems every week another company or entity is announcing a new...
Griffith Reporter Winter 2017-18
Read or download the Winter 2017-18 edition of the Griffith Reporter PDF. DOWNLOAD PDF
Xmas Bird Count / Griffith Park
Since the Christmas Bird Count began over a century ago, many thanks go to dedicated volunteers like you who have helped document numerous bird species...
Join Friends of Griffith Park for Narrated Objects Launch Party
On Saturday, Dec. 16th from 5:50-7:30 pm, please join Narrated Objects and Friends of Griffith Park for a magical night at Griffith Park's historic...
Celebrating P-22 Day in Griffith Park
Let's face it... it's been really hard for P-22 to remain incognito... Heck, he can't even walk down a street without someone recognizing him. And for a...
LA Zoo presentation of “The Cat That Changed America”
The Los Angeles Zoo's special screening on Thurs., Oct. 19th was extremely well-attended. P22 is Hollywood's celebrity cat -- and this film tells his...
Celebrating P-22 Day 2017
Last year's P-22 Day proved to be an exciting and informative event for all who attended. This year the turnout will be even greater... P-22 Day Festival on...
Grants From the Leonardo DiCapprio Foundation to Include Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing
For a variety of reasons, this is great news not just for cougars facing an uncertain future, but for all wildlife affected by human-created habitat...
FoGP Summer Lecture Series on August 17th
Friends of Griffith Park's evening with Mike Eberts, author of Griffith Park: A Centennial History can now be heard in its entirety (at bottom). On October 3,...
Raptor Nesting Survey Not Just for the Birds
Yet another survey is being added to the continuing series of our "Griffith Park Natural History Survey" portfolio. Three local biologists and over 30...
FoGP Summer Lecture Series on July 13th
In Praise of Parks Why have parks at all? What human needs propelled the universal formation, development and adoption of public parks? What challenges...
Taking a Firm Stand… Beachwood Judgement Handed Down
Friends of Griffith Park, Griffith J. Griffith Charitable Trust, and Oaks Homeowners jointly filed a Motion to Intervene (MOI) in the Los Angeles Superior...
Griffith Park Fire — Ten Years Later
Griffith Park looked very different ten years ago. On May 8, 2007 a brush fire broke out in the park near the tennis courts. While there are frequent small...
The Real Story of Faux Bois
My maternal grandfather never owned a car. A city-dweller, he walked everywhere, including the mile or so to work downtown Monday through Friday during most...
