News & Updates
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, mangy P-22. Many of the families were...
Celebrating the 240th Anniversary of the Anza Expedition through Griffith Park
Travel has certainly come a very long way in the past 200+ years. Planes, trains and automobiles have increased our ability to get from Point A to Point B...
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 people..." ~ Col. Griffith J. Griffith...
A Bridge Not Far
As bridges go: it's small. The Fern Dell pedestrian bridge is a mere 52 feet long, but provides critical access in Fern Dell. The bridge is located...
Jeff Sikich’s Feb. 25th Lecture Focuses on Mountain Lion Populations in LA
Jeff Sikich knows mountain lion P-22 better than anyone. He first captured P-22 in March 2012 in order to place a radio collar on him shortly after a...
Who Owns Wildlife? Law and the Birth of the Preservation Movement
Few people have heard of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, but the idea behind this landmark law reaches back to Roman times and continues to drive...
July 14th 2016 Lecture with Wildlife Biologist/Bat Enthusiast Miguel Ordeñana
Miguel Ordeñana, wildlife biologist with the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum will join us on July 14, 2016 to discuss the various bat species...
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 in Griffith Park record sightings of...
Warning — Foragers Ahead
Recently an article in the online Huffington Post discussed some of the ongoing problems related to foraging plants in California wild lands and across the...
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 Ballfield litigation. We appreciate your...
Join FRONTRUNNERS for a Griffith Park Fun Run June 5th!
The start/finish area for Pride Run 2016 is the Crystal Springs Picnic Area in Griffith Park. The 5K is one loop around the golf course, the 10K is two loops...
Celebrating Anza’s Expedition in Griffith Park
The story of Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition through California in 1775-76 marked the moment when Spain was able to thwart attempts by Russians to lay...
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 this side of balmy, and while there...
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 Picnic Area with hundreds of individuals...
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 Griffith Park is a great venue for an...
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 in the San Francisco Bay area and lay...
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 "Indiana Jones of Horticulturists" in...
Jeff Sikich Lecture on Video
On February 25th, 2016, Friends of Griffith Park presented National Park Service Biologist Jeff Sikich at the Griffith Park Ranger Auditorium discussing...
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 how the community can live side-by-side...
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 (P22) currently inhabits Griffith Park....
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 Malacology, Jann Vendetti on our first...
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 implanted with tracking devices after...
Walking the Fern Dell Stream
Worth preserving: Fern Dell's unique fusion of Picturesque and Park Styles In 1914, the L.A. Parks Department decided to create a rustic fern garden in a...
More on Rodenticides in Parkland
While the City of Los Angeles grapples with phasing out all rodenticide use, these dangerous substances continue to find their way into Los Angeles parks....
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 Anza Trail Ambassador training session...
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 hold-your-breath 3 to 2 vote was taken by...
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 sites throughout the city. Griffith Park...
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 handful of what looked like musket...
Griffith Reporter Fall 2015
Read or download the Fall 2015 edition of the Griffith Reporter PDF. DOWNLOAD PDF
A River Runs Through It
Earlier this year Mayor Eric Garcetti travelled to Washington, D.C. to garner support and funding for the eventual restoration of the Los Angeles River to a...
Trail Signage is a Necessity in Griffith Park
Friends of Griffith Park has long-recognized the dire need for directional trail signage in the park, especially in areas where ill-prepared tourists...
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. Although we've recently seen some rain,...
The Rim of the Valley
FoGP board member Linda Othenin-Girard recently sat down with Congressman Adam Schiff, representing California's 28th District which includes Griffith Park...
Fed Up with Helicopter Noise? Take Action!
Griffith Park is plagued by helicopter noise. Did you know that there are essentially no regulations governing helicopter flights? There are no minimum...
Fern Canyon Restoration Project Brochure
Read or download the Fern Canyon Restoration Project Brochure PDF. DOWNLOAD PDF
Proposed Mt. Hollywood Drive Reopening Pits Parking Against People (and the Park)
May 2015 In 1992 when L.A.'s Rec & Parks took the unprecedented step of closing Mt. Hollywood and Vista del Valle Drives, a surprising thing...
Attempt to Sideline the New Enlightened Draft of a Master Plan for Griffith Park
Spring 2011 After three years of public meetings, the Working Group, a panel of citizens appointed to write a new MASTER VISION PLAN, submitted a Draft...
Along the Anza Trail
Spring 2012 Working with the National Park Service to enhance a Griffith Park asset The year is 1775. In October, forty soldiers and 240 civilians...
Native Intelligence
Spring 2012 The Griffith Park Natural History Survey reaches its five-year milestone The recent confirmation of a mountain lion, the sighting of bat...
