News & Updates

Volunteer Service Projects

Friends of Griffith Park has regular service projects in Griffith Park, in conjunction with the Department of Recreation and Parks. To be put on our volunteer...

Save the Sycamore Tree Event

Please join Friends of Griffith Park at the heritage Sycamore Tree in the Crystal Springs picnic area Saturday September 13th at 10:00 to 11am. We will pay...

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." The pilot study was declared successful...

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 from 60-plus at the turn of the century to...

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 of reducing helicopter noise in our...

Saving Historic Fern Dell

The Griffith Park Historic Fern Dell Preservation Project For nearly a century, Fern Dell has been an urban oasis. In its first sixty years, it was one of...

The Griffith Park Juan Bautista De Anza Trail Project

Fall 2013 Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) of the National ParService, to help preserve and enhance the historic Anza Trail...

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 operations. Obvious to the eye are...

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 risk. Joining the massive NBC Universal...

Griffith Park: A Unique Resource

2010 Griffith Park, the largest zoned Open Space in the City of Los Angeles, comprises over 4200 acres of dedicated public parkland. As the largest natural...

$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 Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic...

Griffith Park: A Historical Cultural Landmark

On Christmas Day 1896, Colonel Griffith J. Griffith gifted Los Angeles with Griffith Park, the heart and lungs of our City. Immigrant-made-good Griffith knew...

The Unintentional Consequences of Rat Bait

Wildlife continues to be threatened by these potent toxins: Brodifacoum, Bromadiolone, Difenacoum, and Difethialone. The chemical names aren't important....

Hike & Seek

On Saturday November 2nd Friends of Griffith Park participated in the National Wildlife Federation's Hike & Seek in the Mineral Wells picnic area...

Griffith Reporter Winter 2013-14

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Griffith Reporter Fall 2013

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Big Cat Confirmed

Spring 2012 Griffith Park Wildlife Connectivity Study Records Mountain Lion in Our Midst It happened on February 12, 2012 at 9:15 p.m. Cameras belonging to...