A Late Winter Walk in the Park
Pick a walk through a natural habitat and hike it once a month for a year. You’ll never have the same walk twice.
Category Archives: Urban Parks
Squirrels!
If you had to design a happy creature from scratch, chances are you’ll end up with something like a squirrel. Adorable, energetic, bushy tail, bouncy run.
Abney Park
Every forest is a graveyard.
To Wonder View and Beyond!
Besides city views and apex predators, there is also show biz!
Look Ma! I’m Making a Wilderness!
So plant a few natives in the yard and call it a day, eh? I wish.
Late Summer at Kenneth Hahn Park
A late summer walk in Kenneth Hahn Park can be a bit dismal.
Murphy Ranch: Nature, Graffiti, Intrigue
Between the multi-million dollar houses of the Pacific Palisades and Will Rogers State Park sits Murphy Ranch where truth and myth blended together.
Succession
“In a few months the wonderful flowery vegetation is in full bloom and by the end of May it is dead and dry and crisp, as if every plant had been roasted in an oven.” –John Muir
About Concrete Chaparral
Like many young environmentalists, things were black and white. Wilderness – good. Civilization – bad. Humankind and Nature were separate entities. But they aren’t.
The Rainforest at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
With each step the bridge sways and bounces. But the canyon it crosses is gorgeous with the Capilano River roaring down below and the forest on the opposite side inviting.
Concrete Chaparral 