Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to board member of Friends
Speaker 1: of Griffith Park Brenda Reese. Good morning, Brenda, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 1: Oh you sound way too energetic for five point fifty
Speaker 1: in the morning, but we appreciated a ton. Maybe it's
Speaker 1: because you're excited for Earth Day coming up.
Speaker 2: I'm excited for Earth Day and this is the time
Speaker 2: of the day anyways that us hikers are outside getting
Speaker 2: ready to put on our shoes and walk walk around
Speaker 2: in nature.
Speaker 1: Okay, and let's talk about hiking because one of the
Speaker 1: reason we're talking to you today is that there is
Speaker 1: going to be a new trail resource for Griffith Park
Speaker 1: that you're rolling out this weekend.
Speaker 2: That's right. We call it the Griffith Park Explore or
Speaker 2: the GPX for short, and it's a system of fifteen
Speaker 2: different trails. So this is so people can pick which
Speaker 2: kind of trail that they want to go on and
Speaker 2: it's a it will be encompass all of the park.
Speaker 2: This is something we've been working on for about two
Speaker 2: years now.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, So up until now, if people went to
Speaker 1: the park, they would just find a trail ahead and
Speaker 1: go And now is that how it used to work?
Speaker 2: Yeah, people have done books about Griffith Park. You can
Speaker 2: kind of look you know, to to those things or
Speaker 2: as well as just you know, go to As you say,
Speaker 2: go to the park, we look at the map. Oh,
Speaker 2: I'm going to go there and there. What we've done
Speaker 2: is we've kind of broken down the park into fifteen
Speaker 2: different areas. So if you're an beginner hiker or an
Speaker 2: expert hiker and you want to have a little challenge,
Speaker 2: we've kind of mapped it all out for you with
Speaker 2: ease or difficulty, and we've also given you an opportunity
Speaker 2: for if you, oh, I want to go see birds
Speaker 2: or I wanted more of a challenge, I want an
Speaker 2: easy walk, this is this will help you for that.
Speaker 1: Okay, So and is this an app or a website
Speaker 1: or how do we how are we going to find
Speaker 1: it when it launches.
Speaker 2: It's not an app, it's just on our website. So
Speaker 2: it's going to be really easy to do. So people
Speaker 2: don't here, don't have to add another extra thing to
Speaker 2: your phone. Okay, kind of come on.
Speaker 1: Okay, and so it'll take you and it'll say, okay,
Speaker 1: here are the different trails and then as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: like if you're a birdwatcher, beyond telling you where to go,
Speaker 1: it'll tell you what you're going to see on the
Speaker 1: different trails exactly.
Speaker 2: We're going to give you little tidbits of geology, history,
Speaker 2: little things of the flora and fauna you might see
Speaker 2: around the area. And so it's going to give you
Speaker 2: a little bit more than just you know, walk this way.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 1: Okay, how many miles of trails are there around Griffith Park.
Speaker 2: There are fifty three official trails around Griffith Park. And
Speaker 2: another reason why we wanted to create this is a
Speaker 2: lot of people kind of make their own trails and
Speaker 2: they kind of go off trail and this and that,
Speaker 2: and that's where people can get into trouble. So we
Speaker 2: really wanted to encourage people to stay on the official trails.
Speaker 2: And that's what these that's what the GPX is. It
Speaker 2: allows you to see and experience all of Griffith Park.
Speaker 2: In fact, if you could, in theory, do them all
Speaker 2: and say to your friends, I have hiked all the
Speaker 2: trails in Griffith Park, which is about fifty three fifty
Speaker 2: three miles of trails.
Speaker 1: Well, I love this idea, Brenda, because I've thought about
Speaker 1: going hiking in the park before and I just go,
Speaker 1: but I don't know where to go, and so now
Speaker 1: I'm going to know where to go, and you're going
Speaker 1: to make it easy so I can go on the
Speaker 1: easy trails because I'm not an advanced hiker by any stretch. Okay.
Speaker 1: And then on Saturday, because we Earth Day is next week,
Speaker 1: but we're going to celebrate early. So on Saturday, you've
Speaker 1: got a special celebration for the launch of this and
Speaker 1: also a chance for people to get their hands dirty
Speaker 1: and help the earth.
Speaker 2: Right, We're going to be meeting at the Griffith Park
Speaker 2: visitor Center. We're going to be putting some native plants
Speaker 2: in the ground, and I think we're going to be
Speaker 2: doing with our friends at LA Recreation and Parks and
Speaker 2: they'll be on hand to and we're just going to
Speaker 2: be meeting everybody and explaining a little bit more about
Speaker 2: the types of things that we're doing at Friends of
Speaker 2: Griffith Park and let's all get our hands dirty and let's,
Speaker 2: you know, help the park because it's one of our
Speaker 2: greatest assets here in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: And is everybody invited?
Speaker 2: Everyone's invited, yes, And it's at.
Speaker 1: The visitor center. What time are you going to be doing.
Speaker 2: I think that's at ten o'clock. Okay, Bolly, now now
Speaker 2: you're questioning me, but I think it's at ten o'clock. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, here's how we can direct them to your website
Speaker 1: if you'd like more information about the event on Saturday.
Speaker 1: And also and then the gPex trail resource is going
Speaker 1: to be available starting on Saturday.
Speaker 2: That's correct, yes, okay.
Speaker 1: And also if you want more information about Friends of
Speaker 1: Griffith Park find out all about how you can help
Speaker 1: out for Earthday, you can go to what website.
Speaker 2: They can go to www. And it's going to be
Speaker 2: Friendsigriffithpark dot org.
Speaker 1: Super easy. Brenda Reese, thank you so much for coming
Speaker 1: on with us this morning. I love this. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to go and take a hike.
Speaker 2: Thank you. We'll see you on the trails.
Speaker 1: Amy, all right, Thanks Brenda,