Comments on: New source of water in Griffith Park! (Hands OFF, LADWP.) http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/09/24/new-source-of-water-in-griffith-park-hands-off-ladwp/ Griffith Park and Silver Lake, Fire and Water. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:00:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Donna Barstow http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/09/24/new-source-of-water-in-griffith-park-hands-off-ladwp/comment-page-1/#comment-5760 Donna Barstow Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:08:02 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/09/24/new-source-of-water-in-griffith-park-hands-off-ladwp/#comment-5760 Hi, Jessica, good point. I never heard of a headcut before, but every possible source of water in the Park should be nurtured. And restored before they became a problem. Probably Tom LaBonge would be the first step. My very first complaint about the park is that there is NO coordinating position or department to look at the park as a WHOLE natural landscape. Maybe a ranger would report this, maybe not. The horrible tree cutters are unqualified and a joke. Hi, Jessica, good point. I never heard of a headcut before, but every possible source of water in the Park should be nurtured. And restored before they became a problem.

Probably Tom LaBonge would be the first step. My very first complaint about the park is that there is NO coordinating position or department to look at the park as a WHOLE natural landscape. Maybe a ranger would report this, maybe not. The horrible tree cutters are unqualified and a joke.

]]> By: Jessica Hall http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/09/24/new-source-of-water-in-griffith-park-hands-off-ladwp/comment-page-1/#comment-5753 Jessica Hall Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:18:37 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/09/24/new-source-of-water-in-griffith-park-hands-off-ladwp/#comment-5753 Hi, This is very interesting. A couple of things - there are lots of streams in Griffith Park, just mostly intermittent or ephemeral throughout the year. But still very important from a habitat standpoint. They also need restoration themselves - some are compromised by checkdams, lining in concrete, etc. One that I have seen has a large headcut traveling up it, which could eventually undermine a road. I would hope that situations like that would get priority for natural restoration, rather than emergency repairs that end up lining it with more concrete. Hi,
This is very interesting. A couple of things – there are lots of streams in Griffith Park, just mostly intermittent or ephemeral throughout the year. But still very important from a habitat standpoint.

They also need restoration themselves – some are compromised by checkdams, lining in concrete, etc. One that I have seen has a large headcut traveling up it, which could eventually undermine a road. I would hope that situations like that would get priority for natural restoration, rather than emergency repairs that end up lining it with more concrete.

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