Save Elephant Hill

🌿📰 🚨 NEW ARTICLE ALERT! 🚨✨🍃 Another great story highlighting Elephant Hill and the long-awaited opening of its new trail! 💚🌄 👉 Link in bio to read the full article! Many thanks to Fiona Ng and her great promo of the Elephant Hill Trail Opening on May 2nd in @laistofficial today. We love Fiona’s coverage because she is able to convey so much in a succinct and compelling manner that goes beyond the ‘who, what, when and where’ of a story. Thank you Fiona and @laistofficial ! 🙌🏽💫 Years in the making, this new 0.75-mile trail 🥾 now connects one side of Elephant Hill to the other — from Pullman & Harriman all the way to Lathrop Street — creating a safer, more accessible way to experience this 110-acre natural treasure in El Sereno. 🌿 This milestone represents decades of community advocacy 💪🏽🌱 to protect Elephant Hill from illegal dumping, off-roading, and development — and to preserve it as open space for future generations. With support from @mrcaparks , new trail features like signage, kiosks, and restoration efforts (including the @test_plot 🌼) give a glimpse into what a fully restored Elephant Hill can become. As shared in the article, this isn’t just the completion of a trail — it’s the beginning of what’s next. ✨ #SaveElephantHill #ElSereno #NortheastLA #LAist #UrbanNature #CommunityPower #ProtectOurParks 🌿🥾🌄

📰 🚨 NEW ARTICLE ALERT!🚨📰 We’re so excited to share that Elephant Hill and our surrounding green spaces are getting some well-deserved spotlight! 💚🌄 👉 Link in bio to read the full article! Many thanks to @jacinthewild.la for their amazing article about the importance and connectivity of Northeast LA’s hillside parks published in the @latimes on April 30, a few days in advance of today’s Elephant Hill Trail Opening. 🥳🌿 Jaclyn developed and ground truthed a 13.5 mile hike 🥾 linking Elephant Hill Open Space, @ascothillsparkla , @freeflattop , and @audubon_debspark , as well as @the_wall_las_memorias — highlighting just how connected and powerful these open spaces are for our communities. 🌎💚 Jaclyn wrote this piece as a thank you to all the folks who have been working to protect these green spaces over the years. 🙌🌱 @saveelephanthill says, right back at you, @jacinthewild.la ! 💫 You have championed and elevated our work in a powerful and far reaching way. Mil gracias! 💚🙏 #SaveElephantHill #NortheastLA #LATimes #UrbanNature #HikingLA #CommunityPower #ProtectOurParks 🌿🌄

Please join us to celebrate the Elephant Hill Trail Opening Saturday May 2nd! The program starts promptly at 9 AM. Share your vision about future improvements on Elephant Hill, hike🥾 the new trail with local naturalists, and learn about the urban conservation work 🌿 of our non-profit partners right here in El Sereno. Take part in a raffle for cool stuff. Last but not least, enjoy coffee and refreshments provided by @elephant_hill_cafebakery . We encourage participants to walk, bike, or take transit to get to the event. If you do drive, please park on Collis near Pullman. See you there! #saveelephanthill

Cyanotype Workshop by Coyotl + Macehualli and Nature walk, at Elephant Hill Test Plot

This Saturday, we opened the Elephant Hill Trail in El Sereno. This was more than a ribbon cutting - it was a declaration that our communities deserve access to nature, clean air, and open spaces. For too long, neighborhoods like El Sereno have been overlooked for park access. This weekend, we affirmed that park equity is essential. This trail is the result of community organizing led by Save Elephant Hill in collaboration with MRCA and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Let’s talk with our neighbors, listen to our communities, invest in equity, and protect our environment. When we do that, we all rise together.

This Saturday we celebrated the first trail opening on Elephant Hill thanks to @saveelephanthill @cd14losangeles @senatormed This was a huge moment for El Sereno and it marks a dedication to our community pride and evolution. At Superior Nut we are committed to uplifting El Sereno. That’s why we collaborated with @saveelephanthill to create and donate a very special Elephant Hill Mix that’s earthy, energized and delicious! Let’s keep the momentum going. We are always here to support, share and uplift! #weloveelsereno #superiornut #elsereno #elephanthills

Today’s the day! Following years of relentless effort by @saveelephanthill @mrcaparks and countless other orgs (including the @californianativeplantsociety and @test_plot !), the first official, graded, and accessible trail will be OPEN for community access. This reflects an enormous victory of environmental justice, community activism, and native plant restoration and education work. Join us in celebrating this momentous occasion!

🐜🐜🐜 ARGENTINE ANT IN NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) are small, brownish-gray ants found all over the world. Native to South America, their range has expanded due to human activities, and they are now the most commonly encountered ant in Los Angeles. They can thrive in moist, human-modified landscapes, and outcompete some of our native ant species, which are key parts of local ecosystems. Argentine ants are especially interesting because unlike other ant species which fight when members of different nests encounter one another, Argentine ants from as far apart as Los Angeles and San Francisco get along just fine! This means that they form what are called supercolonies, and might help explain their tremendous success in their introduced range.

🌿✨ Join us at the Elephant Hill Trail Opening! ✨🌿 📍 Saturday, May 2 🕘 9 AM – 11 AM 📌 Pullman & Harriman, El Sereno Come celebrate this exciting milestone with us and be among the first 150 guests to receive a sample of the brand new 🥜 Elephant Hill Trail Mix! 🎟️ Huge thanks to @superiornutlosangeles , a proud El Sereno Legacy Business since 1964, for generously creating the trail mix and donating a delicious gift basket for our raffle 💚 🌄 See you on the trail! #SaveElephantHill #ElSereno #SupportLocal #LegacyBusiness #SmallBusinessLove #NatureInLA #TrailOpening #CommunityEvent 🌱

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday at Elephant Hill! Meet the groups working to protect this open space and mingle with your neighbors. #saveelephanthill #ElSereno #northeastla #hikingtrail

Hey friends 🌿✨ We are one week out from the 🌿Elephant Hill Trail Opening celebration on May 2 at 9 AM! 📅 Please mark your calendars and repost to spread the word 📣💚 Join a hike on the new trail 🥾🌄 led by local naturalists Natasha Khanna Dang and Melli Uribe. Complete a survey 📝 to weigh in on future improvements to Elephant Hill. Stop by and say hello 👋 to our local partners tabling at the event: @mrcaparks , @cnps.losangeles , @watershedhealth , @coyotl.macehualli , @heroesofelephanthill , @north_east_trees , and @test_plot 🌱🤝 Take part in a raffle 🎟🎁 and sample some of the amazing products from our local business partners: @elephant_hill_cafebakery ☕🍰 and @superiornutlosangeles 🥜✨ See you there! 💚🌿 #SaveElephantHill #ElSereno #NatureInLA #hikingtrails #grandopeningevent

🕸️ CALIFORNIA TRAPDOOR SPIDERS (Bothriocyrthum californicus) are members of the group Mygalomorphae which includes tarantulas and kin, they are native to Southern California and Baja California, Mexico. 📏Their size ranges from 1 to 2 inches. They dig burrows in the ground which are covered with silk, they seal the burrow entrance with a little trapdoor created from silk and saliva, they feed usually from small arthropods like crickets and beetles. 🌿Females spend their whole life in the burrows, while males leave in search of females once their reach maturity, females can live multiple years and are among the most longevous spiders in the world, they are quite common in the foothills of the LA mountains, pay close attention and look for their doors which are usually the size of a quarter coin.