Environmentalists concerned about Forest Lawn’s plan to clear trees

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A proposal to replace 835 oak, sycamore and walnut trees with 199,000 new interment spaces at a prominent Hollywood Hills cemetery near Griffith Park is at the heart of a controversy over the future of what little remains of the Los Angeles area’s undeveloped wildlife habitat.

Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries wants to develop 120 acres of its grounds because its existing expanse of carefully manicured lawns has nearly run out of room for interments in grassy havens with names like ‘Ascending Dawn’ and ‘Vale of Hope.’ Read more here.

-- Louis Sahagun