Councilmember Tom LaBonge was on hand Wednesday for the official reopening of the Griffith Park Bird Sanctuary after the devastating Griffith Park fire of 2007.

Located on Vermont Canyon Road in a wooded canyon with a small stream, the sanctuary features a variety of bird in their natural habitat.

The park has been closed after being mostly destroyed in an 800-acre blaze nearly five years ago, although the Bird Sanctuary Trail – which leads hikers uphill past the Bird Sanctuary itself – was reopened in 2009...

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