Environmental groups concerned about Forest Lawn's plan to clear trees

The Hollywood Hills cemetery near Griffith Park is running out of burial spots, managers say. Environmentalists worry that a proposal to replace 835 oak, sycamore and walnut trees with 199,000 new interment spaces could cut into wildlife habitat.

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.