Devil's Punchbowl Nature Center Replacement Planning Project

Devil's Punchbowl Nature Center Replacement Planning Project

The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is proposing to develop new park amenities at the Devil’s Punchbowl Natural Area. The Proposed Project entails planning for the replacement of the Nature Center that was destroyed by the Bobcat Fire in 2020 with a new building while also making improvements to the surrounding support site elements including trail heads, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access to buildings and trails, picnic areas, and shade structures. Specifically, the Proposed Project includes: • 3,245-square-foot Nature Center, administrative offices, and gift shop • Green roof • Reinforced masonry structure • Sand colored and fire rated board-form concrete panel exterior • Protection of all remaining healthy trees onsite • Natural ventilation • Natural lighting and skylights • Native landscaping and revegetation • Storm water collection and reuse • Solar canopy over parking lot • Native seed collection and germination (incl. local manzanita seeds for future use) • Shade structures • Planting additional native trees to provide shade in the future • Inclusion of local materials in the architectural design, such as rocks on façade • Demolition of the existing Ranger’s Residence

Unincorporated Los Angeles County

Los Angeles

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

Recreational (New park amenities at the Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area.)

Site Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire