Santa Fe Dam Nature Center — Attraction in Irwindale

Had a problem with arson back in the brush for a while. But there's not much left to burn now. So they just put up signs forbidding access. Probably the intent of the arson terrorists who started the fires.

Nice work if you can get a job of one of the ones sitting all day in the white park trucks parked in the shade all day collecting tax payer's money.

Bring gas masks for the kiddies in case one of the man who frequent the park starting when entry is free opens their cannabis smoke filled windows upwind. Unless you want your kids dosed with cannabis smoke.

In all the many times I've entered the park, I have hever seen one fish caught in the cement pond with fake, electric pump activated stream entering it when it's not broken.

Otherwise it can be a nice place to relax away from the surrounding gang infested area. But it's about to get worse when they wave entry fee beginning in October. Almost no one is willing to actually pay...

The signs are inaccurate and some of the landscapers are planting invasive species. People also throw junk everywhere and apparently the center's too understaffed to clean up the trash.

The unmanaged parts have some nice biodiversity though. Seems to be a relict habitat for a number of organisms. Want to see the last(?) Linanthus dianthiflorus population left in the San Gabriel Valley? I've got you covered. And it's a huge population, too (please don't trample them).

Update: I have been told by one of the nature center staff members that she hates the intentionally-planted invasives too and that whoever's been planting those works for the county (therefore she isn't allowed to simply kill said plants because the county won't allow it). Ow!

Update 2: forgot to mention the place is pretty flat and not too...

On behalf of the Santa Fe Dam Nature Center, I would like to extend my upmost gratitude to you and your hard work to make the Nature Center reopening a reality.

We are now open to public on Saturday morning from 10:00 to 12:00. Wildflower walk will be conducted at 10:30.

There' still a lot more work need to be done but we have reached a major milestone thanks to all the volunteers...