Aleksander Weintraub), California poppy, and various other species of plants. Fauna. The park is inhabited by a thriving population of coyote, gray fox, raccoon, striped skunk, Virginia opossum (introduced), desert cottontail, brush rabbit, California ground squirrel, woodrat, Botta's pocket gopher, various species of mice, as well as the highly invasive brown rat. The park also hosts a variety of reptilian and amphibian species which include California kingsnake, Pacific rattlesnake, gopher snake, two-striped garter snake, bullfrog (introduced), western fence lizard, common side-blotched lizard, common mudpuppy (introduced), as well as the endangered western pond turtle. Over 150 different bird species have 	Rio de Los Angeles State Park
21468921	been reported along the Los Angeles River, including, great egret, great blue heron, snowy egret, black-crowned night heron, red-tailed hawk, prairie falcon, osprey, northern mockingbird, western bluebird, common raven, American crow, double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, Muscovy duck (introduced), horned grebe, red-necked grebe, black-necked grebe, pied-billed grebe, American coot, cinnamon teal, western gull, mourning dove, killdeer, etc. The Los Angeles River has become a fisherman's hotspot that has gained a reputation for having an abundance of common carp, largemouth bass, Nile tilapia, black bullhead, green sunfish, common pleco, Pacific lamprey, bluegill, fathead 	Rio de Los Angeles State Park
21468922	minnow, crayfish, mosquito fish, and quagga mussel. In early-2015 an attempt was made by conservationists to reintroduce the native steelhead trout to the Los Angeles River alongside the Rio de Los Angeles State Park. The effort turned out to be a huge failure after nearly all the juvenile trout ended up getting eaten by the already existing fish population. Rio de Los Angeles State Park Rio de Los Angeles State Park is a California State Park along the Los Angeles River north of downtown Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Glassell Park, Los Angeles. The park includes restored wetlands featuring 	Rio de Los Angeles State Park
21468923	Aleksander Weintraub Aleksander Weintraub Aleksander Weintraub (pen name Aleksander Dan; 6 January 1897 – 1943) was a Polish poet and writer, from a Jewish family from Lwów. In the 1930s he published in the Lwów magazine Sygnaly" (Signals) and other leftist papers. He was closely associated with the Polish Communist Party. In 1935 he was an initiator of the formation, and later a member, of the Congress of Cultural Workers, associated with the party. For his communist activism he was arrested in 1937 and imprisoned for two years. After the Soviets occupied Lwów he became one of the leading members of the collaborationist  newspaper "Czerwony Sztandar" ("The Red Flag"), writing mostly on cultural matters. In 1943, he was murdered by the German Nazis, either in Lwów, or in the Belzec concentration camp. Aleksander Weintraub Aleksander Weintraub (pen name Aleksander Dan; 6 January 1897 – 1943) was a Polish poet and writer, from a Jewish family from Lwów. In the 1930s he published in the Lwów magazine "Sygnaly" (Signals) and other leftist papers. He was closely associated with the Polish Communist Party. In 1935 he was an initiator of the formation, and later a member, of the Congress of Cultural Workers, associated with the party