On Saturday, March 24, sixty-nine volunteers and several Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA) rangers worked together to build 0.4 miles of a new 0.63-mile long singletrack, multi-use segment of the Canyon Overlook Trail. The new trail in Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks starts at the Mesa Trail, passes below Read more…
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation and the Calabasas City Council honored Superintendent Woody Smeck for his 21 years of outstanding stewardship of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA). Source of this article: The Topanga Messenger, March 12, 2012 After serving the Read more…
Source of this article: The Ventura County Star, March 22, 2012 It took just two years for the Weekday Trailblazers hiking group to build its membership roster to nearly 600 people, but the group’s leaders say it isn’t difficult to sell the national parks. “Once you sit back and realize that Read more…
Regulators and lawmakers know very little about how and where oil companies employ hydraulic fracturing in the state. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2012 Energy companies across California are injecting a mysterious mix of chemicals into the ground to tap oil deposits while frustrating attempts Read more…
The Obama administration has earmarked $2.4 million in its 2013 budget for acquiring and protecting up to 238 acres of undeveloped land in Zuma and Trancas Canyons in the Santa Monica Mountains, U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) said in a statement. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, Read more…
BrightSource Energy has spent $56 million so far to protect the threatened creatures, but calamities have befallen the effort. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2012 Stubborn does not come close to describing the desert tortoise, a species that did its evolving more than 220 million Read more…
The young male, the first wild wolf recorded in California since the 1920s, is believed to have traveled in excess of 2,000 miles since leaving his home pack in northeastern Oregon last fall. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2012 The wandering gray wolf who last Read more…