COSCA Spring Trailwork Day along the Hawk Canyon Trail on March 16, 2019

The Hawk Canyon Trail is in the Conejo Canyons/Western Plateau open space areas of Thousand Oaks.
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Volunteers head down the Hidden Rim Trail towards the Hawk Canyon Trail where they will be working.
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One section had some big rocks to move
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A large part of the work was moving the trail up the slope a little to get it out of the flood plane.
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Here you can see the trail is only slightly above the flood area
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This part of the trail was lined on the outside by a line of rocks
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Armoring a big rut with rocks to keep it from eventually cutting across the trail
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Rocks show the path of the trail across this dry wash
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The goal here was to clear away the lush vegetation that was overgrowing the trail
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The trail runs past this small patch of bright yellow wild flowers
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There is still some water flowing in the stream
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Lunch of tacos and accoutrements provided for the volunteers at noon by the Conejo Open Space Foundation (COSF)
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After lunch, there was a prize giveaway/raffle. The volunteers got one ticket each when they registered at the start of the work day.
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