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California’s effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing oil wells gets $35-million boost (5/19/2024)
They film you rolling through stop signs and fine you $100. One SoCal agency’s $1-million idea (5/19/2024)
Wildlife crossing bridge officials beam (4/26/2024)
Can old oil fields be used to slow global warming? First California plan nears approval (1/15/2024)
Section of Mulholland Highway, closed since the Woolsey Fire, will reopen in 2024 (8/13/2023)
Bear struck, killed on Conejo Grade (7/28/2023)
E-bikes added to Ventura County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue toolkit (7/28/2023)
Evaluating the New Millennium Loop Trails for maintenance needs (7/1/2023)
Another black bear is killed on a freeway near Castaic (6/25/2023)
Santa Maria Jury Hammers Chevron with $63 Million Verdict (6/14/2023)
Trips to beach in Malibu part of the forays by this black bear (6/9/2023)
Paramount Ranch rebuild gets underway (6/2/2023)
Santa Barbara County on Its Way to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2030 (5/10/2023)
Beware! These California superblooms are beautiful but treacherous (5/5/2023)
Santa Monica Mountains recreation area would grow under act (4/28/2023)
California’s race against time to build power lines (4/10/2023)
Drought-ravaged Colorado River gets relief from snow. But long-term water crisis remains (4/8/2023)
COSCA helps protect and maintain the wilderness of the Conejo Valley (4/3/2023)
Santa Barbara’s State Senator Introduces Bill to Expand Prescribed Grazing (3/30/2023)
Two gray wolves captured and collared in Northern California (3/26/2023)
Amid soaking storms, California turns to farmland to funnel water into depleted aquifers (3/21/2023)
Harris unveils $197 million for wildfire resilience as California’s fire season looms (3/21/2023)
What to do if you encounter a mountain lion (3/20/2023)
Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters (3/12/2023)
Famed mountain lion P-22 laid to rest in private tribal ceremony (3/7/2023)
COSCA chief charged up about proliferation of e-bikes in Conejo Open Space (2/24/2023)
Sheep Docents Wanted to Spread the Good News About Ewes (2/17/2023)
A gross side effect from California’s extra wet winter: More disease-carrying ticks this spring (2/11/2023)
The Lost Sierra Route Plans to Connect 15 Mountain Towns Over A 600-mile Stretch (2/10/2023)
Planning to visit the superbloom in Lake Elsinore? Here’s why the city won’t let you (2/8/2023)
California is turning mountain lions into roadkill faster than they can reproduce (2/4/2023)
Santa Barbara County to Get New Green Energy Technology (2/1/2023)
Las Padres NF concessionaire to share in fee hikes (2/1/2023)
‘Critically ill’ mountain lion cub rescued, being cared for at Oakland Zoo (12/23/2022)
Conservationists near goal of turning Orange County oil field into nature preserve (12/20/2022)
Remembering P-22: Improbable trek led puma to win Angelenos’ hearts (12/18/2022)
Four mountain lion kittens are new residents of the Santa Monica Mountains (12/14/2022)
Volunteer Mounted Patrol has been disbanded . . . for now (11/25/2022)
Why the Colorado river is drying up – and what we can do about it (11/22/2022)
A brief history of the Conejo Recreation and Parks District (11/18/2022)
Mountain lions face greater risk of becoming roadkill in wildfire’s aftermath (10/20/2022)
A war on urban coyotes escalates in the Southland (9/21/2022)
Cougar necropsy shows cat was pregnant, exposed to rat poison (9/16/2022)
Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change (9/14/2022)
Mountain lion P-90, ‘trailblazer’ who crossed the 101 three times, is killed by vehicle near Ojai (8/26/2022)
Can a new trail system help revive this crest of the Sierra in Plumas National Forest? (8/14/2022)
L.A. water board approves controversial agreement with Boeing over toxic Rocketdyne site (8/13/2022)
Massive clearing project proposed for the Los Padres National Forest (8/10/2022)
California welcomes 11 new pups to wolf pack families (8/6/2022)
Federal government suspends new drilling and fracking leases on public lands in Central California (8/6/2022)
History of DDT ocean dumping off L.A. coast even worse than expected, EPA finds (8/4/2022)
To guard world’s tallest tree, state poses fines and jail time (8/3/2022)
Fourth big cat this year killed on local roads (7/29/2022)
Monarch butterflies now listed as endangered: What we can all do to help them (7/25/2022)
Scientists sounded alarms about a coming Colorado River crisis. But warnings went unheeded (7/17/2022)
California grants Ventura Land Trust $7.2 million to acquire and preserve Mariano Rancho (7/8/2022)
Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste (7/1/2022)
Aridification could reshape the U.S. West (6/30/2022)
California drought, bark beetles killing the oldest trees on Earth. Can they be saved? (6/27/2022)
The Lompoc Strauss Wind Farm: Santa Barbara Is Well on the Way to 100 Percent Renewable Electricity (6/23/2022)
Mountain lion P-54 is killed by vehicle four years after her mother died on the same road (6/17/2022)
Yosemite undergoes forest-thinning project due to wildfire risk; environmentalists want it stopped (6/14/2022)
Newbury Park High School mountain bikers tear up the trail (6/10/2022)
Drought, wildfire and commerce prompt massive forest thinning plan for Big Bear Lake (6/9/2022)
Land is sinking as groundwater levels drop. New research shows how California could fix it (6/4/2022)
Fracking Moratorium off California Coast Ordered by Ninth Circuit (6/3/2022)
Facing new law, plastics lobby turns to mailers with false claims (5/23/2022)
Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors (5/22/2022)
Once-trampled (and secret) Grove of Titans redwood stand in Northern California reopens (5/21/2022)
Wildwood landmarks renamed (5/20/2022)
L.A. hikers love Temescal Canyon. A developer just got fined $6 million for blocking it (5/18/2022)
New state park is in the works near Modesto (5/18/2022)
It’s not even summer, and California’s two largest reservoirs are at ‘critically low’ levels (5/9/2022)
California COVID-19 deaths near 90,000, but the per capita rate is among lowest in U.S. (5/9/2022)
The Devil’s Hole pupfish has paddled back from the brink in a hellish desert domain (5/4/2022)
Legal fight to halt forest thinning on Pine Mountain (5/3/2022)
Court Upholds Ventura County Ordinances to Safeguard Wildlife Connectivity (4/28/2022)
Discovering the Harmon Canyon Preserve in Ventura (4/22/2022)
A cougar passage rises over a deadly Southern California freeway (4/22/2022)
Las Positas Multiuse Path completed (3/5/2022)
A flutter of magical hope on the Central Coast, as monarch butterflies return (2/2/2022)
Rincon Trail Project Moves Forward Despite Outcry from Paragliders (1/25/2022)
The epic journey of gray wolf OR-93 comes to a tragic end near I-5 (11/25/2021)
101 Freeway wildlife crossing receives another infusion of funds (2/4/2021)
Hike to the Cave of Munits, and others (1/15/2021)
Backbone Trail back in business after fire (7/25/2019)
King Gillette Ranch has a storied history (7/11/2019)
Mothers of the Santa Monica Mountains (12/2/2018)
LA-area mountain lions face a smaller, harsher world after wildfires (11/18/2018)
Wildlife camera catches uncollared mountain lion roaming the Hollywood Hills (10/31/2017)
Mountain lion makes rare successful crossing of L.A.-area freeways (8/7/2017)
New Landowner in Matilija Canyon Causing Trail Access Problems (7/31/2017)
Riders learn courtesy on trails (7/13/2017)
Conservancy grant enough to complete Sapwi Trails in Thousand Oaks (6/29/2017)
Story of the Conejo Valley written in peaks, bluffs and ridges (6/22/2017)
Mountains fund celebrates champions of preservation (5/18/2017)
Neighbors suffer Wildwood woes in Thousand Oaks (4/27/2017)
Thousand Oaks council votes to shoulder cost of community park (4/20/2017)
Eager crowds are flattening Southern California’s vibrant ‘super bloom’ (4/9/2017)
Family that donated land to TO Open Space has lived in Newbury Park since 1963 (3/30/2017)
Family donates 82 acres to Thousand Oaks open space agency (2/23/2017)
A week in the life of P‑22, the big cat who shares Griffith Park with millions of people (2/8/2017)
Are you up to the 2017 Conejo Open Space Challenge this spring? (1/31/2017)
3 Coyotes attack leashed mastiff in Glendora (1/26/2017)
Respecting the force of Mother Nature (1/26/2017)
NPS launches ‘bark patrol’ in Santa Monica Mountains (12/15/2016)
Access now legal to Matilija Falls (11/2/2016)
To help cougars cross busy 101 Freeway, Annenberg Foundation promises to match donations for bridge (10/20/2016)
Santa Monica Mountains hikers are urged to be aware of tarantulas (9/9/2016)
Channel Island foxes removed from endangered species list (8/12/2016)
Mountain lions face ‘two evils’ in food hunt (7/17/2016)
Researchers discover two new mountain lion litters during “Summer of Kittens” (7/14/2016)
Inmates in the line of fire (7/7/2016)
A brief history of the Backbone Trail (5/26/2016)
67-Mile Backbone Trail will soon be completed in Santa Monica Mountains (5/26/2016)
Don’t blame the smelt: The salmon too reflects the dire state of the California Delta (5/6/2016)
Why a Malibu cave made famous by a Jim Morrison rumor is closing (5/6/2016)
NPS to give Arlington Memorial Bridge a crucial but temporary fix (3/6/2016)
Comments needed by December 4th to opposed hotel plan that would block historic Calabasas trail (11/30/2015)
Photogenic lion meets with untimely demise (10/15/2015)
Native American sites plundered in parks (8/16/2015)
Prime parcel to become a forestry lab (8/15/2015)
The ‘sad but not surprising death’ of a wandering puma known as P-32 (8/14/2015)
$75,000 in rewards offered to catch operators who flew drones above fires (7/29/2015)
Santa Susana Field Lab Petition for National Monument (7/16/2015)
Refugio State Beach set to reopen, two months after oil spill (7/11/2015)
Local freshwater swimming holes not so fresh after all (7/9/2015)
A Cast of Characters: The Creation of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (6/25/2015)
To water or not to water; Thousand Oaks explains new restrictions (6/25/2015)
Know your trail etiquette? (6/25/2015)
Hollow posts double as death traps (6/18/2015)
Rare frogs survive first year (6/18/2015)
Meet the Verdugo Mountains’ very own mountain lion: P-41 (5/29/2015)
Santa Barbara oil spill: Pipeline operator has long record of problems (5/21/2015)
Officials assess damage from big oil spill on Santa Barbara County coast (5/20/2015)
Trailhead at Rancho Potrero open for business (5/7/2015)
Drought kills 12 million trees in California’s national forests (5/6/2015)
Graffiti artists’ move to national parks shocks nature community (4/27/2015)
Thousand Oaks joins other area cities in opposing anticoagulants (4/23/2015)
Elusive mountain lion P-22 captivates LA then quickly vanishes (4/14/2015)
California Drying: Households, industries and farmers wrestle over water (4/13/2015)
In California, rights to water exceed the supply (4/13/2015)
Volunteers remove invasive crayfish from Malibu Creek watershed (4/5/2015)
From steak to mangoes, California’s most water-hogging foods (4/4/2015)
Hikers, bikers angered after Griffith Park-area road opens to cars (3/30/2015)
In store for visitors to Yosemite: a drier, browner park (3/28/2015)
Hiker dies, 1 injured after cliff collapses at Point Reyes National Seashore (3/23/2015)
Mountain lion known as P-33 makes a safe freeway passage (3/20/2015)
Volunteer effort bringing oaks back to Rancho Sierra Vista (3/19/2015)
Thousand Oaks considers taking action to discourage use of rodent poisons that kill wildlife (3/19/2015)
Giant swath of open space protected in Calabasas (2/12/2015)
Scouting the trails of newly re-opened Pt Mugu State Park (2/4/2015)
Panel urges state parks reform (1/30/2015)
New funding allows construction to begin on wildlife corridor (12/4/2014)
Ormond Beach and its humble guardian (12/2/2014)
Storm drenches California, but it’s only a drop in state’s drought (12/2/2014)
John Muir’s legacy questioned as centennial of his death nears (11/13/2014)
La Cañada’s stepped-up leash patrols spur complaints from dog owners (10/18/2014)
No end to Southland drought seen in winter rain forecast (10/17/2014)
San Gabriel Mountains declared a national monument (10/11/2014)
State Parks team with Google to attract a new generation of visitors (10/8/2014)
Tumbleweeds overrun region (9/25/2014)
Supporters rally for wildlife crossing (9/25/2014)
Santa Monica Mountains land use plan OKd over vineyard objections (8/27/2014)
Obama weighs national monument status for San Gabriels (8/26/2014)
Malibu wine growers feel squeeze of coastal protection plan (8/26/2014)
Rindge Dam closes to the public (8/21/2014)
California man rescued after making ‘HELP’ sign with cypress needles (8/20/2014)
Long time open space advocate, Burt Elliot, passes away (8/14/2014)
And along came a rider (7/10/2014)
Arcadia firefighter likely died in fall from cliff, coroner says (7/2/2014)
Missing Arcadia firefighter found dead in forest (6/30/2014)
Santa Susana toxic cleanup effort is a mess (6/15/2014)
Need a fresh idea? Just take a walk (5/3/2014)
Mountains coastal protection plan approved for LA County (4/24/2014)
Household rat poison linked to death and disease in wildlife (4/17/2014)
California panel postpones decision on protecting gray wolves (4/17/2014)
Report: National Park visitors spend big (3/6/2014)
Offcials push for wildlife overpass at Liberty Canyon (3/6/2014)
Post-Springs fire nighttime closures lifted (2/6/2014)
Wildlife officer keeps watch over open spaces (1/9/2014)
Mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains need more room, experts say (1/9/2014)
Girlz Gone Riding club carves out a place for women in mountain biking (12/20/2013)
Mountain lion killed on 101 Freeway was from north, officials say (11/6/2013)
L.A. Zoo treats 21 condors for poisoning by lead bullets (10/31/2013)
Backbone Trail blocked at the west end of Etz Meloy Mtwy (10/28/2013)
Scientists track cougar’s wild nightlife above Hollywood (10/5/2013)
Fire season fuels GOP push for more logging (9/21/2013)
Community recalls a real trailblazer – Sept. 29 event will celebrate the work of late Linda Palmer (9/12/2013)
Recovery mission: Keeping condors safe and flying high (9/5/2013)
Inside the World of L.A. Geocaching, a Scavenger Hunt Taking Place All Around You (5/21/2013)
Springs Fire Trail Repair Progress (5/21/2013)
Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long-Feared Milestone (5/10/2013)
Drug charge fuels debate about who should pay for hikers’ rescue (5/3/2013)
Santa Monica Mountains Fund to Host Mountain Lion Fundraiser May 19 (5/3/2013)
Hiking safely requires common sense (5/2/2013)
Two lost hikers found in mountains of San Diego County (4/29/2013)
Defense Department becomes a wildlife protector (4/28/2013)
Dry weather has firefighters ready for battle (4/20/2013)
Search and Rescue teams staying busy (4/18/2013)
NPS seeks greater control of surrounding hillsides (4/18/2013)
Ambitious plan would remake Yosemite National Park (4/14/2013)
Historic Joshua Tree sites blighted by city’s ills (4/13/2013)
Lyme disease-carrying ticks found in the Santa Monica Mountains (4/12/2013)
Use common sense to avoid rattlesnakes bites on your pets (4/11/2013)
U.S. seeks national recreation area status for San Gabriels (4/11/2013)
Rescued O.C. hikers improving; injured rescuer in serious condition (4/5/2013)
National Park Service braces for impact of sequestration (4/4/2013)
Report: NPS generated $26 million for surrounding area last year (3/28/2013)
Controversy grows after eucalyptus trees chopped down in rural Agoura (3/28/2013)
Conejo Open Space gets hand from volunteers to build trail near Thousand Oaks (3/26/2013)
MRCA to purchase 612 acres of Ladyface Mtn for pubic use (3/20/2013)
Lang Ranch park plans taking shape (2/28/2013)
Agoura, T.O. will partner to promote tourism (2/28/2013)
Nonprofit group works to maintain SAMO programs (2/28/2013)
NPS tags 300th bobcat (2/7/2013)
Petroglyphs stolen from sacred eastern Sierra site recovered (2/1/2013)
Conejo Open Space Challenge Starts February 1 (1/11/2013)
Yosemite plan calls for more campsites and parking spaces, no visitors cap (1/9/2013)
Trail at Grant Park gives Ventura a new walking point (1/6/2013)
Camarillo parks district approves study to expand trails and open space in Camarillo (1/3/2013)
Conejo park district hides coins around the valley (1/3/2013)
Gray wolf likes California but is unlikely to find a mate here (1/2/2013)
US to abandon no-otter zone after 25 years (12/20/2012)
California’s marine reserve network now complete (12/19/2012)
California issues proposed rules for ‘fracking’ (12/19/2012)
Radioactive hot spots remain at former Rocketdyne site (12/17/2012)
Grant Gerson dies at 92; founder of Calamigos Star C Ranch (12/16/2012)
Rain gardens capture water before it becomes urban runoff (12/16/2012)
Water demand to exceed supply (12/13/2012)
Dead Mountain Lion Was Exposed to Rodenticides (11/29/2012)
Thousand Oaks spends $38,000 to buy land (11/29/2012)
Juggling chain saws not allowed (11/16/2012)
Park service to host winter solstice sale Dec 2 (11/15/2012)
New park superintendent David Szymanski has gained global experience (11/15/2012)
School trash audit uncovers treasure (11/15/2012)
State Parks Get New Chief (11/14/2012)
North Ranch residents upset with proposal to build 14 luxury homes (11/8/2012)
Cause of young female mountain lion’s death still unknown (11/1/2012)
Mounted patrol assists park visitors (11/1/2012)
Sound project on trail seeks to re-imagine the landscape (10/21/2012)
L.A. developer ordered to let hikers use trail on his land (10/19/2012)
A milestone gift for L.A.’s trails from the County of Los Angeles (9/20/2012)
Endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs might get a hoppy ending (9/16/2012)
Parks trail work gives young crew member new perspective (9/9/2012)
Thousand Oaks’ second solar installation up and running (9/6/2012)
Moorpark Active Adult Center starts hiking club (9/6/2012)
Yucaipa-area oak towers over the competition (9/3/2012)
UCLA grad student fights to save local bobcats (8/30/2012)
NPS plucks top ranger from Pacific Northwest (8/16/2012)
Mountain lion makes itself at home in Griffith Park (8/14/2012)
CBO drilling revenue projection differs with industry estimates (8/10/2012)
July burns up the records, becoming hottest U.S. month ever (8/9/2012)
Giant oak crashes down on Hampshire in Thousand Oaks (8/9/2012)
Koch-funded climate change skeptic reverses course (7/30/2012)
Margot Feuer dies at 89; helped create Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (6/29/2012)
Mountain lion killed in Santa Monica was probably seeking a home (5/24/2012)
Mountain Lion Shot, Killed in Santa Monica (5/22/2012)
National Park Service visitor center in T.O. will close soon (5/3/2012)
Bill would keep controversial ‘no-otter zone’ in place (4/27/2012)
Republicans back Homeland Security powers in national parks (4/19/2012)
Just attracting, naturally (4/16/2012)
Fish and Game chief’s free cougar hunt may have violated ethics rule (4/13/2012)
Mountain biker dies on trail near Santa Barbara (4/13/2012)
New plans for Lang Ranch Park include Frisbee golf course, outdoor classroom (4/12/2012)
COSCA Spring Trailwork Report (3/26/2012)
Woody Smeck Honored for Service to Santa Monica Mountains (3/22/2012)
Study finds national parks add $47 million to local economy (3/22/2012)
‘Fracking’ oil extraction method widely used in California with little oversight (3/14/2012)
Federal budget proposal includes funds for land buys in Santa Monica Mountains (3/8/2012)
Saving desert tortoises is a costly hurdle for solar projects (3/4/2012)
Wandering gray wolf leaves California, returns to Oregon (3/3/2012)
Cougar killing puts spotlight on head of state game panel (2/29/2012)
Forest Service to drop fees at most national forests (2/29/2012)
Shuttered California state parks may be vulnerable to vandalism (2/25/2012)
Press reports on Lang Ranch Community Park meetings (2/12/2012)
Tejon Ranch to pay fine for killing mountain lions (2/11/2012)
THE SOLAR DESERT: The power compromise (2/5/2012)
MRT Offers Senior Naturalist Classes (2/3/2012)
CRPD Seeking Input from Public on Lang Ranch Park on Feb 8th (2/2/2012)
Wolf apparently gives up search for mate in Nevada (1/29/2012)
Mountains and Restoration Trust hosts the Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb 19 (1/27/2012)
Tejon Ranch halts hunting after state probe of cougar killings (1/21/2012)
Catalina Island fox makes astounding comeback (1/19/2012)
Newbury Park man is serial trailhead burglar, police say (1/19/2012)
Obesity rates in U.S. appear to be finally leveling off (1/18/2012)
Conejo Rec and Parks scraps plan for Lang Ranch Park in Thousand Oaks (1/12/2012)
Obama administration approves 20-year ban on new mining claims near Grand Canyon (1/10/2012)
Mountains Restoration Trust to lead naturalist classes for seniors in January and February (1/10/2012)
Capping an era of L.A. oil exploration (1/9/2012)
Longtime SMMNRA superintendent Woody Smeck promoted to leading role at Yosemite (1/5/2012)
Natural gas: Cheap, clean and risky (1/3/2012)
Lone wolf crosses into California from Oregon (12/30/2011)
Los Encinos State Historic Park faces closure (12/26/2011)
California could lose 1,500 inmate firefighters (12/25/2011)
A lone wolf heralds the return of a mythic predator (12/25/2011)
Two malnourished cougar cubs found in Burbank (12/21/2011)
Boardwalk planned for trail where giant sequoias fell (12/13/2011)
Landowners left out of the loop on ‘fracking’ risks (12/12/2011)
Santa Monica Mountains leader moves to Yosemite (12/12/2011)
Horses, once prized, are paying for the dire economy (12/11/2011)
Big guns take aim at Web piracy (12/11/2011)
EPA says ‘fracking’ probably contaminated well water in Wyoming (12/8/2011)
Challenge encourages exploration of Conejo Valley trails (12/6/2011)
Ed Lawrence: He branched out from this lone oak (11/29/2011)
Water pollution traced to La Brea Tar Pits (11/29/2011)
Family reluctantly gives up its hold on Santa Rosa Island (11/29/2011)
Malibu Adds $5000 to Reward for Capture and Conviction of SMM Mountain Lion Poacher (11/17/2011)
Firms turning to environmental law to combat rivals (11/14/2011)
The energy, and expense, of bringing water to the Southland (11/14/2011)
Greenhouse gases climbing, federal report finds (11/11/2011)
Childhood obesity rates level off in California, L.A. County (11/10/2011)
Do-it-yourself parking bans in Malibu (11/10/2011)
Interior Department releases offshore drilling plan (11/9/2011)
Backgrounder on ‘net neutrality’ (11/9/2011)
Are you up to the Conejo Open Space Challenge? (11/1/2011)
Changes to VenturaCountyTrails.org News (11/1/2011)
Get VCT.org News Delivered to Your Desktop (11/1/2011)
Construction to begin soon on long-anticipated Dos Vientos Playfield (10/27/2011)
OP-ED: ‘Too dirty to fail’? (10/21/2011)
Mountain lions barely surviving in urban wildlife environment (10/20/2011)
Bridging the gap between Thousand Oaks and Santa Rosa Valley open space (10/19/2011)
Mountain lion was a poaching victim, fish and game wardens say (10/5/2011)
Removal of 4 Klamath dams would lift salmon count, studies find (9/22/2011)
On a divisive dam, a snippy bit of graffiti (9/19/2011)
Dam removal begins, and soon the fish will flow (9/17/2011)
Flap over Lynn Ranch flag persists (9/15/2011)
Closing the gates to Eden to save money (9/11/2011)
Exploring the confusion over city boundaries in the Conejo Valley (9/8/2011)
Kids who learn to appreciate nature will carry their passion through life (9/1/2011)
Equine lovers want to corral public support on September 10 (9/1/2011)
Mountain lion killed crossing the 405 Freeway (9/1/2011)
Summary of Public Scoping Comments Newsletter Available for Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study (8/29/2011)
Horses among us (8/24/2011)
Bikers unwelcome on many L.A. trails (1/2/2011)
The Flag Atop Ladyface Mountain in Agoura (8/24/2010)
Landowner closes popular trail to Matilija Falls (7/27/2010)
Landowner Shuts Off Public Access to Popular Matilija Falls Trail near Ojai (4/12/2010)
Hard-to-kill snails infest Santa Monica Mountain watersheds (3/30/2010)
Agoura discusses Ladyface changes (3/3/2010)
EPA moves to relax clean air rules near national parks (11/19/2009)
Dozens of helpers work hard to clear Newbury Park trail (10/18/2009)
Because It Hurts (3/1/2009)
In wake of poor economy, open space preservation gets renewed call for help (2/5/2009)
Salazar cancels Bush-era energy leases in Utah (2/5/2009)
National park backers call for creation of a service corps similar to the Depression-era CCC (2/1/2009)
Fort Wildwood is being torn down (1/29/2009)
Park official says science on Grand Canyon was ignored (1/28/2009)
Salazar to revisit recent Interior Department (1/28/2009)
Equestrian culture may be fading into the sunset (1/26/2009)
Bush legacy leaves uphill climb for National Parks, critics say (1/25/2009)
Thousand Oaks pays $1 million for scenic open space (1/8/2009)
No Superfund listing for field lab site (1/3/2009)
Energy dispute over Rockies riches (12/28/2008)
Disbelief over a charred Chino Hills State Park (11/29/2008)
Does Natural-Gas Drilling Endanger Water Supplies? (11/28/2008)
Bush vexes environmentalists with 11th-hour changes (11/21/2008)
Errors by a former federal official took land from the red-legged frog, a threatened species. Now an agency wants to rectify that. (9/17/2008)
Summer Sports Are Among the Safest (7/8/2008)
Jill Swift, 79; teacher had key role in creating the Santa Monica Mountains recreation area (5/23/2008)
U.S. sits on locked pools of oil, gas (5/22/2008)
Purple-flowered poodle-dog bush, growing in burn areas, is hazard to humans. (3/23/2008)
‘M*A*S*H’ camp comes alive (2/1/2008)
Three groups collaborate to give bicycles to 50 members of Boys & Girls Clubs (2/1/2008)
Cougar sighting at JPL creates a buzz (1/26/2008)
Trees live large through the ages (12/14/2007)
National Security Puts Point Sal State Beach Off-Limits (12/11/2007)
Malibu council seeks to ban overnight camping in parks (12/6/2007)
Arizona’s Wave rock formation a stone-cold stunner (11/20/2007)
A line around Zaca blaze (9/3/2007)
Romero Canyon Single Track Receives a Facelift (8/23/2007)
223,000-acre Zaca fire rages in Los Padres National Forest (8/23/2007)
Wandering bear caught in Ventura neighborhood (7/30/2007)
Killing of bear stirs public safety debate (7/14/2007)
Judge deems Lower Owens River healthy (7/12/2007)
River is resurrected (7/8/2007)
Reckless off-roaders called scourge (6/29/2007)
Bald eagle removed from imperiled list (6/28/2007)
Fruita, Colorado: Where Mountain Bikers Carved Their Dream Terrain (6/15/2007)
Accused Interior Dept. official quits (5/2/2007)
Utah fighting the laws of federal land (4/22/2007)
Judge tosses out Bush’s national forest rules (3/31/2007)
Wheels on Ice: Slip-Sliding and Loving It (2/27/2007)
Updating Bush’s spin on climate change (2/11/2007)
Oil Spill Reported Near Condor Sanctuary in Los Padres Forest (2/1/2007)
Couple admit owning escaped tiger (1/9/2007)
Malibu camping accord reached (1/5/2007)
Local peaks were a convincing cinematic stand-in (1/1/2007)
Malibu roiled by plan for overnight camping, more trails (12/23/2006)
Warnings on common painkillers may get stronger (12/20/2006)
GOP misses chance to reshape environmental laws (12/15/2006)
Controversial Malibu hills access plan OKd (12/2/2006)
Look who’s stalking: a new cougar killer (11/25/2006)
States will tell Supreme Court feds must act on warming (11/25/2006)
Senate OKs bill to block big-game hunting on Santa Rosa Island (11/15/2006)
Bicycle safety team already at work in T.O. (11/2/2006)
Large home approved for Mount Clef Ridge wildlife corridor (10/12/2006)
Thousand Oaks wants to improve safety for bicyclists (10/5/2006)
Bill Gives Western States More Access to Federal (10/4/2006)
Ban on New Forest Roads Upheld by Federal Judge (9/21/2006)
Rockies’ Forests Fall to a Tiny Foe (8/27/2006)
EPA’s Pesticide Streamlining Rejected (8/25/2006)
Californians Now Recycle Half of Their Trash (8/25/2006)
Desert Fires’ Damage Will Last (8/21/2006)
Island Hunting Plan Misses Target (8/3/2006)
Senate OKs Bill to Expand Oil, Gas Drilling (8/2/2006)
Water Quest Shifts Course (6/11/2006)
Rangers Among Parks’ Rarest Sights (6/11/2006)
Sale of US land outside Zion NP to pay for development (6/6/2006)
Eyes in the West Are on Federal Land Sale (6/6/2006)
Groups hard at work, clearing trails (5/25/2006)
Bear spotted in the Conejo Valley (5/23/2006)
Air Pollution in the National Parks (5/23/2006)
Congress to allow utility corridors across National Parks (5/23/2006)
House OKs Proposal to Let Military Hunt on Santa Rosa Island (5/13/2006)
Homeowners, developers blocking access to established trails (5/10/2006)
Proposal to Let Military Hunt on Santa Rosa Island Is Revived (5/1/2006)
Delays nearly over for 23 Freeway widening (4/20/2006)
Ridership jumps 41 percent for Thousand Oaks Transit agency (4/20/2006)
Middle of Nowhere Is a Center of Conflict (4/19/2006)
Cheeseboro Trailhead Plan Meeting on May 2, 2006 (4/14/2006)
Mammoth Area’s Beauty Masks Its Natural Dangers (4/8/2006)
Serious hikers will explore Backbone (4/6/2006)
FITNESS: Mountain bikers’ dark streak (4/3/2006)
U.S. Loosens Its Policy on Building Roads in Parkland (3/23/2006)
Court Rejects EPA’s Loosening of Air Rule (3/18/2006)
U.S. Is Denied Google Queries (3/18/2006)
Forest Land Sale Plan Goes Forward (3/17/2006)
Idaho Gov. Chosen for Interior (3/17/2006)
Challenge to State’s Clean-Air Rules Rebuffed (3/17/2006)
Cabinet Official Norton Resigns (3/11/2006)
Cars Take a Back Seat to Mass Transit? Nonsense, Official Says (3/4/2006)
Forestland on Sale List Not All Bare (2/28/2006)
Foe of Endangered Species Act on Defensive Over Abramoff (2/14/2006)
Board Acts to Keep Region Green (2/8/2006)
Rare Pupfish in Mojave on Brink of Extinction (2/6/2006)
EPA Panel Advises Agency Chief to Think Again (2/4/2006)
Cougar Caught in Minnesota Town (2/1/2006)
A Vision for Keeping Flower Fields Forever (1/30/2006)
California State Parks in Sorry Shape (1/29/2006)
Ventura County Plans to Steer Its Transit Policy Away From Cars (1/25/2006)
U.S. Obtains Internet Users’ Search Records (1/20/2006)
‘Green’ Measures Key to Earth’s Future, Report Says (1/20/2006)
Board Urged to Oppose Santa Rosa Island Grab (1/19/2006)
O.C. Man Shoots Cougar in Yard; Officials Hunt, Kill It (1/18/2006)
Curbs on Dust in the West Targeted (1/18/2006)
Grizzlies May Lose Protection (1/16/2006)
U.S. Lifts Longtime Drilling Ban on Alaskan Wildlife Habitat (1/12/2006)
Wolves Thrive but Animosity Keeps Pace (12/27/2005)
Senate Says No to Arctic Oil Drilling (12/22/2005)
Arctic Drilling Has Been His Burning Issue (12/20/2005)
Route for New Tollway Goes Through D.C., Sacramento (12/18/2005)
Lawmaker Retracts Plan for Military Use of Island (12/17/2005)
Officials Pay Tribute to Ed Masry (12/17/2005)
Arctic Drilling Paired With Military Spending Equals Conflict (12/16/2005)
Thousand Oaks Council Names Masry Successor (12/15/2005)
Revisions of Mining Law Put On Hold (12/14/2005)
Military Wants Santa Rosa Island (12/10/2005)
Council to Name Masry Successor (12/8/2005)
Obituary: Ed Masry, 73; Attorney Won Major Settlement From PG&E, Sat on Thousand Oaks Council (12/7/2005)
Recycling in Los Angeles: Bin There, Doing That (12/5/2005)
This Land May Not Be Your Land (12/4/2005)
Well, Well: Oil Rigs Return (11/28/2005)
Out of the fire (11/22/2005)
After dark, no one can see you sweat (11/22/2005)
U.S. Backs Squeezing Oil From a Stone (11/20/2005)
Offshore Leaseholders Win $1.1 Billion (11/18/2005)
Some Fear a Vast Sell-Off of U.S. Land (11/16/2005)
U.S. Plans to End the Protection of Grizzlies Around Yellowstone (11/16/2005)
Concept plan for Rancho Potrero OK’d by council (10/6/2005)
Carmakers to Focus on Fuel-Saving Tools (10/4/2005)
Bush Team Revs Up Media Campaign on Conserving Energy (10/4/2005)
Fiery name, cool climb (10/4/2005)
Hurricanes Aid Push for Refineries (10/3/2005)
Plan for Coastal Drilling Emerges (10/3/2005)
New Mexico, Wyoming Know This Drill (10/2/2005)
U.S. House Votes to Revamp Endangered Species Act (9/30/2005)
Ventura County Supervisors Assail President Bush’s Energy Plans (9/21/2005)
Polluted paradise (9/13/2005)
Senate Rejects Gov.’s Choice (9/2/2005)
Starry-eyed from a fire in the sky (8/31/2005)
SMMNRA Trail Policy Alternatives ready for public input (8/29/2005)
Controversy Over Plans for Changes in U.S. Parks (8/26/2005)
A killer bolting out of the blue (8/16/2005)
It’s nice down near the dump (7/12/2005)
Governor Schwarzeneger Comes to the Aid of GOP Donor (6/25/2005)
Land Study on Grazing Denounced (6/18/2005)
Preserve’s new trailhead (6/14/2005)
Wilderness Site May See Oil Drilling (5/31/2005)
ENVIRONMENT: Preservationists, 4-wheelers tangle with agencies over White Mountains plan. (5/31/2005)
City approves bicycle master plan (5/26/2005)
Removal of pigs from Santa Cruz Island deemed a success (5/24/2005)
A piece of the bigger picture (5/24/2005)
How to avoid rattlesnakes and give first aid (5/19/2005)
How to avoid rattlesnakes and give first (5/19/2005)
Start of Rattler Season Puts Snakebite Specialists on Alert (5/16/2005)
On the route of a booming railway’s past (5/10/2005)
Weather involved in California Mountain Biker Injury in Utah (5/7/2005)
Mountain bikers to gain park access (5/3/2005)
RECREATION: Parks’ top billing (5/3/2005)
Ed Davis Park Trail: A green uprising (5/3/2005)
House Passes Energy Bill Amid Cost Concerns (4/22/2005)
Yosemite Debates the Nurturing of Nature (4/17/2005)
Prime Site to Become Parkland (4/17/2005)
ENVIRONMENT: Ripple effect (4/12/2005)
Roll over, Moab (4/12/2005)
Energy officials plan to move radioactive waste from near the Colorado, easing fears of tainted drinking water for millions downstream. (4/7/2005)
U.S. to Require Passports at Border Entry Points (4/6/2005)
50-Year, $626-Million Renewal Project for Colorado River (4/3/2005)
Book Review: Wild Profits (4/1/2005)
Tourists Trample Death Valley (3/31/2005)
Family of Mauled Bicyclist Drops Lawsuit Against O.C. (3/29/2005)
Tracking the Siberian Tiger in Simi Valley (3/29/2005)
Keeping Exotic Animals in California (3/29/2005)
State agency approves sale of Soka University (3/25/2005)
Trail Traffic (3/22/2005)
A Brief Resurrection for Death Valley (3/8/2005)
EPA fights Moab Nuclear Waste Dump Near River (3/5/2005)
Water Fight in the Mojave (3/4/2005)
Wilderness Bill Is a Dead End for Bicyclists (2/26/2005)
Trackers Kill Tiger in Ventura County (2/24/2005)
Big Cat Print Found Near Camarillo (2/23/2005)
The Santiago Truck Trail in Orange County (2/22/2005)
Hunt Continues for Jungle Cat on the Loose in Simi (2/20/2005)
Support Grows for Bill to Protect Lost Coast (2/20/2005)
Mystery Feline Prowls Hills of Simi (2/19/2005)
Deaths of two mountain lions blamed on use of rodent poison (2/10/2005)
U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings (2/10/2005)
A mountain bike ban in a Santa Cruz park could be a signal of more to come (1/25/2005)
Thrill seekers pay the price (1/18/2005)
The New Millennium Trail in Calabasas (11/7/2004)
Four Lion Cubs Are Born Free (10/6/2004)
Feat of the Week – Deep Facial (9/21/2004)
Hiking Devil’s Canyon (9/21/2004)
Wills Canyon and Rice Canyon Trails loop in Ojai (9/7/2004)
Protecting biking trails in potential wilderness areas in California (8/31/2004)
Underwater Bike Races in North Carolina (7/27/2004)
President Bush repeals a rule protecting millions of acres of forest (7/26/2004)
Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley: This Corral Is More Than OK (7/4/2004)
Hiking Rustic Canyon: Exploring a trail with a curious past (6/15/2004)
Cycling Nude in LA to Protest Oil Dependence (6/13/2004)
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Spending Assailed (6/6/2004)
Los Angeles County’s Ridgeline Plan Has Some Property Owners Crying Betrayal (5/26/2004)
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to charge for parking (5/25/2004)
Bush Takes a Tumble on Bicycle Trail (5/23/2004)
Rattlesnakes (5/18/2004)
On the Mountain Lion in Griffith Park (5/2/2004)
Idaho’s spectacular Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes covers a contaminated Superfund Site (4/27/2004)
Dead Pines Pose Risk of Another ‘Mega-Fire’ (4/24/2004)
Ticks – They’re out for your blood (4/13/2004)
Dedication of Parkland Honors Those Who Fought Ahmanson Ranch Project (4/11/2004)
Matilija Dam Removal Project Backed Up (3/27/2004)
Council Mounts Campaign to Connect Horse Trails in Valley (3/24/2004)
Panel Decides on a Plan to Remove Dam (2/9/2004)
Blocking Castro Peak Motorway (2/5/2004)