A mile-long hiking trail is part of an ambitious plan to transform Grant Park — a place whose main draw until recently was a tribute to Junipero Serra — into a lush botanical garden. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2013 For 95 years, Grant Park Read more…
The Pleasant Valley Recreation & Park District approved a study that would bring a new system of bike paths, hiking trails and open space that extends from Camarillo to the Santa Monica Mountains. Source of this article: The Ventura County Star, January 3, 2013 Board members unanimously decided to adopt Read more…
In the works since 1999, California’s reserve, meant to protect marine life, is the largest network of undersea parks in the continental United States. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2012 Surviving budget cuts, mobs of angry fishermen and death threats, California officials today completed the Read more…
Land will be preserved as open space Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 29, 2012 In a move city leaders say will protect additional open space in Thousand Oaks, the city has agreed to purchase less than an acre of land identified as a priority for preservation Read more…
Former Maj. Gen. Anthony L. Jackson will take over as director of the state Parks and Recreation Department, which was rocked by a financial scandal last summer. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2012 Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday tapped a decorated retired Marine Corps officer Read more…
The Backbone Trail is one celebrity-owned property and an easement short of completion. The Cold Creek High Trail is just three parcels shy of being in public hands. Just one 700-foot path and hikers and horseback riders on the Las Virgenes Creek Trail will no longer have to pull up Read more…
Irvin Centeno is no stranger to trouble; he lives on tough streets. But he’s discovered the rugged life of trail work and a path to fulfillment. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2012 Irvin Centeno’s tagger friends would hardly know what to make of him on Read more…
The area’s recent hot spell may be sending residents running for shade, but the sunny skies are also fueling the city’s newest solar panel installation. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 6, 2012 Completed in June atop the Hillcrest Center—home to the Conejo Recreation and Park District, Read more…
A Congressional Budget Office report finds that opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other federal land would bring modest federal revenues, despite more optimistic projections by the oil and gas industry. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2012 WASHINGTON — Opening nearly all federal land Read more…
The National Park Service, along with local and state agencies, will open the Anthony C. Beilenson Visitor Center for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area on June 9. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, May 3, 2012 The new facility, at the site of the former stables Read more…