Source of this article: KCET.org, June 25, 2015 The public is so often chastised for not really hanging in to achieve action on a particular cause. This reaffirms the need for really hanging in. All those people who worked — for that length of time — did it. – Margot Read more…
A Stokes Canyon landowner has donated a conservation easement on 298 acres of pristine habitat to the MRCA. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, February 12, 2015 The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) preserves and manages open space, parkland and wildlife habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains Read more…
‘I found my spot,’ says Walter Fuller Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2014 It began with an albino parakeet named Whitey. As a child, Walter Fuller would play Johnny Cash on the record player in his bedroom and let Whitey out of his cage. Whitey Read more…
Critics say that 100 years of population growth, urban sprawl, demographic shifts, climate change make John Muir irrelevant Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 13, 2014 ohn Muir is the patron saint of environmentalism, an epic figure whose writings of mystical enlightenment attained during lone treks in Read more…
Rindge Dam on Malibu Creek will be closed to the public starting Aug. 21. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, August 21, 2014 California State Parks officials say the 88-year-old dam is being closed for a variety of reasons related to public safety and protection of the environment. Read more…
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory site is one of the most challenging cleanup jobs in the state, possibly the country. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2014 Any way you cut it, the situation at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site outside Simi Valley is a Read more…
Linda Palmer of Calabasas, a longtime advocate for the Santa Monica Mountains, died from cancer June 22 at the age of 80. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 12, 2013 Palmer’s many contributions to the protection and management of the local mountains will be remembered at a Read more…
In La La Land, the home of movie magic, we’re used to our surroundings being not quite what they seem. Source of this article: LAWEEKLY Blogs, May 21, 2013 But did you know, at this very moment, you are surrounded by thousands of tiny containers of various shapes and sizes, Read more…
Source of this article: Zev’s Blog, March 20, 2013 Lovers of the Santa Monica Mountains soon will have 612 acres of new reasons to cherish the wilderness expanse at the edge of one of the world’s largest cities. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week approved two major Read more…
A tip on the location of Indian panels ay have come from the thieves themselves. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2013 Federal investigators acting on a tip have recovered five petroglyph panels that thieves cut from an eastern Sierra site sacred to Native Americans, U.S. Read more…