Tracks and a GPS tracker confirmed that a rare black bear spotted in the Santa Monica Mountains made its way to the beaches in Malibu, officials said. He now seems to be headed north. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2023 A black bear living in Read more…
Five years after Paramount Ranch was destroyed in the Woolsey fire, work is set to get underway rebuilding the site in rural Agoura, a mainstay of TV and film production for decades. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 2, 2023 The National Park Service awarded a contract Read more…
The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act was reintroduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on March 29. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 28, 2023 A longtime priority of the congressman’s, the Rim of the Valley bill would broaden the Santa Monica Mountains National Read more…
The Santa Monica Mountains’ Mounted Volunteer Patrol has been corralled. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 25, 2022 Since the 1980s the patrol has roamed the 153,000-acre recreation area, riding horses through mountain canyons and trails so they can lend a helping hand to people in a Read more…
As mountain lions seek to avoid wildfire zones, their risks of being hit by automobiles or entering deadly conflicts with other pumas are increasing. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2022 Conservationists have long warned that Southern California mountain lions could vanish within decades due to Read more…
P-54, an adult female mountain lion struck and killed by a vehicle earlier this year, was pregnant with four kittens. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 16, 2022 According to biologists from the National Park Service, all five animals tested positive for rat poison. “This is the Read more…
Sturdy, Instagram-ready thrill-seekers are entranced by Hyperion’s size and challenged by the secrecy. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2022 It sounds hard to hide the tallest tree in the world. But that’s exactly what officials at California’s Redwood National Park have been trying to do Read more…
Forest thinning is now being conducted at Yosemite National Park. Environmentalists want it to stop, saying the work was never fully vetted. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2022. For more than a century, Yosemite National Park was viewed as a refuge where nature prevails unmolested Read more…
A decade ago, biologists feared the species was doomed Source of this article – The Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2022 SHOSHONE, Calif. — How the Devil’s Hole pupfish has survived for centuries in a spa-like cistern cloistered by a barren rock mountain in Death Valley National Park remains a biological mystery. Read more…
Source of this article, The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 25, 2019 Eight months after the largest fire to ever hit Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, all 67 miles of the park’s most famous trail have reopened to the public. The final six miles of the Backbone Trail that had Read more…