A new online event to promote the miles of public trails in the Conejo Valley has been launched by the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency. Source of this Article: The Ventura County Star, December 6, 2011 The Conejo Open Space Challenge seeks to encourage people to explore the trails system and Read more…
The Vails’ former ranch, now part of Channel Islands National Park, is no longer a home for cattle, cowboys or adventurous children. And now the family’s last link to the place is being severed. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2011 Reporting from Santa Rosa Island, Read more…
The Conejo Open Space Foundation is challenging mountain bikers, hikers, trail runners and equestrians of all ages to experience 14 of the best and most beautiful multi-use trails in the Conejo Open Space. This is a “virtual” event powered by Strava.com, where you will use a compatible GPS device (or Strava Read more…
Source of this article – Ventura County Star, October 19, 2011 By Rachel McGrath Members of the nonprofit Conejo Open Space Foundation watched from a hillside Wednesday morning as contractors lowered a pedestrian bridge into place, linking open space nestled between Thousand Oaks and the Santa Rosa Valley. The group Read more…
Posting of U.S. flags on public land causes heated debate Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 15, 2011 By Anna Bitong An American flag once fluttered over a ridge near Lynn Ranch. It flew in the same spot for at least a dozen years, maybe longer, local Read more…
Volunteers and corporate donors are hoping to pitch in to keep budget cuts from closing state parks. Many fear that without oversight, poachers and pot farmers will take over. Source of this Article: The Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2011 By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Henry W. Read more…
What follows is the contents of an email we received from the National Park Service: Summary of Public Scoping Comments Newsletter Available for Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study Thank you for taking time to send us scoping comments to help guide the Rim of the Valley Corridor Read more…
For the past two years, American flags have periodically decorated the top of Ladyface Mountain, luring hikers to reach its summit. Each one unofficially marked the highest point on Ladyface at 2,031 feet. Source of this article: Agoura Hills Patch, August 24, 2010 The most recent one was placed at Read more…
ForestWatch is Working to Keep the Trail Open, and is Looking for Anyone Who Used This Trail Prior to 1972 Source of this article – Los Padres Forest Watch, April 12, 2010 Ojai, Calif. – Today, the U.S. Forest Service announced that a landowner with extensive holdings in Ventura County Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2008 WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency is completing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluters near national parks and wilderness areas, despite the fact that half Read more…