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Calabasas

Calabasas

Search and Rescue teams staying busy

Rescuers have had to evacuate another hiker who fell and became injured in the local mountains. It’s the third incident this month. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 18, 2013 About 5:45 p.m. April 14, personnel from the Malibu Search and Rescue Team, Los Angeles County Fire Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsApril 18, 2013 ago
Calabasas

Lyme disease-carrying ticks found in the Santa Monica Mountains

Source of this article: The Ventura County Star, April 11, 2013 Ticks at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills recently tested positive for Lyme  disease, authorities said Thursday. Three pools of western black-legged ticks found along the Coyote Trail were  found to be positive, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National  Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsApril 12, 2013 ago
Budget and Spending

Report: NPS generated $26 million for surrounding area last year

A new National Park Service report for 2011 shows that the 650,000 visitors to national park lands in the Santa Monica Mountains spent $26 million in the surrounding community. This spending supported 350 local jobs. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, March 28, 2013 The report only studied Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsMarch 28, 2013 ago
Calabasas

Water demand to exceed supply

The federal report predicts a drier future for the seven states that rely on the Colorado for water. A range of solutions, some impractical, are proposed. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2012 Water demand in the Colorado River Basin will greatly outstrip supply in coming Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsDecember 13, 2012 ago
Budget and Spending

A milestone gift for L.A.’s trails from the County of Los Angeles

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…

By Steve, 10 yearsSeptember 20, 2012 ago
Budget and Spending

National Park Service visitor center in T.O. will close soon

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…

By Steve, 11 yearsMay 3, 2012 ago
Calabasas

MRT Offers Senior Naturalist Classes

From Mountains Restoration Trust Nature 101 was a hit and fun was had by all participants!  The weather was beautiful and the walk around the Headwaters Corner showcased some of the early signs of spring. Come and learn more about the Santa Monica Mountains!  Here is a listing of the Read more…

By Steve, 11 yearsFebruary 3, 2012 ago
Calabasas

Newbury Park man is serial trailhead burglar, police say

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department arrested a man Jan. 12 on suspicion of his breaking into numerous vehicles parked at local hiking trails. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 19, 2012 According to authorities, convicted burglar and Newbury Park resident Troyan Duss, 43, used the purses, bank Read more…

By Steve, 11 yearsJanuary 19, 2012 ago
Activities

Mountains Restoration Trust to lead naturalist classes for seniors in January and February

Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT) now offers naturalist workshops geared for the senior citizen.  Workshops offer a variety of topics; Learn about the local Calabasas and Native American history, hike in the Cold Creek Valley Preserve, and birdwatch at the Headwaters Corner.  Learn from a plant specialist how to collect seeds Read more…

By Steve, 11 yearsJanuary 10, 2012 ago
Calabasas

Mountain lions barely surviving in urban wildlife environment

Poaching death shines light on the battle to save area’s big cats Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, October 20, 2011 By Sylvie Belmond In addition to threats from traffic, pesticide poisoning and urban encroachment, the small number of mountain lions occupying the 250-square-mile Santa Monica Mountains wilderness Read more…

By Steve, 11 yearsOctober 20, 2011 ago

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