VenturaCountyTrails.org News

VenturaCountyTrails.org News
  • Home
  • Trail Maps
    • Santa Monica Mounains, Conejo & Simi Valleys
    • Santa Barbara to Mt. Pinos to Santa Monica
  • Photos
    • Organized by Location
    • Recent Photos
    • Travel Photos
  • Videos
    • Table of Contents
    • Newest Videos
  • Trail & Envronmental News
    • News Home
    • News Excerpts
  • Calendar

Conejo Valley

Conejo Valley

A brief history of the Conejo Recreation and Parks District

Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 18, 2022 1962: Voters create the Conejo Recreation and Park District with more then 80% in favor. Luther Schwich, Marvin Burrow, Roy Dehm, Joan McGillis and Donald Roberts are elected as the first board of directors. 1964: On Sept. 24, voters Read more…

By Steve, 2 monthsNovember 18, 2022 ago
Calabasas

Fourth big cat this year killed on local roads

2-year old lion part of baby boom Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 29, 2022 A mountain lion known by researchers to be born during the Santa Monica Mountains’ famed “Summer of Kittens” two years ago died on the 101 Freeway the morning of July 18. The Read more…

By Steve, 6 monthsJuly 29, 2022 ago
Conejo Valley

Newbury Park High School mountain bikers tear up the trail

CHAMPS—Every female member of the Newbury Park Mountain Bike team who competed in last month’s Championship National Interscholastic Cycling Association race earned a spot on the awards podium. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 10, 2022. From left, Keelan Nygren (eighth grade, third place), Audrey Walsh (eighth Read more…

By Steve, 8 monthsJune 10, 2022 ago
Conejo Valley

Wildwood landmarks renamed

Several Conejo Open Space landmarks are being renamed to remove the term “Indian.” Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, May 20, 2022 On May 11, the board of the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency voted 4-0 (with director Claudia Bill-de la Peña absent) to approve new titles for Read more…

By Steve, 8 monthsMay 20, 2022 ago
Conejo Valley

Mountain lion makes rare successful crossing of L.A.-area freeways

Source of this article: The Researchers recently documented a rare case of a cougar from the Santa Monica Mountains successfully crossing U.S. Highway 101 and moving into a range less hemmed in by Southern California sprawl, the National Park Service said Monday. The subadult male, dubbed P-55, crossed the 101 Read more…

By Steve, 5 yearsAugust 7, 2017 ago
Budget and Spending

Conservancy grant enough to complete Sapwi Trails in Thousand Oaks

CRPD project to receive $1.67M Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 29, 2017 The only community park in Thousand Oaks’ master plan that remains undeveloped is one step closer to breaking ground. The advisory committee for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy has approved a $1.67-million grant for Read more…

By Steve, 6 yearsJune 29, 2017 ago
Conejo Valley

Story of the Conejo Valley written in peaks, bluffs and ridges

How an ancient river of magma shaped the Conejo Valley Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 22, 2017 As it travels west out of the Conejo Valley, the 101 Freeway works its way down the Conejo Hills in the shadow of Conejo Mountain. At 1,800 feet tall, Read more…

By Steve, 6 yearsJune 22, 2017 ago
Conejo Valley

Neighbors suffer Wildwood woes in Thousand Oaks

Nearby streets fill with visitors’ cars Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 27, 2017 Wildwood Regional Park might have too much of a good thing. Drawn to the open-space area by its main attraction, Paradise Falls, weekend crowds quickly overwhelm the small dirt parking lot at the Read more…

By Steve, 6 yearsApril 27, 2017 ago
Budget and Spending

Thousand Oaks council votes to shoulder cost of community park

Work on Sapwi Trails to start soon Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 20, 2017 The City of Thousand Oaks is making good on a decade-old promise to help pay for a community park in the Lang Ranch area. At its April 11 meeting, the City Council Read more…

By Steve, 6 yearsApril 20, 2017 ago
Bicycle Riding

Family that donated land to TO Open Space has lived in Newbury Park since 1963

Ranch on top of the world Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, March 30, 2017 As dementia began to overtake Harman Rasnow in the last years of his life, the 80-year-old loved to sit on his ranch on a hill high above Newbury Park and count the hikers Read more…

By Steve, 6 yearsMarch 30, 2017 ago

Posts navigation

1 2 … 9 Next
Search News
Categories
  • Activities (146)
    • Bicycle Riding (20)
    • Hiking (90)
    • Horse Riding (48)
    • Mountain Biking (63)
    • Off-Highway Vehicles (7)
    • Trail Running (21)
    • Youth Activities (10)
  • Budget and Spending (86)
  • Drought (35)
  • Environment (257)
    • Development (57)
    • Drilling, Mining, Logging (57)
    • Energy Use (28)
    • Global Warming (21)
    • Going Green (13)
    • Habitat Improvement (38)
    • Invasive Species (14)
    • Pollution (47)
    • Traffic (10)
    • Water Shortage (28)
    • Wildfire (33)
  • Fire Hazard (24)
  • Health and Safety (67)
    • COVID-19 (1)
    • Obesity (2)
    • Rescue (13)
    • Trail Hazard (28)
  • History (90)
  • Internet (5)
  • Land Manager (200)
    • California State Parks (49)
    • COSCA/CRPD (30)
    • Federal BLM (12)
    • Federal NPS (101)
    • MRCA (22)
    • MRT (8)
    • Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (3)
    • SMM Conservancy (20)
    • US Forest Service (22)
    • Wilderness Area (8)
  • Other (8)
  • Politics (91)
  • Region (469)
    • Calabasas (26)
    • California (107)
    • Conejo Valley (82)
    • International (8)
    • Los Angeles (60)
    • Malibu (8)
    • National (88)
    • Ojai (6)
    • Orange County (3)
    • Santa Barbara County (15)
    • Santa Monica Mountains (115)
    • Simi Valley (12)
    • Southern California (80)
    • Southwest (22)
    • Ventura County (53)
  • Trail Access (56)
  • Trail Building and Repair (30)
  • Uncategorized (5)
  • Wildlife (159)
    • Coyotes (1)
    • Endangered Species (50)
    • Fish (15)
    • Mountain Lions (53)
    • Rattlesnakes (4)
    • Tiger (6)
    • Wildlife Bridge (11)
Administration
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • VenturaCountyTrails.org News
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle