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Volunteer Mounted Patrol has been disbanded . . . for now

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…

By Steve, 2 monthsNovember 25, 2022 ago
Development

Mountain lions face greater risk of becoming roadkill in wildfire’s aftermath

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…

By Steve, 3 monthsOctober 20, 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
Calabasas

Mountain lion P-54 is killed by vehicle four years after her mother died on the same road

P-54 was struck around 9:30 a.m. in the Santa Monica Mountains. Her mother was killed in 2018, and one of her sons was killed just two months ago. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2022. A mountain lion was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday Read more…

By Steve, 7 monthsJune 17, 2022 ago
Hiking

Hike to the Cave of Munits, and others

If your New Year’s resolution was to hike more but you’re bored with your local trails, check out some nearby hikes with caves to keep your repertoire fresh. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 14, 2021 The Cave of Munits is in the Upper Las Virgenes Open Read more…

By Steve, 2 yearsJanuary 15, 2021 ago
California State Parks

Backbone Trail back in business after fire

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…

By Steve, 4 yearsJuly 25, 2019 ago
Calabasas

King Gillette Ranch has a storied history

Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 11, 2019 King Gillette Ranch is an idyllic 588-acre parcel of parkland that sits on Las Virgenes Road opposite the entrance to Malibu Creek State Park, but its status as protected public land dates back less than 20 years. The history Read more…

By Steve, 4 yearsJuly 11, 2019 ago
California State Parks

Mothers of the Santa Monica Mountains

Three women fought to create the Santa Monica Mountains parkland now burned by the Woolsey fire Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2018 The Woolsey fire was a 14-mile-long wall of flames when, on the morning of Nov. 9, it jumped the 101 Freeway and began Read more…

By Steve, 4 yearsDecember 2, 2018 ago
California State Parks

LA-area mountain lions face a smaller, harsher world after wildfires

It will take ’10 to 20 years’ before Santa Monica Mountains look like they did before Woolsey fire Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2018 Two dozen biologists with binoculars and telemetry equipment fanned out across the smoldering gulches and slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains Read more…

By Steve, 4 yearsNovember 18, 2018 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

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