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…
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…
If it’s not drought that’s keeping the flowers down, it’s the visitors Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2017 After a record series of winter storms buried the Sierra Nevada in snow and filled rivers and lakes to the brim, a “super bloom” of desert flowers Read more…
City will provide funding to trap and euthanize the animals. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2017 The city of Glendora will provide funds for the trapping and euthanization of three coyotes that attacked a leashed dog in a housing development tract this week, city officials Read more…
Commentary: When the rains come Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 26, 2017 Risk is a fact of life for outdoors enthusiasts, and smart people know they should always weigh the pros and cons when they venture into the wild. In Southern California this winter—with an onslaught Read more…
A push to raise funds for a wildlife overpass Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2016 Building a cougar crossing over one of Southern California’s busiest freeways will cost tens of millions of dollars — funding that is unlikely to come any time soon from the Read more…
Fox tale with a happy ending Source of this article, The Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2016 Not long ago, foxes native to the Channel Islands off the California coast teetered on the edge of extinction. They have rebounded to the point where U.S. wildlife officials on Thursday removed three Read more…
Difficult road ahead for Santa Monica Mountain cougar kittens Source of this article, The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 14, 2016 National Park Service researchers recently discovered two litters of mountain lion kittens in the eastern Santa Susana Mountains. A total of five cubs, three females and two males, were ear-tagged Read more…
A force of about 3,800 state prisoners, including about 250 female inmates, is trained and ready to be mobilized to the front line Source of this article, The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 7, 2016 Ventura fire camp inmate Luiz Galvez was startled awake by shouting in the dorm room around Read more…
‘Devastating’ looting hits Native American archaeological sites Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2015 State parks officials and Native American leaders are decrying what they say has been a devastating spate of vandalism and looting at historically and culturally significant sites in San Diego County’s backcountry. Read more…