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Santa Monica Mountains

Become a TreePeople Reforestation Supervisor

March 16, 2010

If you’ve always wanted to help out with reforestation in our local mountains – and also want to have the title of “Supervisor” at some point in your life – you might be interested to know that the TreePeople will be hosting a Reforestation Supervisor training session this Saturday, March 20th in Calabasas.
This training will [...]

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Thanksgiving Hiking

November 24, 2009

At one of the four pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinners I’ve been invited to, one of my friends remarked that Thanksgiving in L.A. was becoming like Halloween – an extended 2-3 week celebratory period that may or may not have a party or dinner scheduled on the actual holiday itself. And I like it that way.
For [...]

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Trails and Photos in the Santa Monica Mountains

November 13, 2009

With the Angeles National Forest still mostly closed off, the Santa Monica Mountains are the place to be this weekend. With some cooler temperatures in the forecast, it’s the perfect time to bundle up (SoCal style) and hit a trail in the mountains.

The longest stretch of the Backbone Festival is tomorrow, Saturday the [...]

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The Backbone Festival is Back

November 6, 2009

Starting this weekend and continuing through December, the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club will celebrate the annual Backbone Festival by leading free group hikes along sections of the Backbone Trail – that *almost* finished 68-mile trail through the Santa Monica Mountains from the Pacific Palisades to the Pacific Ocean.
Each section will highlight a different [...]

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Smartphone Botany

October 23, 2009

So I know I just wrote a story about someone who got attacked by a bear while she was checking something on her iPhone, but if you’re careful about when and where you use your smartphone on the trail, you can actually help out with an important project.
Invasive plants have long been a problem in [...]

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Reminder – Spirit of the Mountains Contest is This Month

October 1, 2009

A while back, I wrote about the announcement of the Spirit of the Mountains Contest – a photo-contest for the Santa Monica Mountains, with winners being published in the official newsletter of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, OUTDOORS.
Well, the contest is officially on – and the park service is accepting entries through the [...]

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Hike the Backbone in Photos

August 13, 2009

This Saturday, August 15th, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Visitor Center in Thousand Oaks will let you take a virtual tour of the nearly-completed 67.79 mile Backbone Trail.
National Park Service volunteer photographer Jim Belsley will present a virtual tour of the trail with photographs and maps, with the assistance of experienced Backbone Trail [...]

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Spirit of the Mountains Photo Contest

August 4, 2009

Point Mugu State Park

Are you an aspiring nature photographer who also happens to spend a lot of free time hiking the Santa Monica Mountains? If you read this site, the answer is probably yes … which is why you should be interested in the 2009 Spirit of the Mountains contest.
The Santa Monica Mountains National [...]

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$10 Million Pot Bust in the Santa Monica Mountains

July 22, 2009

The LAist has the story on two marijuana plantations recently discovered in backcountry areas of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Earlier this week, officials removed 2,088 plants from Malibu Creek State Park and another 1,421 from Zuma Canyon, with a street value estimated at over $10 million.
These plantations have been popping up with more [...]

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Ranger vs. Rattler

May 28, 2009

While the title of the video is a bit misleading – you don’t ever see the ranger and there’s no actual fight – the content is pretty intense.
This is a video of a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, coiled and rattling, taken in the Santa Monica Mountains. The video was shot by a National [...]

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