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Entries Tagged as 'Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area'

Seeking Info About ’70′s Poster Advocating Saving the Santa Monica Mountains

January 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Arts, Conejo Valley, History, Oak Park

I just received this email as a comment to a post…

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Woody Smeck’s Message to Conejo Post Regarding His Leaving as Head of our Local National Park

January 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Outdoors

NPS Superintendent Woody Smeck sent the following email on 1-7: ” Thank you for your post of January 7, 2012…

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A Green Hike

April 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Newbury Park, Outdoors, Ventura County

This photo is from Thousand Oaks resident Ben Pankratz, who is also a contributor to the Conejo Post.  Ben says of the photo, which was taken in November, 2008:  “ The hiker is on Old Boney Trail at 1.6 miles from the Wendy Trailhead in Newbury Park – and very near the Sycamore Creek crossing.” Thanks Ben, [...]

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Next Chance to Go to NPS Rim of the Valley Park Meeting

September 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Green, Las Virgenes, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks

So far, the National Park Service has held one local public information-sharing meeting about the possibility of expanding the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA).  We have one more opportunity to weigh in locally on this envisioned expansion, called the Rim of the Valley Corridor.  The next meeting is Monday, October 4, at the [...]

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Look, We’re on TV!

September 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Newbury Park, Oak Park

Tonight, I was watching the end of Huell Howser’s “California Gold” on KCET, when he went to a promo for Ken Burn’s series on the National Parks that is also running on the station.  And, where was Huell for the promo?  In the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA)!  That is our home national park, [...]

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An Oak Tree on a Morning Walk

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Green

We are so blessed with magnificent oak trees in the Conejo Valley, that an alternate name for where we live could be Oak Valley.  Or, we could use the Latin name for oaks, which is Quercus, except that doesn’t have as good a sound to it as conejo. About five years ago, I took a [...]

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Run into a Mountain Lion in the S.M. Mountains? Not Likely!

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Outdoors

While writing the post about the new lion princess in the Santa Monica Mountains, I started worrying about the possibility of running into her or some of her kin while hiking.  Thank goodness, I just read a press release from the National Park Service!  In the NPS release, it said that there have been NO reports [...]

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