I started the series of posts on the King Gillette Ranch Park, with a very narrow focus on that park…
Entries Tagged as 'SMMC'
Controversy Surrounds SMMC Head, Joe Edmiston
November 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors
Tags: California State Parks·Joe Edmiston·King Gillette Ranch·Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy·Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area·SMMC·SMMNRA
King Gillette Ranch: The National/State Park that Isn’t, Part II
November 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Green, History, Outdoors, Uncategorized
I guess we have to acknowledge that both the U.S. and California are in a budget crunch and money is hard to come by for park maintenance, as Econerd pointed out in her comment for Part I. One way to raise money for parks is to contract them out for movie and TV shoots, which is happening at King Gillette [...]
Tags: California State Parks·King Gillette Ranch·MRCA·SMMC·SMMNRA
Happy that Ahmanson Ranch Is State Parkland
December 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors
Continuing with this week’s theme of what I like (or don’t) about living in the Conejo Valley, I am happy that Ahmanson Ranch is now parkland for us all to enjoy. The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy bought the land from Washington Mutual in the fall of 2003 and gave it a new name. It is [...]
