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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area News

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Saturday Oct 4 | CSIRO Publishing

Predicting spatial patterns of fire on a southern California landscape

Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

Ventura County Star

Mountain lion found dead on Hwy. 118

A mountain lion was found dead Thursday on Highway 118 near Simi Valley, and authorities said it was probably hit by a car.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

National Parks Traveler

National Park System Quiz 22: Angels and Saints

Wild Goose Island in Glacier National Park. Photo by firehole via Flickr. 1. The photo accompanying this quiz was taken in Glacier National Park and is quite similar to the one that graces the Traveler home ...

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Wind Cave National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Yosemite National Park, US Military, US Navy

Fri Sep 12, 2008

Ventura County Reporter

Mountain lovers give back through photography in T.O.

Amateur photographers experience seeing their work displayed for the public at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Visitor Center in Thousand Oaks, thanks, to an annual competition aimed at ...

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Arts, Photography

Wed Sep 10, 2008

San Diego Reader

Corral Canyon

Diminutive Corral Canyon Park is one of the newer parcels of open space to be added to the archipelago of public lands known as the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Malibu, CA

Fri Aug 29, 2008

The Planning Report

SMMC's Joe Edmiston Continues Fight for Region's Open Space

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy may have an ally in the California Coastal Commission in its ongoing battle to bring camping to Malibu.

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Thu Aug 28, 2008

SD Reader Staff Writers

Upper Solstice Canyon

A splendid sense of isolation pervades the upper reaches of Solstice Canyon - thanks to the preservation of thousands of acres of land that have been incorporated into the Santa Monica Mountains National ...

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Tue Aug 26, 2008

Ventura County Star

Panel meets to discuss future of nation's parks

Faced with declining attendance, especially among younger people, a panel of leaders from around the country met Monday in Westlake Village to discuss how national parks can stay relevant in today's world.

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Sun Aug 24, 2008

National Park Service

director hails establishment of Second Century...

' National Park Service Director Mary A. Bomar today hailed establishment of the Second Century Commission, a nonpartisan citizens group that will provide recommendations for the future of the national park ...

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Fri Aug 22, 2008

Ventura County Star

LA key to future of parks

Los Angeles, the second-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., may well hold a key to the future of America's national parks.

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Fri Aug 15, 2008

Asheville Citizen-Times

National Parks Second Century Commission formed

Former Sens. Howard Baker, Jr., R-Tenn., and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., D-La., announced today the formation of the National Parks Second Century Commission.

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Wed Aug 13, 2008

National Parks Traveler

Commission Formed To Explore Future of National Parks

Noted biologist E.O. Wilson is among 30 people seated on a National Parks Second Century Commission.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Ventura County Star

City extends park office lease for three years

The National Park Service, which planned to move its local office to the King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas next year, now expects to stay in Thousand Oaks through 2011, officials say.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

hosted Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles Times

The stranger among us

The 4-mile-long, finger-shaped Hillcrest Open Space area in Thousand Oaks laps into a patchwork of suburban streets.

Coyotes live here. Like us, they are growing in numbers. And like us, they have increased their home ranges, sometimes traveling miles to skirt denser suburbs and freeway barriers.

Seth Riley, wildlife biologist for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, is concerned about the loss of coyotes to speeding cars and rat poison.

To help us better share space, he is heading a study of about 40 coyotes, using radio collars and a National Park Service SUV with a rooftop antenna to monitor their activities. What are the coyotes doing out there?

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Mon Jul 07, 2008

KNX-AM Los Angeles

Fire Briefly Threatens Several Structures, Campsites in Malibu

Water dumping helicopters worked to save a campsite filled with more than 200 people near Malibu Creek State Park on Friday, as a fast-moving fire broke out and ruined 4th of July celebrations for park-goers. ...

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Related Topix: Malibu, CA, National Park

Sat Jul 05, 2008

KCBS-TV Los Angeles

Fast Malibu Brush Fire Fully Contained

About 20 acres were scorched in Malibu after a mobile home fire sparked brush near Malibu Creek State Park.

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Related Topix: Malibu, CA, National Park

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