The increasingly endangered mountain lion population of the Santa Monica Mountains has experienced another major loss. P-56 is dead. He is the first radio-collared mountain lion to be killed in the Santa…
Environment
The Woolsey Fire has claimed another victim: a massive valley oak that stood for more than a century in Paramount Ranch. When this tree was a seedling, the land it grew on…
In a 15-year effort to protect ten million acres of priceless habitat from being destroyed by Cal Fire, the California Chaparral Institute and other environmental groups claim Cal Fire has ignored the…
During the seven-year drought, almost 10 acres of coast live oaks died at Trippett Ranch in Topanga State Park. The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) is pleased to…
California State Parks and the RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains are looking for public input and suggestions on planning the restoration of the Topanga Lagoon area. Following a presentation on the…
While much of the nation is still covered in snow, the mountains around Topanga are dusted with the snow-like bloom of Ceanothus flowers. Vast areas of the chaparral that is dominated by…
Rooftop Solar #10 Nineteenth-century solar panels were made of selenium. Today, photovoltaic (PV) panels use thin wafers of silicon crystal. As photons strike them, they knock electrons loose and produce an electrical…
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone who regularly visits parks in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA), but a new report based on data collected in 2018 shows…
Suzanne Guldimann is no stranger to wildfire. Growing up in Point Dume, Malibu, she remembers her father standing on the roof of their house with a garden hose when fires approached. The…
P-80 is the latest mountain lion in the National Park Service’s ongoing 18-year study of the big cats in and around the Santa Monica Mountains. NPS spokesperson Ana Cholo revealed that P-80…