We visited upper Trancas Canyon just one week after the Woolsey Fire was officially contained. A year later, this National Park Service property is already in the process of transforming from wasteland…
Environment
All over Topanga Canyon and throughout the Santa Monica Mountains, toyon bushes are ablaze with red fruit. It’s a bumper year for this California native, which appears to be making up for…
Paul Hawken’s book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (amazon.com), inspired Cecilie Stuart, founder of Move the World, a youth activist dance troupe, to hold free Drawdown…
Testing for Hazardous Materials and Debris Removal Will Be Completed by June 2020. A new phase of the Woolsey Fire clean up and recovery is beginning on National Parks Service property in…
Malibu City Council Will Decide If Malibu Adopts LA County’s Policy on Toxins. On December 9, the Malibu City Council will vote on a citywide ban on toxic rodenticides and other chemical…
Move creates the largest community-driven environmental organization in Los Angeles. The Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT), a conservation organization that oversees 3000 acres of open space in the Santa Monica Mountains is now…
In general, cities and counties are forbidden to regulate pesticides. Only state agencies can do so. This is due to a 1984 law the Pesticide lobby pushed through the California legislature called…
California groups sue to keep motorized electric bikes off non-motorized trails in Tahoe National Forest. This dramatic change in trail policy was made without public input. National Park Service campgrounds are the…
We have arrived at the one-year anniversary of the devastating Woolsey fire. There is a lot of talk about vegetation management going forward. The Mountains Restoration and Conservation Authority (MRCA) has put…
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves…