The Woolsey Fire was a major setback for the California red-legged frog, but hope abides. Seven months after the Woolsey Fire, an initiative that began in 2014 to reintroduce the threatened California…
Environment
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) is often described as a patchwork of federal, state, and local public lands. Two small but important pieces of that patchwork in the Topanga…
The Humboldt lily is the queen of early summer wildflowers in the Santa Monica Mountains and one of the most spectacular flowers native to the area. In a good year, this native…
A bill to ban some of the most toxic anticoagulant rodenticides has cleared a major hurdle. Assembly Bill 1788, sponsored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, needed 41 votes. It was approved by the…
An $18.8 million grant will fund three miles of LARiverWay trails in the West San Fernando Valley. The new path is part of Metro’s project to create a continuous 51-mile bike path…
The Santa Monica Mountains’ critically threatened mountain lions may be getting some help from help from Washington DC. A new bill, introduced by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and U.S. Representative Don…
Wondering how to take advantage of the rains next season and make your yard into a beautiful, water efficient, native habitat as well? Join the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica…
Water heater? Mattresses? Car parts? Tires? All of the above are waiting to get pulled out of Topanga Creek and Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) and the Stream…
While California experienced record rain and Sierra snow this past winter, the community of Topanga has not always had a steady supply of fresh water. As always, because of the threat of…
The normally mild and mellow month of May has been the wild and wooley month of May in this unusual rain year. Wednesday, May 22, started out sunny and fair only to…