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Mushroom Madness 
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Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
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Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
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Invasive Shothole Borer (ISHB) training for residents of Topanga Canyon

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Protect your trees! The non-native, Invasive Shothole Borer (ISHB) is found throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties and is killing numbers of native and non-native trees. Are they in your backyard trees and neighborhood parks? Made for homeowners in Topanga...

Learn from the pros how to plant a butterfly garden. 

UC Riverside Campus Garden 1 Botanic Gardens Dr, Riverside, CA

Learn from the pros how to plant a butterfly garden. If you want to attract butterflies to your yard, you must understand when they breed. UC Riverside’s master gardener docents tell all, detailing which plants are best and how the...

Event Series RCDSMM Crayfish Removals

RCDSMM Crayfish Removals

Join the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains to remove invasive red swamp crayfish from our local creeks! Invasive crayfish have negative impacts on native endangered sh and we need your help to rid our streams of this pesky pest.For...

California Native Garden Maintenance: A Hands-On Beginner’s Guide

Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center - King Gillette Ranch @ 26876 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302, USA, , , , ,

Part lecture, part hands-on guide designed to help local gardeners take the fear out of planting, pruning and watering their native plants About this event Join us outdoors and in-person for a fun class covering the basics of installing...

Artist Talk Peter Kagan “Life and Limb”

Topanga Canyon Gallery 137 S Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga, CA

Photographer Peter Kagan’s “Life and Limb” will be on view at the Topanga Canyon Art Gallery Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays September 11 to September 25. Kagan presents intimate black and white portraits and life studies from a lifetime of artistic work. The show is accompanied by his book...

Grease! Date Night Drive-In at Paramount Ranch

Paramount Ranch @ Cornell Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301, USA, , Agoura Hills, California, 91301, United States

Join us at Paramount Ranch for a screening of Grease! Come enjoy an evening under the stars watching this classic Paramount Pictures production which features scenes that were shot within the boundaries of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational...

Scorpion Hike at Rancho Sierra Vista

Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa @ 4121 Potrero Rd, Newbury Park, CA 91320, USA, , , California, 91320, United States

The Santa Monica Mountains after dark is a completely different world! Most of the animals we normally see during the day are fast asleep. But as the sun sets, different kinds of animals, like scorpions, are just waking up....

San Fernando Valley Audubon Bird Walk

Malibu Creek State Park @ Malibu Creek State Park, 1925 Las Virgenes Rd, Calabasas, CA 91302, USA, , Calabasas, California, 91302, United States

Considered the recreational crown jewel of the Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu Creek State Park has over 8,000 acres of rolling tall grass plains, oak savannahs and dramatic peaks. It's no wonder many call it 'The Yosemite of Southern California.'...