IMAGINE A WORLD…WITHOUT SMMNRA
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is turning 45 on November 10, 2023. Almost all of the big western national parks were created from...
Not Just Another Trafic Fatality
BB-12, a black bear that National Park Service (NPS) scientists had been tracking for the last three months, was struck and killed by a vehicle...
Results Released for Mountain Lion P-22
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and National Park Service (NPS) reviewed the final postmortem examination and lab tests from P-22, the mountain...
Art on the Green
The Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore whose motto is “Painting and Preserving the Santa Monica Mountains” will once again be having...
All-Female Litter of Mountain Lion Kittens Discovered in Simi Hills
According to National Park Service (NPS) biologists, mountain lion P-77 recently gave birth to three female kittens in the Simi Hills, a small area of...
The Bear Truth
We have a new neighbor in the Santa Monica Mountains. On April 23, National Park Service biologists captured and radio-collared a 210-pound black bear in...
The Ongoing Prevalence of Pesticides and Rodenticides in Our Communities—Legislative Update
The battle against toxic pesticides in California is heating up, with a pair of important bills making their way through the legislative process, and some...
A Season for Toads
The record rain California received in January is a boon for the Western toad, Anaxyrus borea (California has its own subspecies, Anaxyrus borea halophilus). This...
Mule Deer: Unicorns in the Garden
Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with...
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