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We Have an Inaugural “You in the Conejo” Winner! (2/1/2023) - January's "You in the Conejo" winner is John Noble, whose selfie featured his thumb's up to a distant oak tree. An oak tree was the challenge object for January. John reports he took his selfie from the Vista del Mar trail, which leads to Twin Ponds and is a great springtime hike. We had many fun and creative entries, of which we're including a few here. And here's a recap of the "You in the Conejo" rules: Each month in 2023, we’ll post the name of something that you can find in the open space. Then we want to see… (read more...) It’s New Map Monday in Conejo Canyons: Hill Canyon to Elliott Mountain (1/30/2023) - Highlights Moderate hike of 5.2 miles with about 800' of climbing Mountain bikers will find the Outlaw Loop and Elliott Mtn. Trails a challenging climb. One of the segments of the 2023 Conejo Open Space Challenge https://cosf.org/challenge Description This is a moderate hike of 5.2 miles with 800′ of climbing. It starts with an easy stroll along the Hill Canyon Trail, climbs up the Western Plateau Edison Road, then turns onto the Outlaw Loop Trail that winds its way up to Elliott Mountain, which has tremendous views of the Western Plateau, Hill Canyon, Lizard Rock and Mt Clef Butte. Key… (read more...) COSF announces 2023 scholarship program for environmental studies (1/20/2023) - COSF is pleased to announce that in the spring we will again award $1,000 scholarships to two Ventura County graduating high school students who will be pursuing a college major related to environmental studies. The Conejo Open Space Foundation 2023 Entering and Continuing College Scholarships will be given to applicants who have demonstrated a sincere and active interest in improving our natural environment and will be pursuing a career in the wide-ranging fields that focus on solutions to environmental problems and resource management. For students who are full time and maintain a 3.0 or better grade point average, COSF will… (read more...) COSF’s Winter 2022 Newsletter is here! (1/11/2023) - The winter edition of our newsletter is now available! In this issue: Meet Your New COSCA Rangers Trail Savvy for New Bikers 'Where' Contest Returns as 'You in the Conejo' Plus: Spotlight on COSF board member Brendan Callahan How to volunteer and more... (read more...) Repeat Winner: Randy Wagner Takes ‘Where in the Conejo’ Grand Prize Again! (12/23/2022) - This year, COSF’s popular “Where in the Conejo” monthly contest featured 12 trails or trailside phenomena, challenging contestants to identify them correctly. The previous year, we created a Grand Prize for whoever got the most answers correct. Randy Wagner of Thousand Oaks, who was last year's Grand Prize winner, answered 11 out of 12 “Where” questions correctly this year, besting all other participants again. He donated his $50 winnings back to COSF, although he did accept one of our newly minted t-shirts. (Which will be the prize offering in 2023.) As to how everyone else did, we had only one… (read more...) David Filgas is the winner of our December ‘Where in the Conejo’ contest! (12/8/2022) - December's "Where in the Conejo" contest photo featured a manmade drainage area on the Bowfield Trail (answer to the bonus question, which only one person got right). Of the correct entrants, David Filgas was selected at random as the winner of a $25 gift certificate. Congratulations, David, and thanks to all who entered! (Of which, 100% got it right!) All of you recognized the ditch for what it is: Trail workers' efforts to steer water off the trail before it causes ruts down the middle via erosion. We are very glad that none of you think it marks an emergency… (read more...)
2022 Autumn COSF Newsletter (9/17/2022) - The fall edition of the Conejo Open Space Foundation newsletter has been posted. In this edition… Native Plantpalooza & Eco Fest on Oct. 1 : COSCA Fall Trail Work Day Oct. 15 at Westlake Village Community Park : Agoura HOA… (read more...) |