Highlights Moderate hike of 4 miles Good for conditioning because the Alapay and Meadow Vista Trails are quite steep Good views of Simi Valley and Lang Ranch Open Space Alapay Trail is one of the segments of the 2023 Conejo Open Space Challenge (https://cosf.org/challenge; colored green on the map) Description This is not a very long hike, but both Alapay Read more…
If you haven’t completed The Challenge yet, you have less than 2 weeks before it ends on May 31. If you want to be eligible for some prizes at the June 2 completion celebration, you better get hopping! This is the fifth gallery of photos from Challenge participants. The number of photos to display is decreasing as more and more Read more…
Now that the trails have (mostly) dried up after this winter’s rains, now is a good time to get out and finish The Challenge! The last day is Wednesday May 31, just over two weeks from now. The wildflowers next to the trails and on the hillsides are spectacular this year thanks to the rain. There’s an amazing growth of Read more…
April’s “You in the Conejo” winner is Lynne Connell Henderson, whose selfie featured her with friends on a Wildwood Regional Park trail bridge (at right). “A trail bridge” was the challenge subject for April. You can check out other entries on Facebook and Instagram at the hashtag #youintheconejo. We don’t have an official “runner-up” category, but we also loved. our Read more…
Here’s the third gallery of photos from people hiking and riding our local trails to complete the Conejo Open Space Challenge. There is one month to go – still plenty of time to complete The Challenge, even if you haven’t started yet! The vast majority of photos are being submitted by email to coschallenge@gmail.com as were all of these. Don’t Read more…
Highlights Difficult hike of 5.7 miles with 1300′ of climbing Good for conditioning because the Alapay and Meadow Vista Trails are quite steep Good views of Simi Valley and Lang Ranch Open Space Bowfield and Aqiwo Trails are two of the segments of the 2023 Conejo Open Space Challenge (https://cosf.org/challenge; colored green on the map) Masses of poppies blooming on Read more…
Here’s the second gallery of photos from people hiking and riding our local trails to complete the Conejo Open Space Challenge. There are 60 photos in this gallery. The vast majority of them are being submitted by email to coschallenge@gmail.com as were all of these. Don’t see any of your photos here? Maybe they’re too small – the preferred minimum Read more…
March’s “You in the Conejo” winner is Susan Baukus, whose selfie featured her with her dog Cassie (at right), enjoying a day unmarred by rain. “A trail bench” was the challenge subject for March. You can check out other entries on Instagram at the hashtag #youintheconejo. We don’t have an official “runner-up” category, but we also loved the Dinino family entry Read more…
If you took away nothing else from COSF’s March 29 Speaker Series panel “Talkin’ Trash: How to Do Your Garbage Right,” we hope you at least memorized these three numbers: 1-2-5. Those represent the types of single-use plastics that actually are recyclable. If you see a 1, 2 or 5 inside the chasing arrows on a container, it goes into Read more…
On Wednesday, March 29, at 7:00 p.m., a panel of three local experts will discuss how residents can help reduce the amount of household waste that ends up in our landfills. Included will be discussions about state and local programs for reducing waste, recycling and the proper disposal of hazardous chemicals and items. After the presentations, there will be a Read more…