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It’s New Map Monday in Lang Ranch: Moderate Lang Ranch Loop

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…

Lynne Connell Henderson is Our April ‘You in the Conejo’ Winner!

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…

It’s New Map Monday in North Ranch: Wishbone Loop to Bowfield Trail

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…

Photos from Conejo Open Space Challenge participants – the things they saw!

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…

Susan Baukus is Our March ‘You in the Conejo’ Winner!

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…

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How to do your garbage right: Tips from our Speaker Series “Trash Talk” experts, and the RECORDING of the presentation

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…

Sustainability in the Conejo Valley – “Talkin’ Trash: How to Do Your Garbage Right”

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…