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 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 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 Read more…
February’s “You in the Conejo” winner is Christine Elowitt, whose selfie featured her at what is arguably the most famous water attraction in all of COSCA property: Paradise Falls at Wildwood Regional Park. “Running water” was the challenge subject for February and we had many fun entries that showed off Read more…
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 Read more…
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…
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 Read more…
You could win $25 if you can you identify the phenomenon shown in the photo! The correct answer is provided below along with 3 that are not. To be entered in the drawing to win, you must select the right one. When you encounter a dip and a rise in the trail Read more…
Nine volunteers from Sage Publishing joined COSF board members Anne and Tania and COSCA rangers Joe and Ryan to clean up the Conejo Canyons Trailhead in Newbury Park on October 20. A short walk from Sage’s offices on Conejo Spectrum St., the trailhead was in need of attention not only Read more…
An enthusiastic crowd of 55 volunteers turned out early on a cool, overcast morning to work on the Wishbone Trail behind the Westlake Village Community Park on October 15. The trail, which was completed a mere three years ago and is the newest in the Conejo Open Space system, needed Read more…