You could win $25 if you can identify what is 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 correct identification. From the top side, this native California polypody fern looks Read more…
For COSF’s first 2022 Speaker Series virtual presentation on March 2, conservation ecologist Dr. Sean Anderson examined the multiple threats posed to the Conejo Valley by global warming—or “global weirding,” as he calls it because of the bizarre weather events it causes. Dr. Anderson, who chairs the Environmental Science and Read more…
On March 2 at 7:00 p.m., conservation ecologist Dr. Sean Anderson will discuss the threats posed to the Conejo Valley by climate change, and how we can respond to them. His presentation kicks off the 2022 Conejo Open Space Foundation popular Speaker Series. Dr. Anderson, who chairs the Environmental Science Read more…
The Conejo Open Space Foundation voted in three new officers and re-elected a current one to head the nonprofit, all-volunteer organization at its February 7 board meeting. The terms of the new executive group begins March 1. Jerry Westby, who served as COSF’s President for 3 years, stepped down and Read more…
The February 1 “Where in the Conejo” photo was of a decaying wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpa) seedpod. Of the correct entrants, Elise was selected at random as the winner of a $25 gift certificate. Congratulations, Elise, and thanks to all who entered the contest! The wild cucumber, which is also Read more…
You could win $25 if you can identify the natural object 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 correct identification. You will spot this object most often in late Read more…
In 2021, we revised the rules of COSF’s popular, long-running “Where in the Conejo” contest to encourage a wider range of entrants by offering more diverse subjects to identify. We also created a Grand Prize, so that even people who had already won would have an incentive to keep playing. Read more…
Jenn Guess gave her COSF audience a very enthusiastic and spirited talk to address common ways wild animals get injured and end up at the California Wildlife Center for rehabilitation, where she works. The CWC receives 30,000 phone calls a year about injured wildlife, and takes in 4,300 animals annually, Read more…
The December 1 “Where in the Conejo” photo was of a castor bean plant (Ricinus communis) in bloom. Castor bean is not native and has become a noxious weed in Southern California, although it has both commercial and landscape uses. Tolerant of drought, this fast-growing evergreen shrub in the euphorbia Read more…
You could win $25 if you can you identify the plant 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. This evergreen plant thrives in disturbed areas in Southern Read more…