“Wow. Beth is even better than I had hoped!!!” That was one response to March 11th presentation on the need for the 101 Freeway wildlife crossing bridge. The Zoom webinar was given by Beth Pratt, the Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation for California. 215 people registered for the Read more…
National Park Service wildfire ecologist Dr. Marti Witter gave a fantastically interesting and informative talk, “Fire History, Climate Change, and Wildfire Recovery in the Santa Monica Mountains” on November 12th. The Zoom presentation is now available for viewing. Her talk was the finale of the Conejo Open Space Foundation speaker Read more…
The Zoom presentation by Jessica Sanchez, MS, DVM, on July 30th, 2020, is now available for viewing. Her talk was part of the Conejo Open Space Foundation speaker series. This one was via Zoom video because public gatherings are not possible at this time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Sanchez’s Read more…
Our Open Space Speaker Series has been curtailed this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year we launched the Series and they were well attended. Our first 2020 Speaker event in February, Harry Medved’s talk on filming in the Conejo Valley, drew an audience of over 200 people. We’re Read more…
On Thursday night, we had a full house for Harry Medved’s talk on movie filming in the Conejo Valley! Harry talked about dozens of movies that had been filmed in Thousand Oaks when it mostly consisted of ranchlands. Western movies, war movies, period pieces, Elvis flicks, even Back to the Read more…
Here is a collection of photos from the 2019 speakers Seth Riley, Derek Field and Aly Covington.
On October 17 at the Grant R. Brimhall Library in Thousand Oaks, Aly talked about ways to enjoy the open space to include Physical, Intellectual (mental), Emotional, Connectional, Environmental and Spiritual. All elements help to improve your overall health. Below is a gallery of photos from Aly’s presentation. COSF presented Read more…
Derek has recently been focusing his career on offering interpretive hikes and talks to the general public on local geologic origins and features. His presentation includes some surprising information on the formation of familiar landmarks in the Conejo Valley and the potential for seismic changes that might impact our communities Read more…
Seth is a Wildlife Ecologist with the National Park Service at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. He talks about the local mountain lion populations, threats to their survival and ways we can both coexist with mountain lions and other wildlife in our open space and benefit by living Read more…