On May 2, an enthusiastic team of 15 Amgen staffers joined COSCA Rangers Joe and Kari and COSF President Bill Miller and board member Anne Russell for a morning clean-up at the Arroyo Conejo. The video of the work can be seen below. The Amgen group removed about one ton Read more…
Unhappily, COSCA is postponing the Annual Conejo Spring Trail Work Day because of the rain that is forecast for this week. The trail in not expected to dry out enough for travel by Saturday. The work day will be rescheduled, and we’ll let you know when the details are available. Read more…
The Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA), with support from COSF, held its final monthly trail work day of 2024 on Saturday, December 14. Even though it was the busy holiday season, 15 volunteers showed up at Wildwood Regional Park to clear the overgrown Eagle Point Trail. COSCA Rangers Joe, Nick Read more…
COSCA’s Fall Trail Work Day at Westlake Community Park brought in 70 volunteers of all ages to improve the Wishbone Trail on Saturday, October 19. After the trails were cleaned up, COSF provided a delicious lunch for all and sponsored a fun raffle with $800 worth of gifts for those Read more…
We’ll be working on the west fork of the Wishbone Trail, clearing out weeds and improving the tread. At noon, a taco lunch will be provided for the volunteers, and there will be lots of swag to give away. Please register in advance so we know how many people to Read more…
The September 28 trail work day took place at the Rancho Potrero Open Space, just south of Dos Vientos, and coincided with National Public Lands Day. Participants were given a one-day pass to federal lands, valid for a whole year! Volunteers worked on three separate projects: reconstructing a drainage lens, Read more…
The first all-volunteer Arroyo Conejo Creek cleanup, on September 21, resulted in over 20 volunteers removing 2 to 3 tons of trash from the creek; that works out to an average of over 200 lbs. per person! Scroll down to see a photo gallery of people in action. This was Read more…
This past Saturday, June 15, about 15 volunteered help cut back the weeds on the side of the trail that were severely narrowing it. Mostly the blame lay with invasive mustard, but there was also star thistle, Italian thistle and an assortment of other invasive or native species to clear. Read more…
An old trail has re-emerged for your enjoyment! You can help ensure the trail remains in place by hiking or riding it. As well as enjoying a piece of history, you will help pack the dirt down and thus slowing vegetation regrowth. On May 18, about 25 volunteers worked to Read more…
The first. of COSCA’s two big trail work days drew over 65 volunteers to Hill Canyon to work on the trails there and battle invasive milk thistle and mustard. The Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council and Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association (CORBA) provided crew leaders, while Safe Passage Youth Foundation joined Read more…