Have you seen elderberry bushes with their purple fruit along the trails? Have you wondered if it’s ever been used as an herbal remedy? As a musical instrument? The Conejo Open Space Foundation is delighted to announce our collaboration with noted local naturalist, Laura Pasatta, for a series of videos Read more…
National Park Service biologists have found 13 mountain lion kittens in five litters in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills since May 2020. That’s a record number found over the 18 years that these animals have been studied. There are five males and eight females. Wildlife biologists track the Read more…
The National Park Service (NPS) announced that a juvenile mountain lion and adult bobcat have died from rodenticides (anti-rodent poisons, often just called “rat poison”). The wild cats did not ingest the poisons directly, but ate smaller animals that had eaten the poison and were thus sickened, making them easier Read more…
The National Wildlife Federation just announced that the California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) has voted to approve a $5 million grant for the wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon. “On behalf of the Department, I wish we had done this project decades ago for the benefit of our wildlife. This item Read more…
The Conejo Open Space Foundation contributed $2500 this past June towards the building of the wildlife crossing bridge. Although the crossing will be outside the Conejo Valley, we believe that it is vitally important for our entire region as it will reconnect an ecosystem for all wildlife. The population of 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…
Conservationists have been working to list Southern California and Central Coast mountain lion populations as “threatened” under the California Endangered Species Act, also known as CESA. This video explains why mountain lions should be protected. Protect Mountain Lions under the CA Endangered Species Act from Korinna Domingo on Vimeo. In Read more…
The spring of 2020 has been a banner season for ground bees in the Conejo Valley, the Santa Monica Mountains and probably everywhere in Southern California. Here’s a brief video that explains the lives of these docile creatures. Native Bees of Satwiwa from james carey on Vimeo.
COSF recently donated $2,500 to COSCA to help fund a bird monitoring program COSCA initiated this year. COSF has also committed up to $2,000 each year for 2019 and 2020. The monitoring will be conducted by the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (WFVZ) and will provide valuable scientific information regarding baseline Read more…