http://www.nps.gov/samo News releases from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. en-us http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/mountain-lion-fundraiser-may-19.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 16:23:11 EST CALABASAS, Calif. – The Santa Monica Mountains Fund, official fundraising partner of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, will host a fundraiser to support mountain lion research at King Gillette Ranch on Sunday, May 19 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/nps-to-re-open-additional-trails.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:02 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Now that the 24,000-acre Springs Fire is officially controlled, the National Park Service will re-open trails on the western side of the Santa Monica Mountains Tuesday morning, with restrictions. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/after-the-fire-nature-recover.htm Thu, 09 May 2013 13:50:20 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- In the wake of approximately 14,000 acres of burned park land, officials from the National Park Service and California State Parks have a few suggestions for how community members can help nature recover. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/lyme-disease-at-paramount.htm Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:13:35 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Officials from Los Angeles county and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) are advising visitors that ticks from Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills recently tested positive for Lyme disease. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/trail-closures-cheeseboro.htm Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:02:09 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The National Park Service (NPS) is advising visitors that trails at Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyons will be intermittently closed during April and May due to the demolition and removal of surplus water conveyance infrastructure. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/national-park-week-science-fest-april-27.htm Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:52:02 EST AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – In commemoration of National Park Week April 20-28, Los Angeles' very own national park will host Science Fest at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills on Saturday, April 27 from 10:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/lecture-on-car-culture.htm Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:31:14 EST AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – The National Park Service (NPS) will share an informative history on a less-recognized form of recreation – driving in the mountains – with its latest lecture series, titled "Mulholland, Miller and Motor Sports." The free event will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 at Paramount Ranch, once a hotbed in the feature film movie industry. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/26-million-in-local-economic-impact.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:07:45 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 650,000 visitors to national park lands in the Santa Monica Mountains spent $26 million in the surrounding community. This spending supported 350 jobs in the local area. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/nps-captures-300th-bobcat.htm Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:46:06 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – National Park Service biologists recently captured the 300th bobcat as part of the longest-running bobcat study ever conducted. Started in 1996, the study examines the behavior, ecology and conservation of bobcats, in particular how urbanization has affected the bobcat population in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills. http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/ucla-and-nps-open-field-station.htm Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:13:42 EST THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.-- UCLA and the National Park Service opened a field station in the Santa Monica Mountains Tuesday, providing a new headquarters and center of operations for the university's La Kretz Center for California Conservation http://www.nps.gov/samo/parknews/winter-sky-star-party-jan-19.htm Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:15:21 EST AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – The National Park Service will co-host a Winter Sky Star Party from 5:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills.