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Be A Junior Ranger
 
Learn how to be a Junior Ranger!
Be a Junior Ranger in the Park

Weaving Cultures: A Junior Ranger Program is for kids between the ages of 8 and 13. However, visitors of all ages are invited to learn about our park! Junior Rangers get a workbook on the past and present Chumash living in the Santa Monica Mountains. After completing three sections of the book, they are awarded a Junior Ranger patch unique to the Santa Monica Mountains.

Junior Rangers who want to explore more can earn Ocean, Valley, and Mountain Junior Ranger pins. Earn your pins by going to programs listed in the Outdoors Calendar of Events. After earning all three pins, you are a Mountain Junior Ranger, the highest ranking Junior Ranger in the Santa Monica Mountains!

Visit one of our Visitor Centers to get your FREE book.

 
You too can become a Web Ranger!

Be a Junior Ranger on the Web

Want to learn about other parks as well? Then become a Web Ranger by exploring other parks and playing games. See what makes our parks so much fun. You can even build your own ranger station!  

Click start to begin your journey an earn the awesome Web Ranger patch. START>>>

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Sue Nelson, Jill Swift, and Margo Feurer were instrumental in the movement to create a national recreation area near Los Angeles.

Did You Know?
Four state parks were the triumph of a grassroots movement to protect open spaces minutes from Los Angeles in the 1950s & 60s. Three women, Sue Nelson, Jill Swift, and Margo Feuer further galvanized the movement that helped make Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area a reality in 1978.
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Last Updated: August 27, 2010 at 16:19 MST