• Afternoon clouds cover the distance peaks of the iconic Boney Mountain

    Santa Monica Mountains

    National Recreation Area California

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  • Partial Park Closure Due to Hazardous Conditions

    Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa re-opens 5/14/13, with restrictions (sunrise to sunset, not all trails). Sandstone Peak & Mishe Mokwa trails will also open, as will Backbone Trail east of Point Mugu State Park boundary. Point Mugu backcountry remains closed. More »

  • Trucks on Cheeseboro Canyon Trail

    Occasional truck traffic (approx 6 trips per day) will take place on Cheeseboro Cyn Trail weekdays between 8am & 4pm for demolition and removal of Cheeseboro Tank. Should be completed by 5/24/13. Check back for updates or call 818-889-8996. More »

TMP The Interagency Regional Trail Managment Plan

Conceptual Trail Policy Map Alternatives
Ready for Public Input

The National Park Service, California State Parks, and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy have embarked on preparing an interagency regional trail management plan (TMP) that will establish the overall direction of future development and completion of the SMMNRA trail network over the next ten to fifteen years.

Based on identified desired conditions for park natural, cultural and recreational resources, the TMP will prescribe policies to streamline interagency management of the trail network throughout the national recreation area. The TMP will also include a trail policy map depicting the planned trail network. The TMP will discuss proposed locations for trails and trailheads; trail construction, management, and operation guidelines; and allowable uses. An Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report will accompany the TMP to provide a detailed analysis of potential environmental impacts of the proposed plan.
 

Trail Management Plan Public Scoping Meetings

Pre-EIS/EIR Trail Policy Map Conceptual Alternatives

In September, 2005, scoping meetings were held to gather the public's comments on conceptual alternative trail maps for the forthcoming Interagency Trail Management Plan for the Santa Monica Mountains. The comment period ended October 21. Thanks go to those who took time to submit comments. The Trail Management Plan Team is now formulating draft alternatives for the Trail Management Plan's EIS/EIR. The draft EIS/EIR is planned to be available for public review in 2007.

For more information on trail planning for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, click on the links below.

Get Conceptual Trail Policy Map Alternatives

TMP Newsletter, March, 2003

TMP Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Notice of Intent

TMP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Notice of Preparation

Recreational Trail Use Visitor Survey, July, 2002

SMMART Report, September, 1997 (Santa Monica Mountains Area Recreational Trail Coordination Project)

 

Did You Know?

Watch the credits a the end of a film and you may discover how often national parks are used by the movie industry.

Unique vistas and cultural significance often draw filmmakers to National Parks. Paramount Ranch is the only place in the National Park System where you can see movie making in action at a historic movie ranch once owned by Paramount Pictures (1927).