Accomplishments Trailwork
2019 Spring Trail Work Day, March 16, 2019
Forty-five to 50 volunteers turned out to help restore several hundred yards of the Hawk Canyon Trail in the Conejo Canyons/Western Plateau open space areas on Saturday March 16th for the annual COSCA Spring Trail Work Day. The area had been burned by the Hill Fire in November, then inundated Read more…
Fundraising
Support COSF by shopping with Amazon Smile
Many of us love shopping! Now, you can take that purchase even further, if you are shopping on Amazon. You have the option to support a charity like ours. For any eligible purchases made, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price to the Conejo Open Space Foundation at no Read more…
Conejo OS Challenge
Announcing the 2019 Conejo Open Space Challenge!
Here’s your chance to explore some of the best trails in the Conejo Open Space that most people are not familiar with! From March 1st through May 31st we are challenging mountain bikers, hikers, trail runners and equestrians of all ages to try out some new trails. See if you Read more…
Accomplishments COSCA Wildlife
Conejo Open Space Bird Study
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…
Accomplishments Trailwork
Annual Fall Trail Work Day, October 20, 2018
About 80 volunteers came out to help build a new trail that leads from Westlake Village Community Park and YMCA to the Saddle Pass Trail. This trail is east of the trail we’ve previously been building and will complete a loop between the community park and Saddle Pass. Over 3½ Read more…
Trailwork
Pepperdine Step Forward Volunteer Day, September 8, 2018
Seventeen Pepperdine University students, part of their annual Step Forward Day of volunteerism, were bused to the new Westlake Village YMCA and Community Park to help with the construction of the connector trail up to the Saddle Pass Trail. The volunteers, all young women, hiked the half mile to the Read more…
Conejo OS Challenge
Summary of the 2018 Conejo OS Challenge
There were 171 participants and 64 finishers who completed all 10 segments of this year’s Open Space Challenge. This compares to 74 participants (and 25 finishers) in 2017 and 55 (35) in 2016. A few photos submitted by 2018 participants. Here are some photos that were submitted.
Trailwork
Spring Trail Work Day, Saturday June 16, 2018.
About 70 volunteers helped extend by 0.4 miles the new trail from the Westlake Village Community Park and YMCA to the Saddle Pass Trail. This section was much more challenging to build than the lower section we built the previous month because the cross-slope was much steeper, requiring much more Read more…
TED Updates
The 2018 Trails Education Days writing contest winners
The students who participate in Trails Education Days are invited to enter a letter-writing contest to describe some of the things they learned during their Trails Education Days experience. Two winners from each school and five Grand Prize winners district-wide are chosen to receive cash awards as well as recognition Read more…