May 8, 2019
Chaparral country!
You will find chaparral throughout the Santa Monica Mountains. It is an evergreen shrub that grows in the rough, dry terrain and able to survive on little water.
March 14, 2019
Sunday Walk, June 9
Phil Henrikson leads a family friendly walk along the nature trail at Trippet Ranch. General Notes: Visitor center hours: The Trippet Ranch house is typically open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Rain cancellation policy: In cases of inclement weather, the Docent Walk Leader has the discretion to conduct the walk under threat […]
July 11, 2018
Owlets!
Chris Tosdevin, our local bird expert who will participate in our Docent Training program, and his wife Ruth, were visited one evening by fledgling screech owls. At first they saw their eyes and thought that there were only two. When Chris went to get his camera and moved closer to the babes, they found four of […]
July 11, 2018
Do bees sleep inside flowers?
Perhaps one of our biologists can answer this question during 2018 Docent Training beginning September 8. …we have read and heard that … some young bees sleep as much as their elders and were as easy to wake when the lights went on, but the older bees had a well-defined sleep pattern that the youngsters lacked. […]
June 18, 2018
Grandmother Oak c. 1670 – 2018
We have lost a beloved sentinel in our park. This week she finally fell down. The park will remove her so the fire road will be passable. From Rosi Dagit: We know she was over 300 years old in 1995 but there were many small rings in the branch that we could not accurately count so […]
November 29, 2016
A New Look for the Topanga Canyon Docents – Thank you, CalParks!
Four members of our Board of Directors are pictured proudly wearing the Topanga Canyon Docents’ new volunteer uniform (from left: Doug Allan, Karin Benson, Lucinda Mittleman and Don Frampton). The acquisition of the State Park volunteer vests and caps was made possible by a generous grant from the California State Parks Foundation. Additional supplemental funds […]
November 4, 2016
We Love Birds!
MONTHLY BIRD WALKS AT TOPANGA STATE PARK THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH AT 8 A.M. Our resident birder, Topanga Canyon Docent Chris Tosdevin, has led the monthly Audubon bird hikes in Topanga for the past 15 years! He was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. He started out as a wildlife illustrator, and ultimately […]
May 15, 2019
Docent Led Walks
Topanga Canyon Docents lead walks at Topanga State Park SUNDAYS and Second SATURDAYS 10:00am-noon. They begin near the ramada in the Trippet Ranch parking lot at 20828 Entrada Road in Topanga. The rain has brought us a remarkable springtime – Join us! Updates available at the Santa Monica Mountains Fund calendar.
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