Preservation
Through the heart of California’s largest metropolitan area, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area extend from Elysian Park overlooking Los Angeles City Hall to the Oxnard Plain. The Santa Monica Mountains are unique to California as a largely undeveloped coastal range in the midst of a major metropolitan area with both coastal and mountain ecosystems.
While the range itself is a physically and ecologically integrated area of over 223,000 acres, a history of fragmented political jurisdictions led to piecemeal development and uncoordinated planning which threatened to ruin the area’s natural open space and recreational value.
More about our lands
Headwaters Corner at Calabasas & Dry Canyon Creek – a crucial link
A 92-acre gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains that includes MRT's headquarters, he goal of Headwaters Corner at Calabasas is to create a unique educational center that will generate a population of future land stewards dedicated to protecting and preserving the biological diversity of the Santa Monica Mountains. Learn more...
Cold Creek Preserve
1600 acres protecting one of southern California’s most pristine free-flowing creeks, Cold Creek, and its surrounding ecosystems. It is one of the few perennial streams in the area. Cold Creek is designated as a Significant Ecological Area (SEA) within the Santa Monica Mountains. Learn more...
La Sierra Preserve
Part of a larger area designated as a SEA based on the presence of natural habitat supporting rare, threatened or endangered plant and animal species, the La Sierra Preserve is home to many locally uncommon plants as well as a surrounding watershed with several water features including perennial streams, ephemeral streams, seeps and vernal pools. Learn more...
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KEEN Mountain Stewards Program
MRT has partnered with our friends at KEEN to create the KEEN Mountains Stewards Program. From now until April 2020, MRT wants to thank our volunteers for all of their incredible work! Sign up for a volunteer event at http://mountainstrust.eventbrite.com/ - planting events, weeding and seed collecting events, and crayfish removal events for the opportunity to be featured on our KEEN Leaderboard, collect custom Lesley Goren-designed buttons, and be invited to special volunteer luncheons. Volunteers will also be featured on our Instagram page, our monthly newsletter, and our blog! -
Flora & Fire Program: Don’t Fuel a Wildfire–Plant Native!
“Typically it’s not the trees and vegetation igniting homes, it’s the other way around.” Richard Halsey, director of the California Chaparral Institute and author of the book, “Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California” -
Cold Creek Docents
Being a docent-naturalist can be a deeply rewarding experience. You have the opportunity show kids things they’ve never seen before! -
Working with the Community: Commemorative Oaks at Malibu Creek State Park
Partnering with California State Parks and leveraging volunteer efforts in the community, Commemorative Oaks is the successful restoration of oak woodlands in Malibu Creek State Park. Since 1992, MRT planted over 2,000 oak trees and native grasses, helping Malibu Creek State Park return to its native glory. -
Habitat Restoration of Dry Canyon Creek
Dry Canyon Creek is a crucial link between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the Santa Monica Mountains. In 2006, MRT began a project to restore and improve the natural wetland and riparian habitat (the stream corridor and vegetation) along the banks of Dry Canyon Creek, a year-round headwater of the Los Angeles River. -
La Sierra Preserve Restoration
La Sierra is a prime wildlife habitat, biologically diverse, and rich in willow riparian habitat, oak woodland, mixed riparian woodland, coastal sage scrub, wetlands, grassland, and chaparral. La Sierra provides habitat linkages to springs, seeps, and wetland areas that are critical to wildlife in the Malibu Creek watershed.
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