Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Welcome to "Paradise on Earth, California style"

Here's some good news as we near the end of 2008—you're part-owner of a spot described as "Paradise on earth, California style." Your on-site managers are working on a plan for the place, and you're welcome to give them your ideas.

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By Jim Burnett - November 19th, 2008 11:06pm

Creating Cape Cod National Seashore Forced the National Park Service to Think Outside the Box

Cape Cod National Seashore was established 47 years ago on August 7, 1961. To create the new park, the National Park Service had to “think outside the box” and employ greenlining and cooperative stewardship.

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By Bob Janiskee - April 10th, 2013 8:06pm

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National Park System Quiz 13: Mountains

A mountain is “a natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, a discernible peak, and a height greater than that of a hill.” This week’s quiz will see how much you know about mountains in the national parks. Answers are at the end. No peaking, please.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2011 11:50am

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"BioBlitz" Coming to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

When people talk about national parks, the discussion usually revolves around vacations, not biodiversity. And yet, America's national parks are biodiversity sinks. How extensive those sinks are, well, that's a good question. It's one researchers are trying to answer through All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 13th, 2008 4:03pm

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