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Limestone deposits were discovered in the mountains behind Pacific Palisades in 1925 which led to a lengthy battle between wealthy home owners of the area and land developers. Forest Service advised Aubury that it was highly improbable that a forest reserve would be created owing to local opposition and the small amount of public land still remaining in the Santa Monica Mountains. Time newspaper stating, 'I believe that the lands embraced in the Malibu and Santa Monica districts should not be included in a forest reserve…I shall at once take the matter up with Gifford Pinchot, forester, Washington, D.C., and endeavor to ascertain his views on the subject, and further protest against the creation of this proposed reserve'.

In 1907 an application was submitted to the Secretary of the Interior requesting that at least 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) in the mountains be designated a forest reserve. The resulting report was sent to Washington where the proposal for a reserve was denied. In 1902 California's State Mining Bureau examined the area being considered for the establishment of a forest reserve. These reserves were precursors to national forests. Rindge made several attempts to create a forest reserve in the Santa Monica Mountains. Griffith in 1896.ĭuring the first decade of the twentieth century, Frederick H. The first area in the Santa Monica Mountains set aside for public use was Griffith Park which was donated to the city of Los Angeles by Griffith J. The movement to preserve the Santa Monica Mountains has a long tradition which is frequently overlooked by historians who often focus exclusively on the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s which culminated with the establishment of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in 1978.

Westward Beach at Point Dume 'Balance Rock' near the Mishe Mokwa Trail King Gillette Ranch Park Mountain lion kitten P-54, born in early 2017 in the SMMNRA Park history The California State Park system and other public agencies own 49,756 acres (20,136 ha), the National Park Service controls 25,117 acres (10,164 ha), and the rest of the SMMNRA lands are in local agencies parks, university study reserves, and private property conservation easements. Its southeastern slopes are part of the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. The Santa Monica Mountains NRA contains 157,700 acres (63,800 ha) in the Santa Monica Mountains of the Transverse Ranges between the Pacific Ocean and inland valleys. Geography įurther information: Santa Monica Mountains The Woolsey Fire in November 2018 burned 83% of all National Park Service land in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. In size the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is the largest urban national park in the United States and the largest urban national park in the world. It also protects one of the highest densities of archaeological resources in any mountain range in the world. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area preserves one of the best examples of a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in the world. Overall administration is by the National Park Service, coordinating with state, county, municipal, and university agencies.

The SMMNRA is in the greater Los Angeles region, with two thirds of the parklands in northwest Los Angeles County, and the remaining third, including a Simi Hills extension, in southeastern Ventura County. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area containing many individual parks and open space preserves, located primarily in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area National Park Service with State and local agencies.

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