VOLUNTEERS BLAZE TRAILS; LOCALS' EFFORTS COUNTERACT RAIN DAMAGE.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writer What was once an enjoyable hike on the trail to the China Flat section of Simi Hills The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range in Southern California. Geography Simi Hills is located on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, United States. They run east-west and they extend 26 miles east-west, and 7 miles north-south. had become an exercise in danger as years of rain and ensuing erosion left barriers of steep rocky knolls. But the Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Trail Blazers led a charge of 40 volunteers armed with hoes and rakes up the hill Saturday to create a new path around the forbidden area - their contribution to National Parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa
``That is so steep you use all fours to come down it,'' said Michael Kuhn, executive chairman of the Trail Blazers. ``You use it only once because you discover you've risked life and limb doing it. It's too dangerous.'' The 130-member organization, a volunteer arm of the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District, generally works the third Saturday morning of each month to maintain the district's 40 miles of trails and create new ones. Other volunteers working for the U.S. Forest Service hiked deep into the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. to restore a turn-of-the-century log cabin log cabin or log house, style of home typical of the American pioneer on the Western frontier of the United States in the great westward expansion after 1765. It was constructed with few tools, usually an axe or an adz and an auger. overlooking Piru Creek Piru Creek is a large stream in northern Los Angeles County and western Ventura County, California. It is a tributary of the Santa Clara River, the largest stream system in Southern California that is still relatively natural. . The Baker cabin sits on the slopes of Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. Mountain in Ventura County - the site of California's earliest documented Gold Rush, predating the Mother Lode discoveries by several years. There is no log cabin on top of Simi Hills, just a spectacular view of Simi Valley. Thirteen-year-old Simi Valley resident Emily Moffett joined the Trail Blazers because she wanted to create a gateway to a wild kingdom. ``I love animals,'' she said. ``I want to give people a chance to go out and see them where they live - not caged up in zoos.'' The area is home to squirrels, coyotes, foxes, badgers, bobcats and mountain lions. For Adam Hill, 15, of Simi Valley, the project is a way to preserve the slice of America uncorrupted by development. ``It's best to preserve America the way it is,'' he said. ``If people don't keep it clean, it's not beautiful anymore.'' Volunteers paid particular attention to clearing away brush in areas where rain can run off from the sides and not down the trail, creating new mud slides. ``The rain would create a ditch right down the center of the trail,'' said Bob Altieri, event chairman. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in Simi Edition only) Paul Friedeborn, Jim High and Bill Cespedes of the Rancho Simi Trail Blazers work to clean up the China Flat trail Saturday. (2) Bill Cespedes wipes the sweat off his brow while working on trails in the Simi Hills. This month, the group's work honored National Parks Day. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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