Rewilding the santa Monica Moutains
Saturday September 24, 2022, was a National Public Lands Day, hosted by Santa Monica Mountains. Over 115 volunteers joined the NPS and SAMO Fund for a morning of planting native seedlings at Rancho Sierra Vista and Satwiwa trails. By the end of the morning, three separate plots had been planted with a total of 3,000 consisting of 4 species: Stipa pulchra (purple needle grass), Verbena lasiostachys (Common Vervain), Grindelia camporum(Gum plant), and Sambucus nigra (Elderberry).