Rockpointe Clubhouse: 22300 Devonshire Street, Chatsworth CA 91311

(On the south side, one block before entrance to Chatsworth Park South)

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 (Community Meetings are Free to the Public)

Rockpointe Clubhouse: 22300 Devonshire Street, 

Chatsworth CA 91311

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URBAN COUGARS
Habitat Range: Santa Monica Mtns.-Simi Hills-Santa Susana Mtns. – Los Padres Nat’l. Forest
Presenter:  Jeff Sikich, Ecologist, National Park Service

Mountain Lions (cougars) need 100 square miles each as territories but the estimated 10 lions now living in the Santa Monica Mountains are in a tight 275-square mile range isolated by a freeway system, suburbs and the Pacific Ocean.   Urban sprawl creating isolated habitat is causing the lions to become extinct from inbreeding and horrific deaths caused by attempted freeway crossings.   Sikich’s studies reveal the situation is “dire.”   Building wildlife crossings for lions to safely navigate the urban sprawl conditions along the wildlife corridor is years from completion.  What can be done now, what is being done, and future work to protect the lion population will be discussed by Sikich.  

Monday, March 19

OAKIE HOUSE and GROUNDS – THE OAKRIDGE ESTATES
Historical-Cultural Monument #484
Presenter:  Pat LoPresti

The English Tudor-style house, designed in 1937 by architect, Paul R. Williams, for actress Barbara Stanwyck,  later became the home of actor, Jack Oakie, and his wife, Victoria Horne, circa 1940.   The home and grounds were almost lost to development when former Councilman, Greig Smith, worked with the Dept. of Recreation and Parks to save as a SFV historical-cultural monument.   Learn about the estates’ history and the community recreational site available for the public to enjoy.