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MALIBU
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Malibu provides
excellent year-round program opportunities. Numerous venues are available
in the mountains or on the beach. Horseback riding, rock climbing, ropes
courses, surfing, sea kayaking, and scuba diving are just some of the recreational activities
available. Educational programs include tidepools, estuaries, geology, botany,
and zoology. Much of our curriculum focuses on the Santa Monica Mountains
and their diverse eco-systems. |
The Santa Monica
Mountains Recreation Area, with 500 miles of trails along 150,000 acres,
was created in 1978 to protect natural resources and improve air quality.
These mountains are home to some 50 species of mammals
(like mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes and deer) and nearly 400 species of
birds, among them falcon, eagles and great horned owls.
Spotting a deer in the woods just off a major
freeway is common, but even more revealing is learning about the Native
American culture that had thrived in these mountains. Left behind by the
Chumash and Gabrieleno-Tongva people are some 1,000 archeological sites in the
Santa Monica Mountains.
Their local cultures go back at least
10,000 years Hiking in these mountains is like opening a book of history
and nature. At one point you might come across a huge boulder with dug-out
sections used by native women to prepare meals. And almost everywhere you look
there’s a plant with a special purpose, like the purple sage and its
protein-rich seeds.
Other areas of interest include the Satwiwa
Native American Indian Culture Center, Malibu Lagoons State Park, Leo Carrillo
Beach, with its living tidepools, and Malibu Creek State Park.
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