Conejo Open Space Foundation
The Conejo Open Space Foundation is dedicated to helping preserve, promote and protect natural open space through community education and involvement. We support these efforts by fundraising and volunteer engagement.
2025: 30 years of connecting community and nature!
Upcoming Events
Native Plantpalooza & Eco Fest is back for 2025, bigger and better than ever (9/9/2025) - Native Plantpalooza & Eco Fest is returning for a fourth year! Please join COSF for free annual educational festival featuring dozens of eco-related exhibitors and fun activities for kids. The community event will be held rain or shine on Saturday, October 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Lakeside, Conejo Creek North Park, in Thousand Oaks. Get your questions answered about fire-resistant, water-wise, native-plant gardening and landscaping, learn how to fight climate change and find tips on living more sustainably—all completely free of charge! Chendo's Tacos will be on hand with food and drink for purchase. The festival’s 35+… (read more...)
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2025 Fall COSF Newsletter (9/16/2025) - The fall edition of the Conejo Open Space Foundation newsletter has been posted. In this edition… Announcing Plantpalooza 2025 - October 11 : New COSCA ranger Will Haver : Summary of speaker event "Lions and fires and humans, Oh deer!" : Focus on Robin Bertolucci, our newest board member : and Much More! View our Fall Conejo Open Space Newsletter. (read more...)
Summer ‘Four Seasons’ photo contest winner is Mike Moessl—again! (9/1/2025) - Congratulations are due once again to Mike Moessl, who submitted this photo of a sunrise seen from the Lang Ranch Open Space for our Summer "Four Seasons" photo contest. Mike also won the Spring wildflower challenge with his photo of woolly blue curls. For Autumn 'Four Seasons' contest our challenge subject is the Conejo Valley's iconic oak trees. Deadline for entry is… (read more...)
Wildlife researcher Ellie Bolas reveals the private lives of local mule deer—see her recorded presentation (7/31/2025) - Visit China Flat, Conejo Canyons, Rancho Sierra Vista or Satwiwa as the sun is rising. Watch in anticipation as it casts delicate morning light on the open canopy of the oak savanna, the frosted tips of wild oats and desiccated sagebrush—and wait. You just might see the unmistakable glimmer of a mule deer’s summer coat. “I’ll often bring my binoculars,… (read more...)
Spring ‘Four Seasons’ photo contest winner is Mike Moessl (6/29/2025) - Congratulation to Mike Moessl, who submitted this photo of woolly blue curls that he took in the Lang Ranch Open Space! Photo challenge for the Summer "Four Seasons" contest is sunrises and sunsets as seen from the Conejo Open Spaces. If you would like to enter future contests, here are the rules: Every season, we’ll identify a specific item (e.g.,… (read more...)
2025 Summer COSF Newsletter (6/20/2025) - The summer edition of the Conejo Open Space Foundation newsletter has been posted. In this edition… Grade 4 Trails Education Days summary and essay contest winners : Conejo Open Space Challenge wrap-up : Beware the goldspotted oak borer : Newest COSF board member Jessica Minucci : Spring photo contest winner : and much more! View our Summer Conejo Open Space… (read more...)
Update on COSF’s 2025 Eco Scholarship Award (6/15/2025) - Isabella Lee is COSF's new 2025 Environmental Studies scholar. Isabella, who graduated from Thousand Oaks High School, replaces Greceldy Hau as the recipient of one of COSF's two scholarship awards because Greceldy will be pursuing a college major other than environmental studies. Isabella says that her determination to work toward a professional role in mitigating climate change stems from her… (read more...)
The 2025 Trails Education Days writing contest winners; the 2026 event will be April 20 – 23 (6/13/2025) - The 2025 Trails Education Days provided lessons on open space for 1,080 Conejo 4th grade students from all 17 CVUSD elementary schools during the week of April 28. Writing Contest The students who participate in Trails Education Days are invited to enter a letter-writing contest to describe some of the things they learned during their Trails Education Days experience. Two winners from… (read more...)
New Speaker Series talk: Ellie Bolas presents “Lions and Fires and Humans, Oh Deer!” (6/13/2025) - Please join us for the live online presentation of "Lions and Fires and Humans, Oh Deer!" by ecologist Ellie Bolas. Currently a PhD candidate at the University of California Davis (UCD), Bolas will discuss how mule deer in the Santa Monica Mountains and Conejo Valley navigate a dynamic landscape of risks and rewards. Bolas's research in partnership with the National… (read more...)
Native Plantpalooza & Eco Fest is back for 2025, bigger and better than ever (9/9/2025) - Native Plantpalooza & Eco Fest is returning for a fourth year! Please join COSF for free annual educational festival featuring dozens of eco-related exhibitors and fun activities for kids. The community event will be held rain or shine on Saturday, October 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Lakeside, Conejo Creek North Park, in Thousand Oaks. Get your questions answered about fire-resistant, water-wise, native-plant gardening and landscaping, learn how to fight climate change and find tips on living more sustainably—all completely free of charge! Chendo's Tacos will be on hand with food and drink for purchase. The festival’s 35+… (read more...) 2025 Fall COSF Newsletter (9/16/2025) - The fall edition of the Conejo Open Space Foundation newsletter has been posted. In this edition… Announcing Plantpalooza 2025 - October 11 : New COSCA ranger Will Haver : Summary of speaker event "Lions and fires and humans, Oh deer!" : Focus on Robin Bertolucci, our newest board member : and Much More! View our Fall Conejo Open Space Newsletter. (read more...) Summer ‘Four Seasons’ photo contest winner is Mike Moessl—again! (9/1/2025) - Congratulations are due once again to Mike Moessl, who submitted this photo of a sunrise seen from the Lang Ranch Open Space for our Summer "Four Seasons" photo contest. Mike also won the Spring wildflower challenge with his photo of woolly blue curls. For Autumn 'Four Seasons' contest our challenge subject is the Conejo Valley's iconic oak trees. Deadline for entry is… (read more...) Wildlife researcher Ellie Bolas reveals the private lives of local mule deer—see her recorded presentation (7/31/2025) - Visit China Flat, Conejo Canyons, Rancho Sierra Vista or Satwiwa as the sun is rising. Watch in anticipation as it casts delicate morning light on the open canopy of the oak savanna, the frosted tips of wild oats and desiccated sagebrush—and wait. You just might see the unmistakable glimmer of a mule deer’s summer coat. “I’ll often bring my binoculars,… (read more...) Spring ‘Four Seasons’ photo contest winner is Mike Moessl (6/29/2025) - Congratulation to Mike Moessl, who submitted this photo of woolly blue curls that he took in the Lang Ranch Open Space! Photo challenge for the Summer "Four Seasons" contest is sunrises and sunsets as seen from the Conejo Open Spaces. If you would like to enter future contests, here are the rules: Every season, we’ll identify a specific item (e.g.,… (read more...) 2025 Summer COSF Newsletter (6/20/2025) - The summer edition of the Conejo Open Space Foundation newsletter has been posted. In this edition… Grade 4 Trails Education Days summary and essay contest winners : Conejo Open Space Challenge wrap-up : Beware the goldspotted oak borer : Newest COSF board member Jessica Minucci : Spring photo contest winner : and much more! View our Summer Conejo Open Space… (read more...) Update on COSF’s 2025 Eco Scholarship Award (6/15/2025) - Isabella Lee is COSF's new 2025 Environmental Studies scholar. Isabella, who graduated from Thousand Oaks High School, replaces Greceldy Hau as the recipient of one of COSF's two scholarship awards because Greceldy will be pursuing a college major other than environmental studies. Isabella says that her determination to work toward a professional role in mitigating climate change stems from her… (read more...) The 2025 Trails Education Days writing contest winners; the 2026 event will be April 20 – 23 (6/13/2025) - The 2025 Trails Education Days provided lessons on open space for 1,080 Conejo 4th grade students from all 17 CVUSD elementary schools during the week of April 28. Writing Contest The students who participate in Trails Education Days are invited to enter a letter-writing contest to describe some of the things they learned during their Trails Education Days experience. Two winners from… (read more...) New Speaker Series talk: Ellie Bolas presents “Lions and Fires and Humans, Oh Deer!” (6/13/2025) - Please join us for the live online presentation of "Lions and Fires and Humans, Oh Deer!" by ecologist Ellie Bolas. Currently a PhD candidate at the University of California Davis (UCD), Bolas will discuss how mule deer in the Santa Monica Mountains and Conejo Valley navigate a dynamic landscape of risks and rewards. Bolas's research in partnership with the National… (read more...)Follow us on social media
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