Mountains Restoration Trust
The Santa Monica Mountains, a unique transverse range, running along the western edge of Los Angeles County's LA Basin and the San Fernando Valley and ending in Ventura County, represents the collision of urban sprawl and the wild, producing enclaves that neither belong entirely to the city nor to the mountains.
The fragile balance and rhythms that evolved over thousands of years made this modest range a place like nowhere else in the world. However, improper use and mismanagement of natural resources threatens to compromise the mountains' continued existence as a viable wildlife habitat by consuming the mountains with urbanization.
For more than 30 years Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT) has worked to preserve, protect and restore this fragile ecosystem by offering responsible preservation and restoration programs, acquiring resource-rich land, and offering educational and recreational activities to the public.
We are just 17 acres away from completing the Cold Creek High Trail!
MRT has the opportunity to purchase the remaining parcel that would complete the magnificent Cold Creek High Trail; its riparian features sustain one of the most significant wildlife corridors in the Santa Monica Mountains. This critical segment of the east-west wildlife corridor would link Topanga State Park with Malibu Creek State Park.
The High Trail extends across Cold Creek Preserve. Nobel Prize winner and environmental activist Dr. Jared Diamond called the Preserve one the most valuable pieces of real estate in the region--valuable to the environment--but to developers as well.
For 30 years, individuals, organizations, government agencies and local businesses have joined MRT in the effort to save the mountains from private development and keep them special for everyone. Now we have a chance to add 17 more valuable acres to our goal.
If you would like to donate toward completing the Cold Creek High Trail, please use the link below. Let us know that you want your contribution to go to the Cold Creek High Trail purchase.
With your help, we can make it happen!
Help Mountains Restoration Trust extend natural values in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains.
