Volunteer & Community Events
Join your local RCD for an upcoming volunteer event and become a direct part of healing the Santa Monica Mountains. We’ll also provide opportunities to connect with and care for local wildspaces. Check back often for new listings and scroll down for our full yearly calendar.
Monarch Restoration Volunteer Opportunity
Help your RCD restore monarch overwintering habitat in lower Topanga State Park.
This unique volunteer event offers participants a chance to restore and ready fire impacted wild spaces for a newly established monarch butterfly population in the Santa Monica Mountains. The invasive species that are beginning to encroach this space can be tough to handle and much of this event takes place off-trail so please be aware this event may not be suitable for all volunteers.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: Saturday, February 21st from 9am-12pm
-Where: Lower Topanga State Park near the Historic Rodeo Grounds
Western Monarch Butterfly Film Screening
Join us for a special outdoor screening of Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting Our Pollinators, a powerful film by Ian Nelson highlighting the story of Western monarchs and the efforts to protect them.
-When: Saturday, March 7th from 5-7:30pm
-Where: Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mullholland Hwy, Agoura Hills, CA
-Agenda: Pre-show activities begin at 5:00 PM, including tabling with partner organizations and a meet & greet. A Q&A panel will take place at 6:00 PM before the screening. Film Screening: 6:30–7:30 PM
-Tickets: $15 (Children under 12 get in free!)
-What to bring? Food is welcome! Bring your own chairs and blankets to enjoy this outdoor film as the sun sets on the Santa Monica Mountains.
Hosted in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, Ventura County Resource Conservation District, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, and us!
Trippet Ranch Tree Planting
We need your help to heal the wildlands of the Santa Monica Mountains.
During the Palisades Fire, we lost many previously planted oak trees within Trippet Ranch of Topanga State Park. Our team is now ready to invite volunteers back into this fragile space and begin the process of healing this invaluable woodland.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: Saturday, April 11th from 9am-12pm
Regular volunteer events occur throughout the year. Stay up-to-date on upcoming opportunities by regularly checking this webpage, following us on social media (@rcdsmm) or signing up for our quarterly newsletter.