SIMI VALLEY : Volunteers Needed to Clear Hiking Trails
Volunteers are needed this weekend to help blaze trails on 71 acres recently acquired by the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District.
The Rancho Simi Trail Blazers, a group formed in December to promote and enhance hiking in the Simi Valley area, will direct trail cutting on the Hummingbird Creek property from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Tools and training will be provided to volunteers who show up at Kuehner Drive north of the Simi Valley Freeway, officials said. A potluck picnic will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at Rancho Tapo Community Park at Lemon Drive and Avenida Simi.
The land was deeded to the district by the developer of Paragon Homes, a 14-acre, 24-unit housing subdivision approved for construction nearby.
The city required the dedication because the land is considered environmentally sensitive.
The 4-foot-wide, quarter-mile trail will cut from Kuehner Drive to the top of the creek, officials said.
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