Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 9:00 a.m, for a free public hike at Forrestal Nature Reserve. The docents will lead you on this moderate to strenuous hike of about three hours and will help you appreciate some of the best wildflower viewing and geological formations on the cliffs which were once a basalt quarry. You will be enjoying the preserve’s hiking trails which offer beautiful views, majestic canyons, and magnificent foliage. You might also see red-tailed hawks, wild rabbits, and threatened plants and animals such as a coastal sage scrub, the cactus wren or the California Gnatcher.
Parking is at Ladera Linda which is the former elementary school site and you will meet at the gate. The Ladera Linda Discovery Room is located there also, with its extensive collection of samples of the area’s geology and wildlife. It has been staffed since 1982 and is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Forrestal Nature Reserve is located at 32201 Forrestal Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes. For more information call (310) 541-7613, or go to www.pvplc.org.
Photo courtesy of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
