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May 27, 2025
“Our work, your work, our community, it matters…”
May 27, 2025
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Mar 26, 2025
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December 2024
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Dec 14, 2024
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Dec 3, 2024
Rim of the Valley – Latest News!
Dec 3, 2024
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November 2024
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Nov 13, 2024
Wildlife After The Woolsey Fire: Research Recovery Project Exhibit
Nov 13, 2024
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October 2024
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Oct 2, 2024
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Oct 1, 2024
‘From Petals to Pixels’ by Spectrum News
Oct 1, 2024
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September 2024
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Sep 23, 2024
SAMO Youth benefits from the National Park Foundation Service Corps Grant
Sep 23, 2024
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August 2024
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Aug 28, 2024
18,000 Milkweed Given in 2024, thanks to The Challenge Cost Share Grant
Aug 28, 2024
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Aug 24, 2024
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Aug 22, 2024
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Aug 21, 2024
Samily Poem by SAMO Youth Alumni
Aug 21, 2024
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June 2024
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Jun 19, 2024
Jun 19, 2024
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Jun 5, 2024
Deanna & The National Park Foundation in DC
Jun 5, 2024
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May 2024
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May 30, 2024
VCCF’s Educational Series on Animal Welfare
May 30, 2024
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May 30, 2024
SAMO Fund and VCCF Environmental Initiative
May 30, 2024
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May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
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May 15, 2024
Sign up now open to run for the ranch this summer!
May 15, 2024
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May 15, 2024
Eva Larson – Employee Of The Month
May 15, 2024
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May 15, 2024
Seeds of Change: Empowering Youth In Restoring Native Habitat
May 15, 2024
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May 10, 2024
Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR)
May 10, 2024
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May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
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May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024
SAMO fund celebrates 28 New stewards for the mountains
May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024
Exploring the SMMNRA: California Naturalists Visit the Rancho Sierra Vista Native Plant Nursery
May 8, 2024
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April 2024
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Apr 23, 2024
SAMO Fund is Agoura Hills Business of the Month!
Apr 23, 2024
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Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
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Apr 16, 2024
Exploring the SMMNRA: California Naturalists and Paramount Ranch
Apr 16, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
LA’S First Native Seed Production Farm!
Apr 15, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
Apr 15, 2024
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Apr 11, 2024
Exploring the SMMNRA: California Naturalists and Turret bees
Apr 11, 2024
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Apr 8, 2024
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March 2024
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Mar 31, 2024
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Mar 28, 2024
Exploring the SMMNRA: California Naturalists Visit the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Mar 28, 2024
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Mar 27, 2024
Exploring the SMMNRA: California Naturalists Visit King Gillette Ranch
Mar 27, 2024
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Mar 8, 2024
The Growth of Women in Environmental Fields
Mar 8, 2024
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Mar 4, 2024
Native Species Planting (City of Agoura Hills/Cheeseboro Cyn Project)
Mar 4, 2024
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February 2024
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Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
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Feb 7, 2024
Feb 7, 2024
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January 2024
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Jan 23, 2024
Jan 23, 2024
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Jan 23, 2024
2023 Annual Photo Competition award ceremony
Jan 23, 2024
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Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
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December 2023
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Dec 7, 2023
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID SZYMANSKI!
Dec 7, 2023
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Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
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Dec 1, 2023
We’re a 4 star charity and we couldn’t be more proud
Dec 1, 2023
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November 2023
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Nov 27, 2023
Ranger Mary, engages the next generation
Nov 27, 2023
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Nov 22, 2023
the Annual Friends Alliance Meeting
Nov 22, 2023
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Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
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Nov 13, 2023
Nov 13, 2023
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Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
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October 2023
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Oct 31, 2023
samo Fund is a SoCal climate champion
Oct 31, 2023
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Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
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Oct 15, 2023
Imagine a world without SMMNRA…
Oct 15, 2023
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Oct 13, 2023
Don’t forget to enter our annual photography contest!
Oct 13, 2023
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Oct 12, 2023
Oct 12, 2023
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Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
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Oct 2, 2023
Paramount Ranch – crews start construction
Oct 2, 2023
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September 2023
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Sep 29, 2023
Remember to Place Your Final Bids! Auction Closes tonight!
Sep 29, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
Amazing Week for local monarchs and native plants – Sign up now!
Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 20, 2023
Sep 20, 2023
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Sep 13, 2023
Restoring monarch butterflies — one milkweed plant at a time
Sep 13, 2023
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Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
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Sep 7, 2023
Update: A Night with Taylor Goldsmith
Sep 7, 2023
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Sep 5, 2023
#ExploreSAMO – Join us at West tasting room
Sep 5, 2023
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Sep 5, 2023
A Night with Taylor Goldsmith is fast approaching
Sep 5, 2023
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August 2023
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Aug 31, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
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Aug 30, 2023
Urgent! Help our Friends at CLAW Citizens for Los Angeles Wildlife support AB1322
Aug 30, 2023
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Aug 18, 2023
Aug 18, 2023
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Aug 15, 2023
Small changes can make a significant impact:
Aug 15, 2023
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Aug 12, 2023
Improved Cheeseboro Trailhead is Now Open!
Aug 12, 2023
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Aug 9, 2023
Aug 9, 2023
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Aug 8, 2023
This summer, SAMO Fund partnered with Outward Bound Adventures.
Aug 8, 2023
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Aug 8, 2023
The unsung Heroes Underground – Mycorrhizal Fungi And the Wallis Annenberg WIldlife Crossing
Aug 8, 2023
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Aug 8, 2023
Trail crew + Native plant nursery = Huge success
Aug 8, 2023
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Aug 7, 2023
🦋SAMO Fund is Growing the Local Milkweed Population!🦋
Aug 7, 2023
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Aug 5, 2023
Latinos are critical to the Environmental movement
Aug 5, 2023
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Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
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Aug 3, 2023
The Historic Santa Monica Mountains’ Backbone Trail
Aug 3, 2023
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Aug 3, 2023
SAMO Summer Fun – Paramount Race Series
Aug 3, 2023
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Aug 3, 2023
A way to boost the Monarch Butterfly population in the Tri-Counties for free
Aug 3, 2023
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July 2023
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Jul 31, 2023
Jul 31, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
SAMO Fund and Tiny Porch Concerts Present ~ A night with Taylor Goldsmith
Jul 26, 2023
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Jul 20, 2023
SAMO Summer Fun: RACE #1 Photos
Jul 20, 2023
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Jul 17, 2023
1st Annual Native Milkweed Mania and Potluck!
Jul 17, 2023
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Jul 12, 2023
Horse Program with Conner Hallmark – Wed August 2 at 9am
Jul 12, 2023
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Jul 5, 2023
Business Championship Award presented to SAMO Fund for “OYE!” Oxnard Young Ecologist Program
Jul 5, 2023
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Jul 2, 2023
Jul 2, 2023
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Jul 1, 2023
Meet the Staff: Antonio Sanchez
Jul 1, 2023
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Jul 1, 2023
SAMO Fund Employee Takes on New Job
Jul 1, 2023
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June 2023
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Jun 28, 2023
Jun 28, 2023
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Jun 27, 2023
Local KCLU Podcast Follows three MountAin LIONS
Jun 27, 2023
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Jun 21, 2023
SAMO Fund’s Quiet Role Staffing the Nursery for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Jun 21, 2023
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May 2023
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May 3, 2023
TAK At the national Seed conference
May 3, 2023
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May 3, 2023
ANNA FLORES: SAMO YOUTH INTERN
May 3, 2023
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April 2023
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Apr 28, 2023
2023 Topanga Banjo Fiddle contest & Folk Festival
Apr 28, 2023
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Apr 25, 2023
SAMO Fund At Conejo Valley Non-Profit mixer
Apr 25, 2023
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Apr 22, 2023
Meet SAMO Fund April Employee of the month, Talisa Garcia!
Apr 22, 2023
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Apr 19, 2023
Join the city nature Challenge on A Ranger guided HIke
Apr 19, 2023
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March 2023
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Mar 29, 2023
KALLI MARTINEZ – SAMO FUND EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Mar 29, 2023
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Mar 28, 2023
LA Times: Humans are the GreatesT peril to mountain Lions
Mar 28, 2023
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Mar 26, 2023
100,000 new Plants in the SANTA MONICA Mountains
Mar 26, 2023
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Mar 25, 2023
DESIGN SAMO fund’s 2023 Ornament: Competition is now open!
Mar 25, 2023
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Mar 14, 2023
Break THE POISON Chain Lawn signs
Mar 14, 2023
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Mar 8, 2023
Naming ANIMALS and Wildlife conservation efforts
Mar 8, 2023
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Mar 6, 2023
P-22 laid to rest in a tribal ceremony in the santa monica mountains
Mar 6, 2023
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February 2023
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Feb 27, 2023
Samo Employee of the month: Darren Davis
Feb 27, 2023
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Feb 24, 2023
Tiny Porch Concerts and SAMO Fund announce Summer line up
Feb 24, 2023
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Feb 23, 2023
SAMO Fund Intern to Run 5th L.A. Marathon
Feb 23, 2023
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Feb 15, 2023
Feb 15, 2023
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Feb 9, 2023
National Park Foundation and Partners in Washington DC
Feb 9, 2023
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Feb 8, 2023
Feb 8, 2023
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Feb 3, 2023
SAMO Youth Honored with award from LA County Supervisor
Feb 3, 2023
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January 2023
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Jan 15, 2023
SAMO FUND EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH!
Jan 15, 2023
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Jan 14, 2023
COMMUNITY IN RESTORATION – Career Panel Recording
Jan 14, 2023
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Jan 10, 2023
SHEILA BRADON MEMORIAL ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION Winners and Exhibition
Jan 10, 2023
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Jan 10, 2023
Grant Announcement from S. MarK Taper Foundation for Santa Monica Mountains Fund
Jan 10, 2023
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Jan 5, 2023
SANTA MONICA FUND ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION PRESENTATION
Jan 5, 2023
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Jan 4, 2023
SAMO FUND’s Impact is thanks to you! With your help, we can do even more in 2023!
Jan 4, 2023
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December 2022
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Dec 23, 2022
Why do we plant so many Native plants when there is a drought?
Dec 23, 2022
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Dec 19, 2022
P22: An Icon and an inspiration
Dec 19, 2022
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Dec 10, 2022
COMMUNITY IN RESTORATION – Career Panel (Copy)
Dec 10, 2022
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November 2022
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Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022
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Nov 13, 2022
WHY WE NEED THE WILDLIFE CROSSING
Nov 13, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
Nov 9, 2022
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October 2022
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Oct 28, 2022
Oct 28, 2022
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Oct 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022
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Oct 17, 2022
SONIC BOOM – A HUGE THANK you!
Oct 17, 2022
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Oct 14, 2022
Start your collection of digital assets and fund wildfire prevention in California
Oct 14, 2022
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Oct 13, 2022
SHRUBS IN The Santa Monica Mountains
Oct 13, 2022
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September 2022
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Sep 28, 2022
Rewilding the santa Monica Moutains
Sep 28, 2022
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Sep 21, 2022
The plant nursery for the wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Sep 21, 2022
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Sep 20, 2022
Oxnard Young Ecologists receive $56,540 in donation funding
Sep 20, 2022
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Sep 13, 2022
Rewilding California project reaches halfway milestone!
Sep 13, 2022
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Sep 8, 2022
SAVE THE COUGARS: P-22 DAY Festival 2022
Sep 8, 2022
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Sep 1, 2022
Sep 1, 2022
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July 2022
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Jul 18, 2022
NATIVE Milkweed giveaway to support Monarchs
Jul 18, 2022
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Jul 12, 2022
The Paramount Ranch Sonic Boom
Jul 12, 2022
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June 2022
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Jun 25, 2022
Enter the 2022 Outdoors Photo Contest!
Jun 25, 2022
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Jun 22, 2022
Introducing SAMO Fund’s New Executive Director, Deanna Armbruster
Jun 22, 2022
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Jun 16, 2022
ZUMA Creek Bridge Dedication Ceremony
Jun 16, 2022
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Jun 7, 2022
Jun 7, 2022
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May 2022
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May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022
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May 23, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 11: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR THE BACKBONE TRAIL
May 23, 2022
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May 19, 2022
COASTAL CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE BOOK
May 19, 2022
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May 10, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 10: Trippet Ranch to Will Rogers state Park
May 10, 2022
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May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
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April 2022
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Apr 26, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 9: Lois Ewen Overlook to Trippet Ranch (Topanga State Park)
Apr 26, 2022
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Apr 14, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 8: Lois Ewen Overlook to Piuma ROAD
Apr 14, 2022
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Apr 1, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 7: Corral Canyon trailhead to Malibu Canyon Road
Apr 1, 2022
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March 2022
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Mar 30, 2022
Mar 30, 2022
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Mar 29, 2022
Raptor Perches installed in the mountains
Mar 29, 2022
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Mar 23, 2022
Want to work outdoors in the santa Monica Mountains?
Mar 23, 2022
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Mar 23, 2022
Summer Job Opportunity In the Santa Monica Mountains
Mar 23, 2022
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Mar 23, 2022
Mar 23, 2022
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Mar 21, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 6: Kanan Dume Road to Corral Canyon Road
Mar 21, 2022
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Mar 18, 2022
Mar 18, 2022
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Mar 14, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 5: Mullholland Highway to Kanan Dume Road
Mar 14, 2022
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Mar 10, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 4: Mishe Mokwa to Mullholland Highway
Mar 10, 2022
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Mar 7, 2022
To right a wrong: the Story of Ballard Mountain
Mar 7, 2022
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Mar 7, 2022
Hiking the backbone trail – Part 3: Triunfo Pass to Sycamore Canyon
Mar 7, 2022
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February 2022
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Feb 28, 2022
SAMO Fund Team together again!
Feb 28, 2022
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Feb 24, 2022
Feb 24, 2022
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Feb 23, 2022
Hiking the Backbone Trail – Part 2: Malibu creek to Piuma Road
Feb 23, 2022
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Feb 22, 2022
NPS and SAMO Fund Receive funds from settlement
Feb 22, 2022
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Feb 14, 2022
P-022 celebrates 10 years in Griffith PArk
Feb 14, 2022
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Feb 1, 2022
Exploring the Backbone Trail: Ray Miller Trail to Big Sycamore Canyon
Feb 1, 2022
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January 2022
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Jan 10, 2022
National Parks Around the World
Jan 10, 2022
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Jan 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022
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December 2021
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Dec 6, 2021
Jane Seymor returns to Paramount Ranch for a day of restoration and Reminiscing
Dec 6, 2021
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Dec 2, 2021
Many thanks to Dore AND GEOFF BAKER!
Dec 2, 2021
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November 2021
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Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 3, 2021
Nov 3, 2021
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October 2021
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Oct 27, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
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Oct 26, 2021
Festive date NIGHT DRIVE-IN: Love ACTUALLY
Oct 26, 2021
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Oct 25, 2021
The Restoration Crew began the first of their plantings for the Re:wild project
Oct 25, 2021
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Oct 14, 2021
Tailgate Jam at Paramount ranch!
Oct 14, 2021
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August 2021
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Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
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Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
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July 2021
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Jul 15, 2021
SAMO Fund nominated as finalist for local non-profit of the year
Jul 15, 2021
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Jul 9, 2021
Tailgate Jam Tickets on sale July 11th
Jul 9, 2021
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Jul 7, 2021
Outdoors Photo Contest is open to entries
Jul 7, 2021
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June 2021
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Jun 4, 2021
Picnic FOR THE PARK – Virtual Fundraiser
Jun 4, 2021
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Jun 3, 2021
Southern California Monarch and Milkweed conference this saturday
Jun 3, 2021
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May 2021
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May 14, 2021
Drive-In Screening Raises Funds To Restore Paramount Ranch – Celluloid Junkie
May 14, 2021
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May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021
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May 10, 2021
Animal crossing update – Topanga New Times
May 10, 2021
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May 6, 2021
Protecting Native Wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains – The Malibu Times
May 6, 2021
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May 6, 2021
Preserving our Native Plants – Spectrum News 1
May 6, 2021
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April 2021
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Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
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March 2021
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Mar 30, 2021
Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act Passed in House
Mar 30, 2021
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Mar 16, 2021
Hiking And Backpacking In Santa Barbara And Ventura
Mar 16, 2021
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Mar 11, 2021
Break the poison chain: The Malibu times
Mar 11, 2021
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Mar 10, 2021
Previous Intern with the SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FINDS IDEAL JOB AS A RESTORATION TECHNICIAN
Mar 10, 2021
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Mar 8, 2021
Behind the Scenes with the Santa Monica Mountains Fund
Mar 8, 2021
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Mar 4, 2021
Native Plant Nursery in ‘Beyond The Acorn’
Mar 4, 2021
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February 2021
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Feb 17, 2021
Date Night Drive-In: let’s restore the ranch!
Feb 17, 2021
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December 2020
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Dec 3, 2020
RUN WALK RIDE featured in ‘The Acorn’
Dec 3, 2020
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Dec 2, 2020
10 week Native Plant Program starting next week!
Dec 2, 2020
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November 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2020
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Nov 4, 2020
OUTdoors Calendar 2021 Now Available!
Nov 4, 2020
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Nov 2, 2020
Nov 2, 2020
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October 2020
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Oct 16, 2020
OUTDOOR PHOTO CONTEST 2020 WINNERS
Oct 16, 2020
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Oct 15, 2020
Run, Walk, ride for wildlife research
Oct 15, 2020
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Oct 6, 2020
Oct 6, 2020
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August 2020
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Aug 17, 2020
Love Our Park Summer Fundraiser brings in $50k – Article in The Thousand Oaks Acorn
Aug 17, 2020
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Aug 17, 2020
Aug 17, 2020
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Aug 11, 2020
Top Reasons to Visit SMMNRA – The Canyon Chronicle Website
Aug 11, 2020
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April 2020
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Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020
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March 2020
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Mar 23, 2020
Mar 23, 2020
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December 2019
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Dec 17, 2019
How to Rodent-Proof Your House WITHOUT poison…
Dec 17, 2019
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June 2019
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Jun 16, 2019
Together, We’re Making a Difference!
Jun 16, 2019
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May 2019
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May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
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April 2019
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Apr 30, 2019
Mountain Lion P-47 Dies from Rat Poison
Apr 30, 2019
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Apr 30, 2019
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Apr 30, 2019
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March 2019
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Mar 21, 2019
Local Mountain Lions in Danger of Extinction in next 50 Years – LA Times
Mar 21, 2019
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September 2018
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Sep 26, 2018
SAMO Fund Receives Multiple Grants for Education and Conservation Efforts
Sep 26, 2018
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Sep 26, 2018
Four New Kittens in the Santa Monica Mountains
Sep 26, 2018
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April 2018
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Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
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Apr 3, 2018
Wildflowers in the Santa Monica Mountains
Apr 3, 2018
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March 2018
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Mar 14, 2018
Mountain Lion Crosses 101 Freeway at Future Site for Wildlife Bridge
Mar 14, 2018
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April 2017
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Apr 26, 2017
Honored Women of the Santa Monica Mountains
Apr 26, 2017
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March 2017
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Mar 28, 2017
Mar 28, 2017
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July 2016
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Jul 29, 2016
REI Grant Supports Restoration and Trail Work!
Jul 29, 2016
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June 2016
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Jun 21, 2016
Jun 21, 2016
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Jun 8, 2016
Jun 8, 2016
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March 2016
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Mar 9, 2016
Meet the Fund’s student volunteer, Nicole
Mar 9, 2016
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Mar 2, 2016
National Park Service Truck Hits Streets of L.A.
Mar 2, 2016
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May 2015
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May 23, 2015
Thousand Oaks Youth Recognition for Satwiwa High School Interns
May 23, 2015
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May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015
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