NPS Hosts Third Annual Science Festival Apr. 27-28

Discover the national park right in your backyard, at the third annual National Park Service Science Festival. The event and parking are free and open to the public.

Become a citizen scientist. Learn how to track mountain lions, bobcats and island foxes. Get to know the native marine life. Scientists from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Channel Islands National Park and Cabrillo National Monument will give presentations on the science occurring in the parks.

The hours are 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, April 27, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, Calif. For directions and a full schedule of events, please visit: nps.gov/samo/sciencefestival.htm; or (805) 370-2301.

Co-sponsored by the National Park Service, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California Science Center, Children’s Nature Institute and Santa Monica Mountains Fund.