Western Gate to the Western Plateau (Conejo Cyn#1) Traditional Cache
Western Gate to the Western Plateau (Conejo Cyn#1)
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A cache placed to celebrate the imminent opening of the bridge, and a 'gated' entrance to the trail heading east to the western plateau
Of course, because you are on the western edge of the open space, you have to go east to get to the Western Plateau 
The long anticipated bridge across Conejo Creek from Santa Rosa Valley park to the COSCA open spaces is in place and had its official opening on February 11, 2012 with all the organizations represented who spearheaded this effort 
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NOTE: Access hours are from 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM per recently posted signs!
The cache is a duct tape wrapped container, with logbook, pen, and one or two pieces of swag. FTF Prize: A Rutherford B. Hayes gold dollar and a micro trackable to move along
A Short History of the Conejo Canyons Open Space (as overheard at a Meet & Greet 
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The developer who populated the old Thousand Oaks airport site with condos wanted to build high end homes on the high ground above the bottom of the canyon. He had a couple problems. An access road would be a very expensive addition to the cost of the properties. Fire access requires a separate emergency access which was not feasible without access through city property. A bordering golf course would add to the property values and if done right would provide the emergency access at little cost. A win-win for the developer. No problem. He got city officials to spend about $2.6 million to plan a golf course with the emergency access.
But then Audubon members and other environmentalists showed pictures of the flood plain under water after a big rain. The club house would have to be up on the ridge above to be feasible. Golfers would have to be driven down to tee off. The golf course plans got canceled and a land trade was worked out by the same city officials who caused the $2.6 million to be wasted.
Hill Canyon is now the Conejo Canyons Open Space. Some of the existing trails are remnants of planned golf course trails.
*****Congratulations to Big Eagle for FTF *****
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