GREETINGS
Greetings, Temescal Canyon Association members. We are officially digital!  This first Fall edition of our digital newsletter is being sent to all members who have given us their email addresses.  The Fall 2018 Newsletter will also be posted on our website at https://temcanyon.org for easy access.  If you wish to change or edit your email address, contact TCA at temcanyonassoc@gmail.com and we will make any necessary corrections.  Email addresses are not shared.  Being digital means we can update members on important issues, spend your dues more wisely, and make it easier for our volunteers to do their jobs.  You will not be inundated with emails from TCA.

IT’S TIME TO SUPPORT TCA
Yes, it is time to renew your membership or begin a new one for you or a friend as a gift.  Annual dues of $20 run from September 1 through August 31.  TCA is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  Our volunteers need your support to sustain the quality of service that TCA has been providing since 1972.  It’s easy.  Just access our website at https://temcanyon.org and click on the DONATE tab at the top for directions on choosing your pay option.  Follow the directions to renew membership, to pay dues, or to contribute.  OR you can mail your dues/contribution to:  TCA, PO Box 1101, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. Please include your email address.  TCA will continue working on preserving open space, building and maintaining trails for hikers and walkers, leading our 33-year-old free hiking program, and partnering with California State Parks.  Please join us.

The planned Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon initial study has been completed.  Funds are being raised for the final design and engineering of the wildlife crossing by Caltrans.  Hopefully, construction will begin in 2020 and finish in 2022.  It will be a naturally landscaped overpass and wildlife corridor built over the Ventura (101) Freeway and Agoura Road in Agoura Hills near the Liberty Canyon exit—an undeveloped area along the 101.  The naturalized overpass will benefit bobcats, reptiles and small birds as well as the mountain lions.  www.savelacougars.org

HIKING TIPS        
This year’s hot, dry weather has been hard on hikers.  Here are some tips to make your hike or walk an enjoyable event.  Check the weather, know where you are going (map), tell someone where you will be, hike with a friend or group (TCA), use sun protection (sunglasses and sunscreen), wear comfortable socks and shoes, take food and water, consider carrying a first-aid kit with a whistle, make sure your cell phone is charged (GPS), take breaks as needed, allow enough time to get back to base.  You can modify this list to suit your hike or walk.  It has been said that in times of stress nothing does more to lift our spirits than a good walk or hike in our lovely mountains.  Join TCA and choose a hike from our enclosed schedule

TCA AT WORK
In June TCA Board Members set up a table in Temescal Gateway Park.  Visitors were acquainted with TCA and invited to join.  Also, TCA assisted the National Park Service in its trailhead visitor survey for their Interagency Trails Plan.  It is apparent that our parks are heavily used by individuals and families from many areas, states, and even countries.  We were pleased to assist the National Park Service in preparing to host the many, many park visitors of the future.  In times of stress, there is nothing like a walk or hike in our mountains to lighten our spirits.

DARE WE HOPE?
California State Parks has plans to replace the beach access stairway at Point Dume.  It was constructed between 1972 and 1980 and has been in dangerous disrepair for years.  Dare we hope that the budgeted almost $2.9 million will actually make the stairway that we use to access the beach on our Point Dume hike safe once again?  The staircase near the Point Dume Headlands will give surfers access to one of Malibu’s favorite surf spots, and maybe us, too.

SAVE THE DATE:
TCA’s annual meeting will be on Monday evening, December 3, at Stewart Hall in Temescal Gateway Park. Join us, as we will be updating our members with all the details as the date approaches. The public is invited so you can bring your friends to this free evening of entertainment.

SUNDAY 2018-2018  HIKE SCHEDULE
Come hike with us.  It’s free.  See the attached hike schedule and choose one or more that intrigue you.  Bring a friend or neighbor.  We meet in the Temescal Gateway parking lot at different starting times, depending on the hike.  Most hikes will be only half a day and may include the option of a meal following.  Carol Leacock has planned the new schedule that includes old favorites and new places to see.