Ground-Truthing

Clark P. Stevens is a conservationist and architect for culturally and ecologically critical places. He has served since 2010 as executive officer of the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) and is the architect of the Malibu Lagoon Restoration and Liberty Canyon Wildlife Overpass projects. In the last 18 years, his New West Land Company designed conservation-based inhibition plans in nine western states and three Hawaiian islands. His work has appeared in the Los Angles Times, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Men’s Vogue, Architectural Digest and Dwell, and on the A&E, Travel, and HGTV networks, and has been honored with state, national and global awards. 

Join us for a lecture and discussion at the critical intersection of ecology, history, and culture.

Stevens will address the proposed Agoura Hills wildlife crossing and habitat corridor connecting the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills/Santa Susanna Mountains in the context of California Chumash sacred space (‘Alapay), aerospace contamination (Rocketdyne), and the ongoing environmental cleanup debate. The talk will speak to issues of habitat connectivity, environmental justice and remediation, and indigenous spirituality at the wildlands/urban interface.

The event runs until 9 p.m.