Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

The Mission of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) is to protect and enhance, on a sustainable basis, one of the world’s largest last remaining examples of a Mediterranean ecosystem and to maintain the area’s unique natural, cultural and scenic resources, unimpaired for future generations. The SMMNRA is to provide an inter-linking system of parklands and open spaces that offer compatible recreation and education opportunities that are accessible to a diverse public. This is accomplished by an innovative federal, state, local, and private partnership that enhances the region’s quality of life and provides a model for other parks challenged by urbanization.