IN STRIDE Mounted Volunteer Patrol member Jeffrey Davidson on his horse, Macho, interacts with visitors in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The mounted program has been suspended. The Santa Monica Mountains’ Mounted Volunteer Patrol has been corralled. Since the 1980s the patrol has roamed the 153,000-acre recreation area, riding horses through mountain canyons and
IN STRIDE Mounted Volunteer Patrol member Jeffrey Davidson on his horse, Macho, interacts with visitors in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The mounted program has been suspended. Courtesy photo The Santa Monica Mountains’ Mounted Volunteer Patrol has been corralled. Since the 1980s the patrol has roamed the 153,000-acre recreation area, riding horses through mountain
PUT TO PASTURE Mounted Volunteer Patrol member Jeffrey Davidson on his horse, Macho, interacts with visitors in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The mounted program has been suspended. Courtesy photo The Santa Monica Mountains’ Mounted Volunteer Patrol has been corralled. Since the 1980s the patrol has roamed the 153,000-acre recreation area, riding horses through
KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS Mounted Volunteer Patrol member Jeffrey Davidson and his horse Macho, above and left, interact with visitors to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Formed in the 1980s, the horseback volunteer program has been suspended indefinitely due to a lack of resources, the National Park Service says. Most members of the