$930,000 grant for recreation areas

A nearly $1 million grant from the National Parks Service will help recreational areas in the Santa Monica Mountains remain open and avoid cuts in services, officials said Tuesday. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The $939,169 grant to the Angeles District of California State Parks will allow parks in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to operate at last year's service levels, said Woody Smeck, the NPS superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

"By granting these funds, our desire is to maintain the efficiency of the national parks while providing for public enjoyment and use of the interlocking state and national parks that exist in the Santa Monica Mountains," Smeck said.