Margot Feuer dies at 89; helped create Santa Monica Mountains park

Friday, June 29, 2012 - 01:00 in Earth & Climate

The threat of development led Margot Feuer to be one of 'the founding mothers' of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.After Margot Feuer moved to the hills of Malibu in 1965, she was "catapulted into community action" by the threat of development in the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains. The terrifying proposals included building a nuclear power plant in an isolated canyon and a freeway through Malibu Canyon.

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