Learn to live with wildlife

The National Park Service and On the Edge invite the public to attend a free wildlife and community fair to learn more about their wild neighbors who live in communities on the urban/wilderness edge from 3 to 7 p.m. Sat., June 10 at the National Park Service Visitor Center, 401 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.

On the Edge is a collaboration of existing organizations and agencies with goals to promote public understanding about the value of wildlife and habitat, to offer ways to reduce the human-wildlife conflicts and to encourage lifestyle changes that foster stewardship of the area's natural heritage.

Between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. the following organizations will offer 10-minute presentations: California Wildlife Center (injured/orphaned wildlife), Conejo Open Space Foundation (history of Conejo Open Space), Mountains Restoration Trust (habitat restora

tion), South Coast Wildlands Project (history of project) and Mountain Lion Foundation (dedicated to protecting mountain lions and their habitat).

On the Edge will host a program from 5:30 to 7 p.m. featuring live animals native to the mountains of Southern California including owls, hawks, opossum, raccoons, a bobcat and others.

Original publications specifically designed to offer informed lifestyle choices for residents who live in and around communities next to wilderness areas will be provided, as will refreshments.

Additional exhibitors at the event include the Nature of Wildworks and Wildlife Care of Ventura County, which along with the agencies making presentations will also mount table exhibits between 3 and 5:30 p.m.

For information, call the National Park Service at (805) 3702301.