At the recommendation of the Crescenta Valley Town Council, Karen Buehler was recently sworn onto the advisory committee of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. She will be representing the unincorporated communities within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor, which is appointed by the County of Los Angeles, Supervisor District 5, Katherine Barger. Joseph T. Edmiston officiated.

Buehler will be serving at least two years. Among the committee’s responsibilities are proposing and reviewing projects for Conservancy action and report to the Conservancy regarding the conformity of the projects with the plan; reviewing proposed amendments to the plan; and providing opportunities for public participation. She will report to the Altadena and Crescenta Valley town councils on anything affecting their jurisdictions.

Buehler said that she took on the role in the hopes of advocating for expansion of open space in the local area.

“I believe in the SMMC Mission,” she said. “I also hope that some day the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor Master Plan, first published in 1990, can come to fruition with the trail running through our backyards.”