Reserve offers six-mile educational hiking tour

The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER), located between Temecula and Fallbrook, will be holding a docent-led educational tour on Saturday, January 20, at 8:30 a.m. This tour begins at the south gate of SMER (in Fallbrook) and traverses the reserve to the Temecula Gorge. This is a six-mile roundtrip, moderately strenuous hike.

Join us to view the beautiful natural habitat and learn about some of the cutting-edge research that is occurring in this protected outdoor laboratory. A donation is suggested to support their docent program. Hikes have a 12-person limit, so please contact Spring S...