State Parks has partnered with the National Park Service vegetation crews to conduct targeted invasive species control along primary travel routes and drainage lines across the eastern half of Topanga State Park. This work treated approximately 250 acres across 15 linear miles.

State Parks initiated a coordinated effort to remove emergent Arundo regrowth along a three-mile stretch of Topanga Canyon, targeting post-fire re-establishment. This work will continue through 2027.

State Parks is actively collaborating with state and local agencies and nearby communities to enhance defensible space on adjacent lands.

In late spring 2025, State Parks coordinated with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) on a large-scale vegetation clearance at the boundary of Topanga State Park, creating a functional vegetated fuel break covering 42 acres around Palisades homes while retaining recovering chaparral shrubs and trees.

State Parks worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to safely remove more than 300 hazardous trees destroyed in the Palisades Fire, and a contractor trimmed 100 trees covering 60 acres. State Parks is also replanting dozens of Eucalyptus trees at Will Rogers SHP and restoring natural resources around the park.

In 2025, State Parks’ Angeles District updated its approach to engaging homeowners and communities in fuel modifications on park boundaries, adopting a more approachable and neighborly tone while making information on the Boundary Vegetation Right of Entry permit process clearer for residents. The permits empower residents with adjacent property to park land to expand their defensible space.

State Parks installed wattle and removed dirt at two culverts to restore stormwater drainage. Heavy rains on a post-fire landscape eroded soil and rocks into the culverts, blocking them and filling debris basins.

After 10 months of closure due to the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7, 2025, Will Rogers State Historic Park (SHP) reopened with limited access on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

State Parks held its first public volunteer event since reopening Will Rogers SHP to the public. On Nov. 18, the park hosted the Ford Bronco Wild Fund and 23 participants for a day of volunteer activities including a “pull and plant” project to remove and replace invasive fuels, as well as restore safety fencing in the park.

On Dec. 6, 2025, State Parks hosted the USC CLEAN Soil testing program at Will Rogers SHP. Community members will be able to have their residential property soil tested by USC and activities will provide education about soil recovery post-Palisades Fire.