History
The region has been continuously inhabited by humans for over 10,000 years. Rock art by the resident Chumash Indians is scattered across the region; locations of rock paintings are generally not made public for fear of vandalism.
Almost all of the wilderness was burned in 2007 by the Zaca Fire.
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