By Steve Forsell Yes there is another new National Park which was designated in December 2020. Having visited all of the other 62 National Parks, my wife, Mary, and I were anxious to keep our list up to date and […]
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By Mike and Sheila Lunsford GCC Organization as Shared by Mike: Let me begin by saying that I was not the organizer of GCC. GCC was a group project of the environmental community who responded to the idea brought up
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By Phil McKenna I recently spent a February afternoon hiking at Baron Ranch with friends. It was a beautiful day; the sun was warm, the air cool. The front country of the Santa Ynez Mountains can be quite breezy, especially
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By Reeve Woolpert One way to see terrain is as a water collector or watershed — let your eyes flow over the landscape like raindrops. The principal contours of the Gaviota Coast mark the many pathways taken by precipitation as
A Conversation between Janet Koed and Susie Bartz Janet: When I saw this formation on a Gaviota beach stroll, I saw an amazing sculpture created by the great Mother Nature, a gift for anyone passing by who happened to look
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By Phil McKenna Mike Lunsford & I recently took a walk on the bluff-top west of Refugio State Park, enjoying a beautiful morning. Mike was a founder and long-time President of the Conservancy and as a career State Park ranger
By Doug Kern Hollister Ranch Coastal Access Program (HRCAP) Begins! The State is engaged in the Hollister Ranch Coastal Access Program Planning Process (HRCAP) to create responsible public access across the 8.5-mile coastline of Hollister Ranch. This planning process began
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By Phil Mckenna The Gaviota Coast has been “anchored” by agriculture for centuries. Cattle grazing was the mainstay of the Spanish land grants. Dry-farming followed with crops such as wheat, tomatoes and beans. Orchards were created with large plantings of
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By Doug Kern Pipeline company to pay more than $60 million for 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara By LOUIS SAHAGUN LA Times STAFF WRITER MARCH 13, 2020 3:27 PM A pipeline company has agreed to pay more than $60 million, and change its operations,
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By Nancy Black Approves a Procedural Path to Reject Settlement Agreement Beach fans cleared to fight enclave for coastal access – Courthouse News Hollister ruling opens legal path – Santa Barbara Independent Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Colleen K.
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