Forest Service Seeks Controlled Burns and Tree Thinning Across 235,000 Acres Source of this article: The Santa Barbara Independent, August 10, 2022 If the past is anything to go by, out-of-control wildfires are a legacy Santa Barbara and the American West are facing as climate changes dry out the landscape Read more…
Source of this article: The Santa Barbara Independent, June 23, 2022. A small group of us had the privilege of recently touring the Strauss Wind Energy Project in Lompoc while it is under construction. It is the first and only wind project permitted anywhere along the California coast. From the Read more…
Thorough Environmental Review Required Before Fracking or Acidizing of Offshore Oil Wells Source of this article: The Santa Barbara Independent, June 3, 2022 In a long series of court proceedings, permits allowing the fracking and acidizing of oil wells in federal waters off the coast of California were prohibited by Read more…
Pedestrians and bicyclists use new Santa Barbara path Source of this article, the Santa Barbara News-Press, March 5, 2022 After more than a year of construction, the Las Positas and Modoc Roads Multiuse Path project is officially completed. The city of Santa Barbara held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Read more…
The Carpinteria Planning Commission Chooses Option for ‘Best Trail for the Most People’ Source of this article, the Santa Barbara Independent, January 25, 2022 The Rincon Multi-Use Trail project — a 2,800-foot bike and pedestrian trail connecting the city of Carpinteria to Rincon Beach Park — is on the brink Read more…
Plains Pipeline, whose oil pipe ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has high rate of safety infractions Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2015 Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions Read more…
Cleanup effort of 21,000-gallon oil spill continues off Santa Barbara County coast Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2015 Cleanup crews on Wednesday began the delicate process of removing oil from fouled beaches after a 21,000-gallon oil spill on the Santa Barbara County coast. Santos Cabral, a Read more…
Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 9, 2014 Dennis Rosenberg stood a discreet distance from a group of men fishing along the shore of the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. He watched them through his binoculars for a bit before coming closer to ask if they had Read more…
The military is working with environmental groups and local governments to create buffer zones around bases where development threatened to encroach on combat training. It’s been a conservation boon. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2013 Many of the nation’s 440 military bases were established in Read more…
Source of this article: The Condor Call, journal of the Los Padres chapter of the Sierra Club, October-November 2012 By James Paxton “Be here at the office at 7:30 a.m. sharp. A minute late and you don’t work.” Coming from the initially intimidating veteran Mike Vaughn, Head Supervisor of work Read more…