February 2010
“More Mesa In Santa Barbara County”
A video of More Mesa by Ronald Williams, showing some of the sweeping views of the greening, rain-drenched mesa — of Winter 2010.
More Mesa In Santa Barbara County from Ronald Williams on Vimeo.
“More Mesa In Santa Barbara County”
A video of More Mesa by Ronald Williams, showing some of the sweeping views of the greening, rain-drenched mesa — of Winter 2010.
More Mesa In Santa Barbara County from Ronald Williams on Vimeo.
Highlighting a Special Friend of More Mesa One of the delightful aspects of our Monthly News Reports are the wonderful photos of More Mesa that accompany each report. These photos, like almost all the photos on our More Mesa web site, have been created by Lynn Watson; our web manager and photographer extraordinaire. This month’s…
California is in a state of “Extreme Drought”, with 2014 being the driest year since 1895, 119 years ago! But, in spite of this disastrous condition, one can still observe some native wildflowers in bloom on More Mesa. For example, Deerweed, which normally blooms from March to October, has been in flower constantly for more than a year. Heavily…
We are pleased to announce that the More Mesa Handbook is here! And, to celebrate this happy occasion, we are throwing a party! Here’s the invitation … The More Mesa Preservation Coalition (MMPC) cordially invites you to participate in a gala gathering to launch the More Mesa Handbook, an informative, thorough and comprehensive look at…
Coastal Commission Appeal Not Upheld The Coastal Commission heard MMPC’s full appeal of the Hacienda Vieja Project on 16 November. Unhappily we did not prevail, and the project was approved, 7-4. While additional conditioning was placed on the wetland, kite related issues, and landscaping, the two-story houses remain as part of the development. However, we…
This month we would like to highlight a feature that was introduced to our web site several months ago … “Appreciation of More Mesa”. “Appreciation” contains some of the comments from participants in our More Mesa Usage Survey. We are grateful to these folks who have been kind enough to share their thoughts and feelings…
Once again it has been a very busy year for the More Mesa Preservation Coalition In March we published a Newsletter describing our activities in the past three years, and current threats to More Mesa . primarily from development around its edges. More than 1,000 Newsletters have been distributed to members of the community. The…