Mother Nature Does Her Thing, Even with a Record Breaking Drought
In spite of what is shaping up as yet another drought year, More Mesa is green and blooming. In one short walk we spotted Poppies, California Brittlebush, Blue-eyed Grass, Redmaids, Owl’s Clover and Miniature Lupine. Many of these were in profusion and all a joy to look at.
It’s lovely out there! (To view a list of More Mesa’s wildflowers go to link.)
Many of you may remember the long and protracted campaign concerning the Hacienda Vieja Project. From 2004 to 2006, the More Mesa Preservation Coalition fought through all the public processes to ensure that this development was appropriate for More Mesa. We were deeply concerned about the size, bulk and scale of the proposed structures, as…
Featured in the Santa Barbara Independent First Piece of Santa Barbara’s More Mesa Permanently Preserved We’re proud to share that the Santa Barbara Independent recently featured our work to permanently protect 36 acres of More Mesa — a historic milestone for conservation in our community. Read the Full Article
Earth Day Over 700 people visited the More Mesa Preservation Coalition booth on Earth Day! It was an extremely successful event. As well as talking to hundreds of people, we collected 75 additional names to be included in our data base of concerned community members. Check out photos in the Special Events section to get a sense…
Many warm new-year wishes from all of us at the More Mesa Preservation Coalition! We sincerely hope that 2006 brings health, happiness and peace to all of you. Many folks are already thinking SPRING and about new garden plantings for areas surrounding their homes. We would like to suggest that More Mesa lovers give serious…
Summer Butterflies: If you have not already discovered it, we encourage you to check out one of our web site’s many slide shows of photographs of Butterflies seen on More Mesa. Furthermore, there is a downloadable pdf Guide. And, happily, at this time of year you can see more and more of these local beauties in the…
Face It, It’s Been Bleak! You may have noticed that we have not been very prolific in the “Update” department. And although the word “bleak” still comes to mind all too often, I think there are definite glimmers of hope. Among all the big problems is the one facing California and many parts of the…