It was a busy and productive year for More Mesa. As is our custom, below are the highlights for the year 2013. More Mesa Sold More Mesa was sold to a Saudi investor in mid-December of last year. Obviously MMPC is disappointed that the seller offered the property to the community for $35 million, but…
In the Monthly News on this website, as well as in e-mail Updates to all our supporters, we have been discussing the importance of “Citizen Science.” For MMPC this “science” is done by those (professionals and avid non-professionals) who visit More Mesa and report sightings of rare birds, plants and animals. Their reports are important…
Citizen Scientists Created a Record: In MMPC’s April Monthly News report we encouraged our supporters to become “Citizen Stewards” of More Mesa by reporting any inappropriate activities observed on More Mesa. This month we would like to reprise a similar theme … that of the “Citizen Scientist”. For more than thirteen years, MMPC has played an…
Despite the lack of rain, signs of spring are beginning to appear on More Mesa. This Sunday, two butterfly species and two flowering plants were photographed. More Mesa Native Plants – March, 2012 Lacy Phacelia Chaparral Clematis Lacy Phacelia is a native annual, found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The common name…
As another fairly quiet year on More Mesa draws to a close, and as has been our custom, we offer highlights of 2011. Updated Biological Resources Study More than eighteen months after field work for the Updated Biological Resources Study was completed, a draft report was issued by Santa Barbara County. The 429 page report, prepared by…