March 2014
Came The Rains … More Mesa on Sunday afternoon after three days of welcome rain.
A lone native coastal poppy plant offers up two flowers.
Fungi has enough moisture to make an appearance.
Dogs make sport in a large pond at the coast.
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December 2014
2014 … AN EXCITING YEAR FOR MMPC! Updated Web Site As a fitting symbol of welcome to the new year, our updated and completely revamped MMPC website went “live” very early 01/01/2014. The power of its new WordPress format was wonderfully proven all throughout this past amazing year. New formats, layouts, search tools, clear links…
August 2014
Reptiles and Amphibians: In the past we have highlighted many of the biological resources found on More Mesa: birds, plants, mammals and, in last month’s update, our colorful insects, the butterflies. So it seems timely that the recent finding of a very long Gopher Snake shed should prompt this month’s discussion of the reptiles and…
October 2005
How One Person Can Make a Huge Difference Toward Preserving More Mesa Last winter’s heavy rains produced a fabulous wildflower show in spring. Unhappily, fennel seedlings also exploded all over the South Coast, and on More Mesa. Fennel is a robust invasive that can destroy the beauty, accessibility and ecology of More Mesa, if it…
April 2006
WHO WILL DO MORE FOR MORE MESA? You ask, they answer, then you decide whom you want for Second District Supervisor Last month’s news highlighted the importance of the upcoming election for Second District Supervisor. In keeping with this theme, the More Mesa Preservation Coalition (MMPC) is pleased to sponsor an informal forum among the candidates…
February 2014
Second Symposium It is eleven years since the first More Mesa Symposium was held at UCSB in 2003. Because a lot has happened since that time, MMPC is planning a second symposium, to be held on 15 March 2014. We are very excited to report that Wayne Ferren has agreed to take time from his…
February 2005
HACIENDA VIEJA PROJECT The appeal on the Hacienda Vieja Project was heard by the Board of Supervisors on 15 February. Unfortunately, we did not prevail. The final vote was 4-1 against the appeal, with Second District Supervisor Susan Rose presenting passionate arguments for this project being the place we “draw the line in the sand”…
