Welcome to the MMPC Historical News Archive
More Mesa has a rich and inspiring history, and we’ve been documenting it for over two decades. This section of the website is dedicated to news updates older than 10 years, beginning with our very first post in November 2002. These archives span the early days of conservation efforts, key environmental milestones, rare wildlife events, and the evolving story of our community’s connection to this remarkable place. Whether you’re researching, reminiscing, or discovering More Mesa for the first time, you’ll find all the old MMPC news updates right here—preserved to reflect how far we’ve come, and how much this land continues to mean to all of us.
December 2015
2015 … The Year in Review The day we knew…
November 2015
El Niño: A New Feature on our Web Site Weather…
October 2015
White-tailed Kites Have the Last Word! In the March News…
September 2015
Independent gets it wrong, but MMPC gets it right! While…
August 2015
LATE BREAKING NEWS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT … Well, the day we…
July 2015
An irritating reminder … Yet another manifestation of the drought…
June 2015
Lots of Special Birds A wide area of More Mesa…
May 2015
A Cautionary Tale In our Monthly News for October of…
April 2015
On the bright side … Although the drought has increasingly…
March 2015
The White-tailed Kite, MMPC’s signature bird, is a “California Bird…
February 2015
Last month we reported on the beautiful greenery and grasses…
January 2015
And some rain came … Santa Barbara joyously welcomed the…
December 2014
2014 … AN EXCITING YEAR FOR MMPC! Updated Web Site…
November 2014
More Mesa Symposium Online Many supporters who were unable to…
October 2014
Of late, there has been a flurry of articles about…
September 2014
California is in a state of “Extreme Drought”, with 2014…
August 2014
Reptiles and Amphibians: In the past we have highlighted many…
July 2014
Summer Butterflies: If you have not already discovered it, we…
June 2014
Bobcats On More Mesa Some of you may have seen…
May 2014
Spring Has finally Sprung: The “Ghost of Spring” we have…
April 2014
How Did the More Mesa Symposium Turn Out? The second…
March 2014
Came The Rains … More Mesa on Sunday afternoon after…
February 2014
Second Symposium It is eleven years since the first More…
January 2014
Website Update As you can see, our MMPC website has…
December 2013
It was a busy and productive year for More Mesa.…
November 2013
It’s Fall … Folks who don’t live in our beautiful Santa…
October 2013
Nature’s Symphony In the past we have talked about the…
September 2013
In the Monthly News on this website, as well as…
August 2013
The Good Work Continues Last month we called on Citizen…
July 2013
Citizen Scientists Created a Record: In MMPC’s April Monthly News…
June 2013
More Mesa in the Media The “first ever” issue of…
May 2013
Monthly Supporter Update The More Mesa Preservation Coalition (MMPC) is…
April 2013
To Citizen Stewards For more than a decade, our supporters…
March 2013
Knapweed … Going, Going, Gone Three times in past years, October…
February 2013
Another Great New Resource on Our Website iNaturalist: From hikers to…
January 2013
As many of you may already know, More Mesa was…
December 2012
It was a busy and high profile year for More…
November 2012
Development on More Mesa As we reported earlier, a development…
October 2012
Oak Group Exhibit The much heralded Oak Group exhibit at…
September 2012
Our mission remains, as always, to preserve More Mesa, in…
August 2012
More Changes on Our MMPC Web Site Note: As far as…
July 2012
Change on our MMPC Web Site Note: As far as MMPC…
June 2012
Babies, Babies, Babies East: In spite of the very high,…
May 2012
A New Treasure This month, MMPC celebrates its twelfth anniversary.…
April 2012
EXCITING NEWS ABOUT UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS We reported in…
March 2012
Despite the lack of rain, signs of spring are beginning…
February 2012
The Eyes Have It! Why Is It That Raptors Have…
January 2012
Native Habitats on More Mesa Among the many ecological treasures…
December 2011
As another fairly quiet year on More Mesa draws to…
November 2011
Plant List An online plant list for More Mesa has…
October 2011
It’s All About The Birds Many different species of birds…
September 2011
Stories of More Mesa Last month we shared one of…
August 2011
Stories of More Mesa Over the past year or so,…
July 2011
A teaching moment … Although we have not had any…
June 2011
Russian Knapweed: Three Times a Charm? Invasive weeds are extremely difficult…
May 2011
Vernal Pools With all the emphasis on water in last…
April 2011
Water, water everywhere The word for this month is WATER! …
March 2011
Although March is “coming in like a lion”, there are…
February 2011
It has been several years since the More Mesa Preservation…
January 2011
Welcome to a New Year! Draft of Updated Biological Resources…
December 2010
As this relatively quiet year draws to a close, and…
November 2010
A Different Look At More Mesa … As you all know,…
October 2010
Bobcat Family: Over the years, anecdotal, and very informal reports…
September 2010
It’s Quadruplets! Last month we reported the presence of Northern…
August 2010
People The More Mesa Preservation Coalition is pleased to announce…
July 2010
More Mesa Preservation Coalition Celebrates 10th Anniversary This month the…
June 2010
Russian KnapweedLast fall the More Mesa Preservation Coalition reported that…
May 2010
Photographers of More Mesa Through the decade since our formation…
April 2010
ANOTHER AWARD: The More Mesa Handbook is once again in…
March 2010
“Soft” Solution Offered to Solve Goleta Beach Erosion Problems Since…
February 2010
“More Mesa In Santa Barbara County” A video of More…
January 2010
Happy New Year from the More Mesa Preservation Coalition !…
December 2009
As 2009 nears its close, MMPC celebrates, not only this…
November 2009
More Mesa is a always fertile ground for our many…
October 2009
Email Address Change We have changed the MMPC e-mail address;…
September 2009
Highlighting a Special Friend of More Mesa One of the…
August 2009
Bio Study Report We are still awaiting release of the…
July 2009
Fence at End of Mockingbird Lane Many of you may…
June 2009
An update from the Board … In October of last…
May 2009
White-tailed Kites We are delighted to report that the eastern…
April 2009
We have two exciting pieces of news to report this…
March 2009
More Mesa Handbook Launch Party The rain on Sunday, 22…
February 2009
We are pleased to announce that the More Mesa Handbook…
January 2009
Peregrine Falcon In past Monthly News updates, we have encouraged…
December 2008
As has been our tradition at the close of the…
November 2008
Many different raptor species have been observed on More Mesa…
October 2008
A note from the Board … Many of you may…
September 2008
This month we are pleased to present a new feature…
August 2008
In many of our communications to More Mesa Preservation Coalition…
July 2008
Since the Gap Fire has greatly heightened our awareness of…
June 2008
Over the past months, we have been discussing the Updated…
May 2008
More Mesa Biological Resource Study – Status Update As reported…
April 2008
Last month’s news described the steps involved in the Updated…
March 2008
In previous monthly news updates we have written of the…
February 2008
You may remember that a fire broke out on More…
January 2008
So many of our supporters have expressed a great desire…
December 2007
As the year comes to a close, we would like…
November 2007
New Biological Study Sought Some History: As you all know, More…
October 2007
Birds In addition to our permanent bird population, some fall…
September 2007
In June of this year we reported that the permit…