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.
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More Mesa Preservation Coalition Celebrates 10th Anniversary This month the More Mesa Preservation Coalition celebrates its 10th anniversary! In this very eventful decade, we have grown from a tiny cadre of less than 10 concerned neighbors in the More Mesa area, to a supporter base of 1000 community members from all over Santa Barbara county,…
Restoration Event Our first restoration session in More Mesa County Park was held on the beautiful sunny morning of March 27th. Thirteen hearty volunteers showed up to hear Stephanie Langsdorf, of Growing Solutions, teach us the basics of the area’s ecosystem, and the particulars of natives and non-natives as well. Then, pitchforks and shovels in…
On April 4th, More Mesa Preservation Coalition was honored to welcome Congressman Salud Carbajal to More Mesa for a guided walk around the coastal landscape. Congressman Carbajal represents the 24th Congressional District of California, which includes the entirety of Santa Barbara County and portions of San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties. Joined by a group…
Second Update on Hacienda Vieja Project No changes were offered by the developer at the 25 August meeting of the Planning Commission. After another two hour session, the Commission reiterated the ideas expressed at the last meeting and gave additional, and even more specific, direction for changes they feel are necessary. These included redesigning at…
So many of our supporters have expressed a great desire to do something concrete to preserve More Mesa. Now there is a chance to do just that! We need a “big presence” at an upcoming County sponsored Workshop on the planned More Mesa Biological Resource Study. This study, recently discussed in the November 2007 News, has been requested…
As has been our tradition at the close of the year, we would like to share some highlights of what has been happening on More Mesa in 2008, and the work of the MMPC. Bio Study: Field work, for the Updated Biological Resources Study requested by the owner of More Mesa, began in May of…