Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

As attacks on public lands continue–from attempts to sell them off to efforts to weaken long-standing protections–we have an opportunity to stand up for the public lands.

In one of the most fascinating and controversial endangered species stories, the last 22 wild California Condors were literally plucked from the Santa Barbara-Ventura wilds in 1987. Their rewilding has been a remarkable success.

The so-called “Farm Project” is a controversial 27-acre housing development on a section of the Carpinteria bluffs.

California's coastal management program at risk. If you live, work, surf, fish, or simply love the California coast, NOAA needs to hear from you directly.

Sierra Club, Santa Barbara companies reach Clean Water Act settlements aimed at protecting East Beach

Upcoming environmental events this summer: Green & Blue at Stow House, More Mesa exploration, Art, Condor Fest, Herbwalks, Film Festivals and more.

California’s 30x30 program, launched in 2020 by Governor Newsom’s executive order, aims to conserve 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.

Currently, you can drill for oil in Santa Barbara County, but you can’t put a solar farm in the same industrial site. That is set to reverse this summer with an Oil Ordinance to prohibit new oil drilling going to the Board of Supervisors on June 23...

Our Chapter’s local elected officials launched an investigation on May 27 into Sable Offshore's politicized efforts to restart oil drilling operations off the Santa Barbara – Gaviota Coast.

In March the Trump administration ordered the pipeline that caused the Refugio oil spill to restart. Sable’s operation is unpermitted, unapproved and puts the entire coastline at risk, and Trump's order threatens the rule of law in the country. At...