Saving San Marcos Foothills appears likely
June 4, 2021
It looks like an upswell of support is likely to save the 100-acre oak savannah west of the San Marcos Foothills.
Net zero future depends on...
June 4, 2021
The world needs to stop approving new coal plants and oil and gas fields immediately, shift to electric heat pumps in buildings by 2025, and phase out sales of new gas cars by 2035 to meet international climate goals. That’s the latest word from the...
Monarch Act alights
March 31, 2021
The MONARCH Act, co-authored by local Rep. Salud Carbajal, was submitted with a clever moniker in March: Monarch Action, Recovery And Conservation of Habitat Act.
What's March appeal all about?
March 31, 2021
The March fundraiser is critical for our chapter because all the funds raised go toward defending wild lands, protecting clean air and water, and advancing climate solutions right here in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Outdoor author writes his roots
March 30, 2021
Craig R. Carey's legacy expanded this year with a second edition of my well-read and dog-eared Hiking and Backpacking Santa Barbara & Ventura, the “complete guide to the trails of the southern Los Padres National Forest” published by Wilderness...
DDT pollution persists off our shores
March 30, 2021
A UCSB science project using a marine robot happened to capture photographs of barrels littering the ocean floor. Samples collected during these missions found extremely high concentrations of DDT. The level of DDT concentrations found in our sea...
New trails now open in Harmon Canyon
March 30, 2021
Over the last few months, Ventura Land Trust has been welcoming thousands of visitors each month to Ventura's first large-scale nature preserve at the Harmon Canyon Preserve, 2,123-acre canyon of sprawling hillsides, coastal sage scrub and abundant...
A climate gap still faces us
March 30, 2021
One year into shelter-in-place due to Covid-19, we’ve experienced a fundamental shift in the way we live our lives. In 2020, global greenhouse emissions fell by 6.4%; in the US, they fell by a whopping 13%. Yet these reductions cannot be interpreted...
Huge drive to save San Marcos Foothills
March 30, 2021
Our Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter is supporting a push to purchase the San Marcos Foothills West Mesa which is a privately-owned 101-acre property next to the County-owned San Marcos Foothills Preserve.