The Wildflowers are Starting to Pop

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments ..... so Let’s Take a Hike! Saturday, March 19, 2011. Midland School is a private high school set on an almost 3,000 acre ranch in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley north of the town of Los Olivos. The Midland School Ranch features a beautiful network of trails abutting the Los Padres National Forest. These trails are open to the public for hiking through a conservation easement. March is...
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RESCUE PERSONNEL COMBINE TO CARRY OUT INJURED HIKER

Posted by on Mar 14, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Montecito, CA--Rescue personnel form the Montecito Fire Department and Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue responded together this afternoon to help a woman who was injured while hiking. Around noon on Monday, March 14, 2011, emergency crews were alerted to a report of an injured female in her 50's who suffered an ankle injury after slipping off a rock on the Cold Springs West Fork Trail....
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Condor Trail, Environmental Awards & Trails Meeting

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Trails Council Presents Environmental Award; Annual Meeting Features Presentation on Condor Trail. The Santa Barbara Trails Council’s annual meeting on this Wednesday night, March 9, will feature an in-depth presentation by on the Condor Trail by Bryan Conant, who is leading up the effort to get the 300-mile-long through route through the heart of Los Padres Forest established. Bryan will be...
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City of Goleta Provides $500 Community Block Grant

Posted by on Feb 20, 2011 in Grants | 0 comments The City of Goleta, through its community block grant program, has provided the Trails Council with an additional $500 in funding to support its trail restoration efforts at Ellwood Mesa. Background In 2004, the City of Goleta, County of Santa Barbara and UCSB developed an Open Space and Habitat Management Plan for Ellwood Mesa. To date, the plan has not been updated, nor have any of the...
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Hiking that’s easy — on the eyes

Posted by on Feb 8, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments December's rains nourished the wildflowers, which have bloomed early and in abundance. LA Times Editorial, February 5, 2011 Karin Klein A friend in Seattle says that come midsummer, everyone in town goes a little crazy for several weeks. With good prospects for sun in an otherwise rain-drenched calendar, people head to the mountains, the islands, anywhere outdoors to drink in the prime but...
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