Preparedness & Resource Availability For Tonight’s Storm

NEWS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA BARBARA, Ca. December 21, 2010 – As part of storm preparedness, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBC FD) the Office of Emergency Services (OES), the National Weather Service (NWS), and other county and city officials, held a conference call today to discuss the potential of a significant rain event for tonight and tomorrow across...
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Agreement Protects 1 Million Acres of Roadless Areas in SoCal Forests

Home to California Condors, Arroyo Toads, Other Imperiled Species San Francisco — Four national forests in Southern California — including the Los Padres National Forest — will benefit from an agreement announced today between conservationists, the state of California, off-road vehicle users and the U.S. Forest Service to protect more than 1 million acres of roadless areas from...
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Arroyo Burro Trail

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Baron Ranch Calling All Hikers

“Everything you see here was part of one big rock,” explained trail wizard Ray Ford last Saturday, pointing to a scatter of broken-up sandstone. He and volunteers Kalon Kelley and Rich Scholl were working with a hand-cranked winch and titanium rod to slide a boulder to the side of the new trail on Baron Ranch, where views of the three big Channel Islands were crystal clear, interrupted only...
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VNHC Being Recognized Today for Work in Great Outdoors

Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care (VNHC) is being recognized today by the Santa Barbara Front Country Trails Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force for their ongoing leadership and dedication in helping maintain wilderness trails throughout the county. Well known for their community outreach in the medical field, VNHC began partnering with the Front Country Trails in 2009 to help clean-up and maintain...
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