2018 Creek Cleanup Season begins with a Bang!
Brian Trautwein, Analyst / Watershed Program Coordinator, Environmental Defense Center The 2018 Creek Cleanup season got off to a great start! The Environmental Defense Center’s (EDC) https://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/cleanup program, cosponsored by Urban Creeks Council (UCC) and the City of Goleta, netted 1,369 pounds of garbage from the first cleanup in the Devereux Creek Watershed on August…
Read MoreCreek Week Forum: Watershed Recovery In Montecito, What’s Next?
WATERSHED RECOVERY IN MONTECITO: WHAT’S NEXT? By: Louis Andaloro (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Join the Urban Creeks Council and experts to discuss the January 9 Debris Flow and plans for watershed recovery in Montecito from a public safety and environmental perspective. Who: Tom Fayram, Deputy Director Public Works, Santa Barbara County Flood Control District Ed…
Read MoreAMAZING Creek Clean-up of Devereux Creek!
HERE’S WHERE YOUR DONATIONS GO TO WORK! Congratulations to the Environmental Defense Center, along with co-sponsors Urban Creeks Council and the City of Goleta, for a very successful clean up of Devereux Creek! Thank you Brian Trautwein for leading 13 volunteers–including our always dependable boardmember Louis Andaloro–who together removed 1,369 pounds of garbage from Devereux creek! UCC will…
Read MoreEnvironmental Defense Center 2018 Creek Cleanup Schedule is Here!
The Environmental Defense Center 2018 Creek Cleanup Schedule is Here! UCC will be helping out with these great events that will be led by Brian Brian G Trautwein of the Environmental Defense Center! Please consider coming out to help clean up your beautiful Santa Barbara County creeks! These cleanups are a lot of fun, and…
Read More2018 Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council Retreat a Great Success!
What an amazing day for a retreat, as the Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council celebrated its first annual retreat at a beautiful, hidden location on one of our county’s gorgeous local creeks! There was great food and drink, a hike and a successful search for some juvenile steelhead, and some fun plans for the future,…
Read MoreEnvironmentally Sensitive Habitat (ESH) Map Hearing Moved to August 14, 2018
Coming this August 14, 2018, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing at the SB County Board of Supervisors hearing Room, 4th Floor, 123 E Anapamu St. to provide critical input into the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan (EGVCP) Environmentally Sensitive Habitat (ESH) Map. The exact time of the hearing is not known, so…
Read MoreWhy Should We Protect Our Local Habitats?
Why Should We Protect Our Local Habitats? Santa Barbara County includes multiple types of habitat, including riparian areas, chaparral, oak woodland, and others. Preserving these habitats is beneficial to not only the wild animals and plants that live in them, but the human population too. What kinds of habitat can be found in Santa Barbara?…
Read MoreUrban Creeks Council to Speak at July 3, 2018 SB County Board of Supervisors Hearing
Coming this July 3, 2018, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing at the SB County Board of Supervisors hearing Room, 4th Floor, 123 E Anapamu St. to provide critical input into the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan (EGVCP) Environmentally Sensitive Habitat (ESH) Map. The exact time of the hearing is not known, but…
Read MoreSanta Barbara Urban Creeks Council: Thomas Fire Aftermath
(Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo) How natural forces and geological hazards combined to reshape the landscape with UCSB ES & Geology Professor Ed Keller. Presented by: Citizens Planning Association and the Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council For background on this topic read Professor Keller’s recent Noozhawk article “‘Extreme’ Rainfall on…
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