Late afternoon light spills over the bluffs at More Mesa, gilding the grasses and tracing long shadows toward the sea. The surf murmurs below, and the ...

Santa Barbara County and community partners vow to protect 36 acres from mounting housing development pressures in perpetuity ...

A 36-acre section of the More Mesa open space in Santa Barbara County has been permanently protected from future development ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara: Explore Ecology is proud to announce that the 41st Annual Coastal Cleanup Day will be held on Saturday, ...