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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (October 16th, 2017) –A broad coalition of businesses, community leaders and conservationists hailed the introduction today of a bill to protect forest, grass lands, and wild rivers across California’s Central Coast. The Central Coast Heritage Protection Act is the first land conservation measure introduced by Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Senator Kamala…

"Out on the Carrizo Plain, the Chumash — the indigenous people of this land — make ceremony. We burn sacred fires and Grandfather Sage, cleansing the people and lifting their hearts. As old songs pierce the nighttime stillness and shadows dance across painted rock walls, we close the gap of distance and time. We become…

BY CAMILLIA LANHAM At about 6 a.m. on April 2, I feel like I'm the only thing awake for miles. Yellow goldfields, tidy tips, and green grass on the Caliente Range across the valley are starting to pick up that special blend of orange and red as the sun's first rays rise behind me. Below,…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-24) today announced the introduction of the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, which would protect 245,665 acres of new and expanded wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest and the Carrizo Plain National Monument, strengthen protections for wild and scenic rivers, and designate…